Data breaches are appearing in the news on a daily basis – that makes building digital trust among consumers more difficult, but at the same time more important than ever before. It is the best of times for open banking, virtual identification, online shopping and…cyber crimes. It is the best of times, but it is the most challenging of times.

How can we build a digital economy based on trust? In Katowice you’ll get an answer from Dele Atanda – a visionary who is CEO of the world’s first Self-Sovereign AI and Universal Smart Data Marketplace, MetaMe, and founder of The Internet.Foundation. The latter of these is an NGO focused on promoting the ethical use of data in commerce and establishing digital rights as an extension of human rights.

In September 2019, during Climate Week in New York City, 130 banks from 49 countries launched the Principles for Responsible Banking. One of many recent signs that the financial industry is joining the fight against climate change.

Aside from providing innovative and accessible financing product that can help make the transition to more sustainable technologies as easy as possible – especially among corporate and institutional clients – there is another side to eco-friendly finance.

By utilizing the latest technology to develop green banking services the industry will truly unleash power of Fintech for climate change. That’s what the all-new “Sustainable Fintech” thematic track at Impact fintech’19 is all about.

If you’re looking for important announcements on the future of finance look no further than Impact fintech’19.

Among the reports premiering on 4/5 December in Katowice will be:

This year’s edition will be attended by members pioneering institutions that set the global regulatory standard when it comes to finance – these include:

Financial Conduct Authority from the United Kingdom, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Bank of Lithuania, Estonian Financial Supervision and Crisis Resolution Authority, the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF),  Czech National Bank and more.

You’ll be able to catch them on stage, at roundtables and workshops and sharing knowledge with Polish startups.

What do Revolut, TransferWise, Monzo, Starling Bank, Oak North and Funding Circle have in common?

Each of these Fintechs have their headquarters in the United Kingdom! It’s here that Europe’s first regulatory sandbox was created and it’s still going strong – in 2018 over 300 companies applied to have their ideas tested. The key to the UK’s success is a user-friendly and consistent regulatory authority that we plan to here about at Impact fintech’19 from:

• Laura Navaratnam, Manager of the Innovation Hub at Financial Conduct Authority

• Peter Cunnane, National & International Strategy Lead at Innovate Finance

• Alex Low, Fintech Specialist at Department for International Trade in London

• Diana Paredes, CEO & Co-founder at Suade Labs

• Asif Faruque, Head of Content at Level39

• Peter Majgaard, VP Business Development Eastern Europe & Nordics at Konsentus

• Jess Williamson, Proptech Strategist at the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

• Husayn Kassai, CEO at Onfido

Did we say big, we meant huge!

Did you have a chance to see our impressive list of speakers? We have gathered an amazing number of hot fintechs including challenger banks: N26, Penta and Arival, tech pioneers: Mambu, Onfido and Ripple, insurtech guru Wefox. The list is getting bigger by the minute!

The Romanian delegation, powered by Fintech Camp, to Impact fintech’19 is looking forward to meet anyone interested in learning about current and upcoming projects in the fintech & financial services space.

In this event supported by the Embassy of Romania in the Republic of Poland and with the participation of the National Bank of Romania, we will have a series of short presentations of the companies, followed by several 1-on-1 meetings (both during the interval, and afterwards) which you can sign up for here: