Central bank head has doubts about Polish capital privatization of PKO BP

National Bank of Poland (NBP) president Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz said she has doubts, whether PKO BP, Poland's largest retail bank, can be privatized with Polish capital only, as planned by the government. Under Treasury Ministry plans, the two banks remaining to be privatized, PKO BP and Bank Gospodarki Zywnosciowe (BGZ), would be sold off to Polish investors only. In an interview with Puls Biznesu Gronkiewicz-Waltz said in the case of BGZ such a scenario is possible, but with PKO BP, she has doubts. She said that there is a risk involved, but if the government approved the privatization plan, then it should be attempted. (Puls Biznesu, page 9) T.J.