As at the end of December 2019, the total value of the Bank’s liabilities amounted to PLN 95,407,828 thousand and was lower by PLN 832,268 thousand, i.e. by 0.9% as compared to the value at the end of 2018.
The share of liabilities in total liabilities and equity of the Group amounted to 89.5% in the analysed period and decreased by 0.6 p.p. as compared to the end of the previous year.
The most significant change in the structure of liabilities in 2019 was a decrease in the share of amounts due to customers with a simultaneous increase in the share of amounts due to banks and separating lease liabilities in accordance with IFRS 16.
The most significant item in the structure of liabilities are amounts due to customers. As at the end of 2019, their share in total liabilities was 92.7% which constituted a decrease by 0.3 p.p. compared to the end of 2018. In terms of value, the volume of these liabilities decreased by PLN 1,061,230 thousand, i.e. by 1.2% compared to December 2018 and amounted to PLN 88,445,327 thousand. The decrease is a result of an optimization policy with reference to the liquidity position of the Group.
Amounts due to banks also decreased in the analysed period, which resulted in the decrease of their share in total liabilities by 0.6 p.p. to the level of 1.1%. Amounts due to banks totalled PLN 1,018,776 thousand and were lower by PLN 571,159 thousand (i.e. by 35.9%) than at the end of 2018, mainly due to the decrease of loans and advances received from banks and withdraw of bank deposits.
Total equity as at 31 December 2019 amounted to PLN 11,184,302 thousand and increased as compared to 31 December 2018 by 5.8%, i.e. by PLN 612,770 thousand. The share of total equity in total liabilities and equity of the Group at the end of December 2019 was at the level of 10.5% (as compared to 9.9% at the end of 2018).