- Inteligo
"Inteligo Financial Services S.A." is one of the first
online bank s of Poland. It was founded by David Putts and Andrzej Klesyk, two formerMcKinsey consultants, as an independent start-up and partnership withBankgesellschaft Berlin .Inteligo began operations on May 1, 2001, and acquired 150,000 customers in the first 12 months of operations, achieving 54% aided brand awareness.
Inteligo was the first in Europe to offer email money, patterned off
PayPal . Inteligo was also first to offer secure mobile phone banking money transfer services, and real-time confirmations after ATM and POS transactions.When Bankgesellschaft suffered a liquidity crisis following a fall in East Berlin real-estate prices, it forced a 100% sale of Inteligo to
PKO BP in 2002.
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