# Alior Bank

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/alior-bank
> research date 2026-05-31 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Alior Bank — official](https://www.aliorbank.pl/)

## Overview

**Alior Bank** is **WSE: ALR** + **Polish commercial bank** + **PZU Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń ~31.91% controlling + PFR Polski Fundusz Rozwoju ~12.4% controlling** + **one of Poland's largest digital + retail commercial banks** + **~4.5M+ Polish customers** <sup>[1][1], [Poland report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/PL)</sup>.

## History

**Sep 17 2008 — Alior Bank founded by Carlo Tassara Italian-Polish investment group + Wojciech Sobieraj** distinctive Polish banking heritage as one of Poland's fastest-growing commercial banks.

**Dec 14 2012 — Alior Bank WSE IPO under ticker ALR**.

**2015 — PZU Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń acquires controlling stake in Alior Bank**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Alior Bank S.A.** (Polish commercial bank; PZU + PFR controlling).

**Major shareholders**: **PZU Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń (Polish state-owned insurance group) ~31.91% controlling + PFR Polski Fundusz Rozwoju (Polish state development fund) ~12.4% + Polish retail + institutional + foreign investors free float**.

**Regulators**: **KNF + NBP + ECB**.

## Technical integration

Alior Mobile app (iOS + Android; ~4.5M+ Polish customers) + aliorbank.pl online + Alior Bank branch network across Poland + Alior Bank Visa + Mastercard cards; SEPA + SEPA Instant + EPC-QR + BLIK + Wero (post-EPI launch).

## Implementations & partners

**Major Polish banking + payments competitors**: [PKO Bank Polski (IKO mobile app)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/pko-iko) (PKO Bank Polski; WSE: PKO; Polish state-owned commercial bank; Poland's largest commercial bank by assets) + [Bank Pekao](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bank-pekao) (Bank Pekao; WSE: PEO; Polish state-owned via PZU + PFR controlling) + [mBank (Poland)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/mbank-pl) (mBank Poland; WSE: MBK; Commerzbank German parent Polish subsidiary) + [ING Bank Śląski](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/ing-bank-slaski) (ING Bank Śląski; WSE: ING; ING Group Dutch parent ~75% controlling) + [Erste Bank Polska (formerly Santander Bank Polska until Apr 24, 2026)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/erste-polska) (Santander Bank Polska; WSE: SPL; Banco Santander Spain ~62.2% controlling) + Citi Handlowy (Citi Handlowy; Citigroup US Polish subsidiary) + [BLIK](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/blik) (BLIK; Polski Standard Płatności Polish national QR payment scheme; ~17M+ Polish users) + [Revolut](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/revolut) (Revolut UK global; ~5M+ Polish users).

**Regulators**: KNF + NBP + ECB.

## Status

**Active, WSE:ALR + Polish commercial bank + PZU Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń ~31.91% controlling + PFR Polski Fundusz Rozwoju ~12.4% controlling + one of Poland's largest digital + retail commercial banks + ~4.5M+ Polish customers** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.aliorbank.pl/ "Alior Bank — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alior_Bank "Alior Bank — Wikipedia"
[pl-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/PL

- [1] [Alior Bank — official][1]
- [2] [Alior Bank — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Poland report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/PL)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/PL-poland.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [alior-bank.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/alior-bank). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.