New Generation Financial Center
For over 30 years, Poland has been developing its financial center, crucial for building a modern and dynamic economy. Financial institutions provide innovative and secure services to millions of customers and finance the growth of entrepreneurs.
The Polish financial center represents hundreds of thousands of jobs, cybersecurity centers, research and development hubs, and hundreds of innovative fintechs. From being very local, the Polish financial center is increasingly becoming a part of the global financial network, serving customers not only along the Vistula River but around the world.
The changing geopolitical landscape compels us to set new goals that reflect Poland’s growing ambitions, including in the financial sector. The next-generation financial center will not only be one of the key drivers of the national economy’s development but also a stimulator for enhancing its competitiveness, innovation, and internationalization.
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Warsaw Finance Week
Warsaw Finance Week was established to celebrate the financial technology sector in Warsaw and connect it globally! Warsaw Finance Week includes various events, such as the Future Finance Summit and accompanying side events. The Warsaw Finance Week will provide a platform for discussions on the growing role of the financial sector in Poland’s economic strategy and for expressing the goal of creating a modern financial center as part of the Future Finance Poland initiative.
Warsaw Finance Week
vision and goals
During the Warsaw Finance Week, key initiatives and achievements of the Polish financial sector will be presented.
The Warsaw Finance Week is also an opportunity for:
- networking with domestic and international experts,
- a forum for market participants to engage in dialogue with representatives of public institutions,
- building partnerships,
- and creating new value in the financial market.
DISCOVER THE CORE TOPICS WE WILL DELVE INTO AT WARSAW FINANCE WEEK 2024
Agenda
Stage 1
Main Hall
General Manager Poland, Visa
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance
prof. UW, Chair of the Board of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority
CEO, The Polish Development Fund
MEP
Member of the Management Board in Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego
BGK
Director Government Engagement CEE w Visa Europe
Acting Head of the digital finance unit in DG FISMA
Deputy Director, Ministry of Finance
Director of Digital Banking and Payment Systems, The Polish Bank Association
CEO, IZFiA
Director, Institute of Finance
CEO, Warsaw Stock Exchange
Head of Brokerage, Bank Pekao S.A.
Head of Investment Banking Division, PKO Bank Polski
Advocate, Head of the Financial Services Regulatory and Investment Funds practice at Baker McKenzie in Warsaw
Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Managing Director. Head of Citibank Europe Plc and Citi Solutions Center in Poland
Head of Google Wallet partnerships, EMEA
Managing Director | Senior Country Officer | Head of Investment Banking |Poland, JP Morgan SE
Head of State Street Global Advisors Poland
Chief Economist, VeloBank S.A.
Vice President, Products and Solutions Lead, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia, Mastercard Europe
Director of Cards Banking & Fintech Department ITCARD SA
Senior Partner in Minds&Roses & Head of Research in Social Impact Alliance for CEE, Minds & Roses
CEO & Co-founder, Facilitator, Empathy Rocks
Director of the Technology Transfer and Business Development Division of NASK-PIB, NASK
Head of Operations and Development at the Brokerage House of Bank Pekao S.A.
Vice President of the Management Board at GPW S.A.
Technology Innovation Strategy, Digital Assets, Accenture Poland
Director of FinTech Financial Innovation Department, Polish Financial Supervision Authority
Product Manager, PKO Bank Polski
Head of the "Capital Markets Union" Unit, DG FISMA, European Commission
Global Head of Retail & Digital Public Policy, Santander Group
Vicepresident, FinTech Poland
Director, Financial Market Development Department, Ministry of Finance, Poland
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic
Stage 2
Sala Notowań
New Digital Street
CIO, Crédit Agricole
Managing Director Head of Digital Banking, Alior Bank
IT Tribe Leader, BNP Paribas
Head of Strategy, Innovation, Mobile and Open Banking, Santander Consumer Bank
Vice President of the Management Board, Bank Pekao S.A.
Co-Founder, 4Enlight
Director of the Centre for Intelligent Technologies at the University of Lodz
Deputy CEO, Bank Pekao S.A.
Director, Attorney at Law, PwC Legal Polska
AI practice leader in the financial sector, Accenture Poland
Accenture
Amlyze
Head of Unit, Ministry of Finance
AML and KYC expert, PKO Bank Polski
Partner at FTL, Board Member of the European Payment Institution Federation (EPIF)
Country Manager Poland, Financial Crime Compliance and Risk, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Co-founder, Identonic
Senior Associate, PwC
Director International Market Planning Financial Services SME, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Director International Market Planning Financial Services SME, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Founding Partner at DLK
Managing Director, World Alliance of International Financial Centers
Stage 1
Main Hall
Partner, Truffle
President, La French Tech Warsaw
CEO Deverium
Chairman, Fintech Mena
General Secretary, COFICERT, Secrétaire Général
CEO, MK Business Link Sp. z o.o.
Attaché for Commercial Affairs, EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
Manager, Polish Investment and Trade Agency
Nordic Fintech Magazine
Head of Fintech @ FinanceEstonia
CEO Quantfolio and Board Member, NCE Finance Innovation
Director, Business Development, Fintech, Mastercard
Research Project Manager, FINAS
Board Member, Czech Fintech Association
Vice President, Polish Bank Association
The next-generation financial center in Poland represents more than just a vision of a premier competitive financial center, it signifies a transformative shift in our perception of the domestic financial sector.
This evolution stems from Poland’s changing geopolitical landscape and its expanding aspirations. We envision the Polish financial center as a catalyst for swift economic, social, and technological advancement.
During the Future Finance Summit, we will discuss a number of issues important for the development of the Polish financial center, both of a strategic, regulatory, technological and social nature:
PROGRAM FOR FUTURE FINANCE SUMMIT 2023:
International cooperation
Financial centers intensively compete with each other, however, in order to be able to develop quickly, they must cooperate with each other. Partnerships mean the flow of knowledge and experience, but also building synergy effects. That is why the Polish financial center is already in dialogue with other centers in order to strengthen the network of connections and benefits.
Capital market
The Polish capital market has been developing for over 30 years. The largest stock exchange in the region is a symbol of this. However, the potential of this sector has not been fully exploited yet. Meanwhile, new technologies such as tokenization and crypto-assets open up new opportunities that, if used, can give a new development impulse and a new opening.
Global talents in Polish center
How to attract talented employees from across the world in the era of geopolitical tensions and cross-border remote working.
Regulations and execution
Critical mission for all financial centers: high quality financial regulation and the efficiency of regulatory execution. How does the Polish regulator and supervisor address this challenge today and how their approach should be adjusted?
Green center
Geen finance is a key growth area in financial services, and financial institutions need to be able to provide services that support climate goals. A number of green transformation projects in Poland may encourage global companies to locate new green finance units in Poland.
AML and cyber hub
Due to the geopolitical tensions, countries are implementing a range of screening policies and financial institutions are part of this process. Similarly, in the area of cybersecurity, financial institutions create global and local centers. Poland as an AML and FinSec hub today facilitates global information and cybersecurity flow in its cyber security and AML centers driven by global financial institutions and fintechs.
AI in Finance
The Polish education system consistently produces top-notch talent in math and computer science, creating a skilled workforce ready for AI innovation. This, combined with strong cloud infrastructure and innovative financial institutions, positions Poland to become a leading center of AI technology in finance.
Payments
Payments are one of the specializations of the Polish financial center. How to strategically strengthen our position on the technological and business level and how to transfer the success we achieved in the country to the international level.
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