In Brief: Billbird; Polfa Grodzisk; Nordea TUnŻ;Comp; Interia.pl

BRE Bank has sold its 45.3% stake in Billbird, a payment settlement company which created the Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment (EBPP) system, to Polcard, the largest national debit and credit card transactions operator. The value of the transaction totaled almost zł.9 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) ... Polfa Grodzisk, a pharmaceutical company whose majority shareholder is Hungarian Gedeon Richter, posted a H1 net profit of zł.9 million as compared to zł.2.97 million in the same period last year. The company's revenues increased from zł.64.91 million in H1 2003 to zł.74.03 million in H1 this year. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) ... Nordea TUnŻ life insurance company plans to offer Individual Pension Accounts (IKE) in a form of life insurance policy with capital funds next week. "We want to win 1-2% of the IKE market. Both usual insurance distribution channels and Nordea Bank will be working on it," declared the president of Nordea TunŻ Paweł Miller. (Puls Biznesu, p. 12) ...Warsaw-based Comp, a company offering IT security services and products, is considering postponing its IPO from the end of September to early November. The reason cited is the PKO BP bank IPO planned for October, which the company's representatives fear may mean that Comp's offer will pass unnoticed. (Parkiet, p. 4) ... Tomasz Jażdżyński, the president of the Interia.pl portal, has announced that moves to float the company have been halted. (Parkiet, p. 6) E.B.