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Societe Generale Branch in Poland, which offers corporate and investment banking services, started its operational activity in 1992 to quickly become a leading partner for Polish and international corporations, financial institutions as well as public sector. The Branch has recently increased the scope of its activities beyond the traditional area of corporate and investment banking. In May 2024, the Group launched the Global Solution Center, conducting its activities within the Branch in Warsaw. The Center provides business solutions to the Group's international operations and delivers superior customer service in areas such as Know Your Customer, Global Transaction Payment, IT and Risk Management.
Societe Generale provides services via the Branch in Warsaw and regional offices in Gdansk, Krakow, Poznan and Wroclaw. Our team offers tailor-made financial solutions, building on its international expertise in Investment Banking, Global Finance and Global Markets. Through its local teams, the Branch provides its clients with products and services of top global standard.
Thanks to its long-standing involvement in the financing of important development and infrastructure projects in Poland, Societe Generale Branch in Poland has built strong relations with the largest companies operating on the Polish market. The bank systematically boosts its presence on Polish capital markets, both ECM and DCM, building a comprehensive investment banking offer. It plays a key role of intermediary between issuers and investors, corporates and financial institutions, offering issuers broad access to markets and investors and providing investors with smart solutions and access to investment opportunities.
Global Markets
Societe Generale Branch in Poland is an important participant of the treasury securities market and a leading bank in FX, interest rates and hedging transactions markets. The bank is a Primary Dealer in Poland since the first edition of the Ministry of Finance competition.
Financing
Societe Generale Branch in Poland tailors solutions for issuers in terms of financing, advisory and market access. The bank has extensive expertise in structured finance, project finance and syndicated loans. Through its activity on debt capital markets, the bank responds to the growing needs for external financing of Polish and Central European companies.
Investment Banking
Societe Generale Branch in Poland provides clients with strategic advisory and capital raising solutions. M&A services are offered in Poland both through a local M&A team and global teams in Paris and London.
Additionally, the Branch offers its Polish and foreign clients a full range of ECM products: from security issues through sales & trading to analyst research coverage of the largest Polish companies.
Securities Services
Societe Generale has been providing securities services through its Warsaw Branch for more than 20 years. It is a leading provider of clearing for cash equity and derivatives quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. It also delivers a full suite of services associated with both local and global custody to financial institutions, brokers and corporates. With 22 offices in 17 countries and 4,000 employees, Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) is among top ten global custodians and the 3rd largest European custodian with EUR 4,994 billion of assets under custody at the end of March 2024.
Cash Management, Electronic Banking and Foreign Trade Services
In the scope of the Global Transaction Payment Services (GTPS) business line, Societe Generale Branch in Poland provides comprehensive current account services including cash management, electronic banking and cash pooling. The bank also offers a full range of services related to foreign trade transactions comprising documentary transactions, pre-financing and post-financing of export.
Global Solution Center
Since 2019, Societe Generale Group has been leveraging the local presence of the Branch in Poland to support the Group’s worldwide investment banking activities. In May 2024, the Group opened a Global Solution Center within the Branch. With nearly 200 specialists already onboard, the center specializes in delivering superior Know Your Customer, Global Transaction Payment, Risk Management and IT services.