What strategy will PKO BP adopt with eService if it cannot sell the unit?
Three years after its debut on the market, PKO BP's eService clearing center has still failed to produce profits, spurring its owner to consider disposing of its cost-making unit. The bank has already completed an audit on the company and says several investors have expressed interest in purchasing the center. However, according to eService's chairman Marek Paradowski, no binding decisions have been taken yet. PKO BP has invested zł. 56 million in eService and is the company's main creditor. According to sector analysts the company may yet prove to be a lemon as it has failed to attract the attention of its competitors, including Polcard, and operates on a market that may yet prove too shallow for six clearing centers to exist. eService closed last year zł. 16 million in the red, but hopes to produce its first profit next year. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) J.K.