Rynek pożyczek pozabankowych w Polsce w świetle polityki niskich stóp procentowych banku centralnego

A large part of the society is still financially excluded from social life despitethe era of low or zero interest rates. Banks are not interested in rendering servicesto customers of limited means. In consequence, citizens excluded from the bankingsector are searching for the alternative sources to satisfy their financial needs.Money is supplied by payday loan providers which offer usurious short term loansat prices many times higher than bank prices. The article answers the followingresearch question: Is the payday lending market winning the competition withthe banking sector in Poland and if so, what is the reason in era of historic lowbasic interest rates and incomparably higher total costs of payday loans? Thefollowing research hypothesis was verified in the study: the lack of supervisionover payday loan companies in Poland contributes to usurious exploitation ofthe people excluded by banks, which results in a debt spiral for a considerablesegment of customers