New loan company, PDK plans to become market leader within three years

Powszechny Dom Kredytowy (PDK) will become the new entrant on the market of the loan intermediaries. The majority of shares in the company, which has a capital of zł. 1 million, belong to RB Investcom which owned by Remigiusz Baliński, a former advisor to Leszek Czarnecki in leasing company EFL. A minority stake in PDK is held by Jarosław Gąsiorek, Ireneusz Wąsowicz and Roman Wyszomirski,who were all former top managers in EFL. "We gathered experience and now we can create something new, but we respect every market participant. We cannot afford to make a mistake, but I believe that we shall become a market leader in two to three years," said PDK president Jarosław Gąsiorek. The company, which will officially begin operations in January 2004, plans to also enter the Russian market. "We will target the Moscow market with its 20 million clients who have above average wages," explained Gąsiorek. PDK will focus on car loans and the car insurance market. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) M.M.