"Bank Pekao S.A. is a bank that supports Polish companies. We provide credit to companies in such a way as to be with our clients during difficult times. (...) These credit decisions are made here, and no international factors cause us to grant credit to this company or not to another, for reasons other than substantive assessment and the expert judgment of our specialists," said the CEO of Pekao S.A., Leszek Skiba, on the program Gość Wiadomości.

"Capital has nationality in the sense that domestic capital is needed, and a State Treasury shareholding is needed, so that we look long-term, so that we don't look at short-term profit, but rather allocate that profit to investments and also consider the relationship with domestic, Polish companies, so that Polish companies don't have the feeling that there is some competition from abroad that is favored, making it harder to get credit," said Leszek Skiba, CEO of Pekao S.A., on Gość Wiadomości.