More European banks, faced with pressure from the euro-zone crisis, may put their Polish units up for sale, following several such recent moves, Marek Belka, governor of the National Bank of Poland, is quoted as saying by Reuters Thursday.

"Allied Irish Bank had a fantastic subsidiary in Poland, probably the best Polish bank, but had to sell...We are waiting and concerned that there will be more cases like this," Belka told a conference in London. "No European bank enjoys our full confidence these days."

Ireland's Allied Irish Bank PLC (ALBK.DB) sold its 70% stake in Polish Bank Zachodni WBK SA (BZW.WA) to Spanish banking giant Banco Santander SA (STD) to meet capital targets. In 2012, Santander said it had agreed to take over Poland's Kredyt Bank SA from Belgium's KBC Group NV, with a Polish regulatory approval pending.

Also in 2012, Austrian bank Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI.VI) closed its acquisition of the Polish bank Polbank EFG SA from Greek banking group EFG Eurobank Ergasias SA (EUROB.AT)

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