Impact fintech’19 in Katowice – see how the future of finance in CEE is changing!

On December 4-5 Katowice will host Impact fintech’19, the largest Polish event on the future of financial services in the CEE region. It will bring together key players from the worlds of banking, finance and the digital economy. 

Appearing on the stages of Impact fintech’19 will be leaders in business, science and public administration as well as the people leading startups that are transforming current social norms and business models. Discussions will focus on subjects related to 8 thematic tracks – banking transformation – banking transformation, payments & future commerce, alternative lending & finance, insurtech, regulation & regtech, tech entrepreneurship & investment, cloud solutions, emerging tech & security and sustainable fintech. The main theme of this year’s edition will be Digital trust as it relates to the use of data, identification of digital identities, open banking, cybersecurity, e-commerce and other elements of business models that support the building of  trust. 

Visionaries of the financial industry 

Open banking, the emergence of new technologies and increasing consumer needs – these are a few of the main challenges facing the banking industry. How can they be effectively faced? The most obvious answer to these questions is using automation and artificial intelligence. The fintech revolution is becoming a fact and it us – the consumers – that are being influenced by it directly. During Impact fintech’19 we’ll have a chance to learn about the future of finance as seen through the eyes of its leaders: Dele Atanda – CEO and founder of metaME, a personalized AI technology and new class of Smart Data, Marko Wenthin – co-founder of solarisBank and CEO of Penta, Rigo Van den Broeck – SVP Cyber & Intelligence solutions at Mastercard, Utena Treves – Head of Strategy ati Wefox or Max Schertel – representing the German mobile bank N26. 

Leaders of companies and institutions from Poland and around the world

In 2018 the value if venture-capital investments in the FinTech industry doubled the figure from 2017 and amounted to nearly 40 billion dollars. When taking into account the total value of the capital invested in this industry, including corporate funds and sources, that figure is expected to top 100 billion dollars. Microsoft has invested a billion dollars into Open AI – a company founded by Elon Musk – and Google acquired Looker for 2.6 million dollars. 

Present will be representatives of tens of companies doing business in or with the fintech industry such as the National Bank of Poland (NBP), PKO Bank Polski Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF), Bank Pekao, Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology, 

BNP Paribas, Alior Bank, Ministry of Digital Affairs, mBank, Google, Mastercard, Polish Development Fund, PayU, Wirecard, Tauron, Blik, Bluemedia, Allegro, Vivus, Cashless Poland Foundation, National Cloud Operator and Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Among the confirmed speakers of Impact fintech’19 are: Teresa Czerwińska (NBP), Laura Navaratnam (FCA), Chris Skinner (11:FS), Jadwiga Emilewicz (Ministry Entrepreneurship and Technology), Bartosz Ciołkowski (Mastercard), Diana Paredes (Suade Labs), Michał Krupiński (Pekao), Adam Marciniak (PKO Bank Polski), Husayn Kassai (Onfido), Przemysław Gdański (BNP Paribas), Bartosz Berestecki (PayU) and Ben Goldin (Mambu).

What are the industries main tech priorities for 2020? What’s driving the latest wave of visions and forecast that will redefine the way we see financial services in the near future? At Impact fintech’19 you’ll be able to see a full landscape of the changes to come. See the future through the eyes of people representing a myriad of companies and institutions including the National Bank of Poland (NBP). PKO Bank Polski, the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF), Bank Pekao, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology, BNP Paribas, Alior Bank, Ministry of Digital Affairs, mBank, Google, Mastercard, Polish Development Fund, PayU, Wirecard, Tauron, Blik, Bluemedia, Allegro, Vivus, Cashless Poland Foundation, National Cloud Operator and Warsaw Stock Exchange