Polish-Bulgarian Fintech Bridge: Shaping the Future Innovation

Имаме удоволствието да ви поканим на Polish-Bulgarian Fintech Bridge– двустранно събитие на високо ниво, предназначено да засили сътрудничеството между две динамични и бързоразвиващи се финтех екосистеми в Централна и Източна Европа.

Събитието ще събере лидери от финансови институции, финтех компании, регулатори и публични органи, които ще проучат споделени възможности, регулаторно съгласуване и иновативни партньорства между България и Полша.

По-долу ще откриете информация за полските компании, които ще вземат участие в събитието, както и програмата на конференцията.

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Agenda Overview :

Venue: Hotel Hilton Sofia

➣ 09:00 – Registration and welcome coffee

➣ 09:30 – Welcome by Ms. Bozhena Bozhilova – Moderator of the Conference, Director FinTech Bulgaria

➣ 09:35 – Opening remarks:

H.E. Mr. Maciej Szymański, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Bulgaria
Mr. Tomislav Donchev, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Innovation and Growth of the Republic of Bulgaria
Mr. Paweł Widawski CEO Future Finance Poland
Mr. Valeri Valtchev Co-Founder and Chairman FinTech Bulgaria

➣ 10:00 – Polish Financial Center – Paweł Widawski, CEO Future Finance

➣ 10:15 – Bulgarian Financial Center – Bozhena Bozhilova, Director, Bulgarian Fintech Association

➣ 10:30 – 11:00 Panel 1: How to build synergy between Polish and Bulgarian financial ecosystems
Moderator: Konstantin Stoychev, General Manager at iCredit Poland

Panelists:

George Marinov – Co-founder, EasyPay, ePay, EpayGo, InfoNotary
Piotr Kozlowski – Director Sales, BM, Bank Pekao SA
Stephane Caix – Product Owner, Borica
Zenia Karastoyanov – CEO, BidFinance

➣ 11:00 – Transformation of the Debt Market in Bulgaria Through Online Auctions –
Piotr Szacillo – BidFinance

➣ 11:15 – 11:30 – Differences in Regulations between countries (fireside chat )

Pawel Widawski – CEO Future Finance Poland
Nikolay Cvetanov – Managing partner at Penkov, Markov & Partners

➣ 11:30 – 12:00 Panel 2: Challenges and new possibilities of growth and how to deal with them
Moderator: Merdihan Ismailov, VP Fintech Solutions & Applications, Sirma Group
Panelists:

Vanya Nedelcheva – Business Development Manager, Verestro
Krzysztof Biernacki – CEO, DigitalGateway
Cezary Kosiński – Business Development Manager, EFTLab
George Roukov – Managing partner, Credissimo
Konstantin Djelebov – Chief Product Officer, Paynetics

➣ 12:00 Closing remarks

➣ 12:10 Lunch break

➣ 13:00 – 14:00 B2B Speed dating Networking Lunch

Meet the polish companies:

BidFinance is a platform that revolutionizes the turnover of debt portfolios through a modern online auction, which allows both sellers and buyers to meet in one place. This is a tool that, thanks to its transparency, simplicity and speed of operation, supports both parties to the transaction in the tender process, while ensuring the highest security standards in the exchange of information.

Bank Pekao S.A. was established in 1929. We are currently one of the largest financial institutions in the Central and Eastern European region and the second largest bank in Poland with approximately PLN 230 billion in assets. Thanks to a significant network of branches, we serve over 5.7 million customers. As a leading corporate bank, we cooperate with every second corporation in Poland. We base our status as a universal bank on our key position in the market in private banking, as well as asset management and brokerage activities. The diversified business profile of Bank Pekao is supported by a market-leading balance sheet and risk profile reflected in the lowest risk costs, strong capital ratios and resilience to macroeconomic conditions (we are among the three most resilient among 48 banks in Europe in stress tests conducted by EBA).

Digital Gateways provide a set of innovative solutions that cover the entire implementation process, from identity verification, financial and AML background checks, to digital signatures and, previously unseen in customer verification, rewarding the customer for completing the process. You can create a complete onboarding of your customers by building a personalized application form, web as well as mobile application or integrating your system with the tools of your choice. Their solutions are designed as a plug-and-play system, easy to implement within your company’s infrastructure.

Verestro provides payment solutions to banks, fintech partners, insurers, crypto wallets, eCommerce platforms, and other companies on 5 continents.

EFT Lab is all about providing financial institutions with the confidence to move quicker, be more flexible and stay secure. They’ve been around for more than a decade, helping over 70 financial institutions around the globe reach new standards in payment processing.

Date

Jun 17 2025

Expired!

Time

09:00 - 14:00