WARSAW, Poland, May 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PKO Bank
Polski, the largest universal bank in the Central and Eastern Europe, is accelerating its expansion
in virtual worlds. Already on 30 May, in its Virtual PKO Rotunda on
the Decentraland platform, it will also hold one of the world's
first virtual job fairs in the Metaverse space.
The bank has announced that it is preparing to create attractive
spaces on gaming platforms such as Fortnite and Roblox and it wants
to develop its activity on the Metaverse class platforms -
Decentraland and The Sandbox. It is also planning to build more VR
models of its branches.
"Our previous experience with being in the Metaverse world
has been very positive. The Virtual PKO Rotunda embedded on the
Decentraland platform still acts as a digital laboratory, but we
are reaching the point where it is too small for us. We have taken
a decision to increase our presence in the Metaverse and accelerate
the process of building know-how," said Katarzyna Dziwulska,
Managing Director of the Strategy and Digital Transformation
Division at PKO Bank Polski, as quoted in the release
According to PKO Bank Polski, it is looking for companies with
the right technological experience to collaborate on the creation
and maintenance of virtual spaces and gameplay design on the
Metaverse-class gaming platforms.
"We have decided, as a next step, to work more closely with
external companies that will support us in our design work. This
model will allow us to develop simultaneously on various gaming
platforms such as Fortnite or Roblox as well as metaverse platforms
such as The Sandbox, where we want to create attractive and
engaging virtual spaces for users. We invite all interested
companies to contact us via metaverse.pkobp.pl," said
Marek Myszka, Director of the
Innovation Bureau at PKO Bank Polski
PKO Bank Polski has also announced that it is organising a
virtual job fair in the Metaverse on 30 May, which is the first
event of its kind in Poland and
one of the first in the world. The fair is dedicated to people just
entering the job market as well as more experienced professionals,
mainly from the broad IT area.
Among other things, participants of the event will be able to
find out how the bank operates and to apply for a selected
position. The most active users will have the chance to arrange an
individual interview with bank recruiters.
Katarzyna Motelska, Director of Employee Experience Formation at
PKO Bank Polski, quoted in the press release, said that the bank is
constantly looking for new forms of contact with candidates.
"This time, we are reaching out to the possibilities of the
Metaverse world. Specially for this occasion, our Virtual PKO
Rotunda on the Decentraland platform will be transformed into an
attractive event space, where we will organise a Virtual Job Fair
#PKOBankTalentow," she emphasised.
PKO Bank Polski is the leader in mobile banking in Poland. It serves nearly 12 million customers
and its IKO mobile application has already been activated 7.4
million times. The bank was ranked first in the latest Finnoscore
ranking that assesses the digital maturity of 230 banks from
Europe and North America. Since 2022, it has been present
on the Decentraland platform, where it was the first in
Poland to launch its banking
outpost.
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