Bank News: EIB loan; Check Point-Veracomp; Bank Millennium; PAIZ

The European Investment Bank will grant a EUR 50 million loan to co-finance repairs and reconstruction of public infrastructure which has been damaged, or is threatened with damage from landslides, or erosion by the sea. (Gazeta Finansowa, April 5-11, p. 2) ... On March 31, Check Point Software Te chnologies and Veracomp signed a deal which allows Veracomp to include into their offer all Check Point products used to protect IT systems and to enrich them with their business services. (Gazeta Finansowa, April 5-11, p. 4) ... After two years of tests, Bank Millennium now seems to have a unified IT system. American company Fiserv has just completed transferring accounts from BIG Bank Gdański to Millennium. (Gazeta Finansowa, April 5-11, p. 7) ... According to the Polish Foreign Investment Agency (PAIZ), foreign investments in the financial services sector amounted to $12.3 billion at the end of 2001, which constitutes 22% of all indirect investments in the country. (Gazeta Finansowa, April 5-11, p. 12) K.Ż.