The aim of the paper is to assess the potential of cooperative banks for serving agricultural sector in Poland and to identify the areas with the most development potential. We discuss the transformation process in the cooperative banking system under market economy, and in particular...

Cooperative banks, similarly to other credit institutions, obtain financial resources from entities with finance surplus and satisfy the needs of those entities, which suffer from financial deficits. In comparison to commercial institutions, it is the large and stable deposit base, which is...