Zielony - first local currency in Poland

Zielony, first local Polish currency was launched on Thursday. The loyalty program was created under the auspices of Związek Przedsiębiorców i Pracodawców (ZPP) associating small and medium Polish business, Rzeczpospolita daily reported. Entrepreneurs as well as their customers can use the new currency. Individual customers may also join the program by shopping in places present in the system. The project was launched in the three following voivodships: Mazowieckie, Świętokrzyskie and Małopolskie. "I think that it is possible to find a few dozen partners in a few weeks," the project coordinator Dariusz Brzozowiec said. As many as 5,000 local currencies are in common usage worldwide. There are 20 of them in Germany.