April 2022

The weekly newspaper "Gazeta Finansowa”, in its April 8-14 issue, presented the results of its yearly “Golden Hundred” ranking, which rates Poland’s biggest financial institutions and also presents the Financial Brand of the Year 2022 award to companies who focus on innovation, development and customer relations. Among the prizewinners, as the leading provider of credit information in Europe, as well as around the world, was CRIF.

The position in the "Golden Hundred" ranking is awarded on the basis of sales revenue, turnover, gross premiums written, as well as income from interest, fees and commissions compared to the previous year. The ranking includes companies from many sectors: banking, factoring, insurance, leasing and many others. This comparison helps to monitor market developments in the financial sector that have an impact on the country's economy as a whole. It is worth noting that the last few years have been full of challenges for the financial market and economy, and companies that have been able to grow in this turbulent period deserve special recognition.

The Financial Brand of the Year 2022 award is presented in several categories to financial institutions that have demonstrated business growth, maintained a stable market position and developed an innovative approach centered around the customer and business partners. It was thanks to the high quality of services provided and excellent reputation that they stood out from their competitors and were ranked in the top spot.

The CRIF brand won an award in a Credit Verification category for providing innovative business and commercial information services to customers, as well as risk management. We have been recognized for our ability to deliver tailor-made solutions to our partners. Our categorization engine, CRIF NEOS, is based on artificial intelligence that categorizes consumer transactions in more than 200 ways and forecasts credit risk, which significantly reduces the risk associated with loans: all in line with the European Union PSD2 Directive.

The Financial Brand of the Year 2022 awards for the remaining categories were awarded to:

  • Bank Ochrony Środowiska (BOŚ) in the Banking category,
  • Kaczmarski Inkasso in the debt collection category,
  • Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring in the Factoring category,
  • Santander Consumer Multirent in the Leasing category,
  • Generali Poland in the Insurance category,
  • Biuro Maklerskie Pekao in the Brokerage category,
  • eService in the Payment category.
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