[Opinion] The antipathy to banks stems from... anti-Semitism? The CEO of BNP Paribas is contemptuous of Poles

In my opinion, the aversion to banks is rooted in anti-Semitism – said the president of BNP Paribas Bank Polska, Przemysław Gdański in an interview for “Puls Biznesu”. Last year alone, banks earned PLN 42 billion in Poland. “Perhaps there is still an association at a subconscious level that banks are Jews, and yet Jews are not liked. Poland is a country where anti-Semitism is seemingly a marginal phenomenon, but in fact it is deeply embedded in …

It is not only in Sweden that banks are increasingly scorned by the public. In Poland, a majority of the population now reports low trust in the national banking system, something explained by a major bank manager with “anti-Semitic” stereotypes. Przemek Gdański, CEO of BNP Paribas Bank Polska, has sparked debate in Poland after pointing out anti-Semitism as the root cause of the country’s widespread distrust of banks. “In my opinion, the antipa…