Daily: 5 in the running for Getin and Idea Bank

The majority shareholder of WSE-listed lenders Getin Noble Bank and Idea Bank has notified the Financial Supervision Authority KNF that he received initial offers for the lenders.

According to the Puls Biznesu daily, 5 entities are interested and listed four equity funds: American Centerbridge and Apollo Global Management and British Apax and AnaCaps as being on the list. It adds that the shortlist might grow in the coming weeks.

Back in November, the owner of the troubled banks, Czarnecki accused, then-KNF head Marek Chrzanowski of soliciting a PLN 40 billion bribe in order to protect Getin from being overtaken by the government due to failing meeting certain capital criteria.