UPDATE 2-No threat to Polish banking system from Credit Suisse - govt spokesman

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(Adds regulator comment) WARSAW, March 20 (Reuters) - A Polish government spokesman said on Monday the government sees no threat to Poland's banking system but is monitoring the situation in the wake of UBS's hasty takeover of Credit Suisse . European banking stocks and bonds fell sharply on Monday as worries persisted about the health of the global banking sector. "At the moment we see no threats in the sector, but of course we are monitoring the situation, because we have to remember we are dealing with a large bank in the United States and a huge Swiss bank," Piotr Muller said during a briefing.


"An appropriate reaction from public institutions in those countries will I think reassure other entities on international markets." The Polish regulator, the Financial Supervision Authority, also said the local banking sector remains resilient.


"According to available data and the assessment by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, the capital and liquidity position of the Polish banking sector remains stable," it said in an emailed answer to Reuters' questions.


The global banking sector lurched into crisis earlier in March with the failure of U.S. lenders Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank , before ensnaring its biggest name yet in Credit Suisse. In a global response not seen since the height of the pandemic, top central banks promised over the weekend to provide dollar liquidity to stabilise the financial system.

<^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WRAPUP 9-Bank shares rise after Credit Suisse rescue eases crisis WRAPUP 2-European bank shares rally, bonds battered after Credit Suisse debt wipeout WRAPUP 22-Central banks try to calm markets after UBS deal to buy Credit Suisse WRAPUP 2-Global central banks open daily dollar taps to help banks WRAPUP 15-Major US banks inject $30 bln to rescue First Republic Bank ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^> (Reporting by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk, Pawel Florkiewicz and Gergely Szakacs; Editing by Bernadette Baum, Christina Fincher and Nick Zieminski)

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