Financial Ombudsman steps up cooperation with Ireland and the European FIN-NET
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Financial Ombudsmen of Poland – prof. Mariusz Golecki and Ireland – Ger Deering declared during the Economic Forum in Karpacz that they will tighten cooperation in order to strengthen the protection of consumers from both countries on the financial markets.
As emphasized by prof. Golecki, cooperation with the Irish ombudsman is important for Poland because Ger Deering is the chairman of the INFO Network, i.e. a network of entities and organizations dealing with dispute resolution between consumers and financial institutions on many global markets.
The Polish spokesman announced that he intends to actively engage in activities on a European scale – on the forum of the FIN-NET organization, in which the Financial Ombudsman of Ireland is also involved.
"For a long time, there have been discussions all over Europe on how to more effectively protect clients of financial institutions," Mariusz Golecki said.
In this context, both ombudsmen pointed to the issues related to providing services to 20,000 Poles in Ireland and Irish citizens in Poland.
"It is important to us that both Poles and Irish can move freely between countries," Ger Deering said.
He drew, among others, attention to the need to enforce the right to an Irish old-age pension for Poles returning to their homeland after several years of work in Ireland. According to him, it is necessary to ensure a sense of security throughout Europe for consumers who want to use financial services outside their countries of residence.
