July 29, 2019 @ 11:43 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Tobiasza Niemira, co-owner of the recently-failed Bitmarket crypto exchange, has been found dead in a forest near his home town of Olsztyn in Poland, local media outlet Gazeta Wyborcza reports. The apparent cause of death is a gunshot wound to the head. Bitmarket went offline July… Read More

June 5, 2019 @ 5:14 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Operators of Coinroom, a Polish cryptocurrency trading platform registered in 2016, have shut down the platform suddenly and disappeared with client funds, Polish business media site Money reports. At least 50 people on an online forum have claimed they lost between 300 and 60,000 “zlotys”… Read More

April 9, 2019 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

FundedByMe Poland is reporting that a security offering for Duality Games has raised €440,000 in just 37 minutes. The crowdfunding offer was backed by 66 investors who purchased a 12.76% stake in the firm. The smallest investment was €3,500 and the largest was €175,000. Duality… Read More

August 30, 2018 @ 2:37 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The Polish government has published proposed legislation seeking to define how cryptocurrencies will be taxed in the country, Kryptowaluty reports. The bill reportedly defines cryptocurrencies as, “a digital mapping of value,” and includes rules governing both the use of cryptos in retail purchases and their use as… Read More

August 2, 2018 @ 10:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Neufund has inked another partnership agreement. This time the equity token offering platform has hooked up with Malta-based BitBay – said to be the third largest European cryptocurrency exchange in operation. Neufund continues to add secondary trading agreements and strategic partners to their growing blockchain… Read More

June 20, 2018 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nets, a Denmark-based payments platform, announced on tuesday it has expanded into Poland thanks to the acquisition of payments service providers Dotpay/eCard. According to Nets, Andrzej Budzik will continue as CEO of Dotpay/eCard and will report directly to Asger Hattel, Head of Merchant Services in Nets,… Read More

June 12, 2018 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few months after opening its new Poland office, Swedish crowdfunding platform FundedByMe announced the upcoming launch of its first Polish campaign, which is for the mobile app for scooters, Blinkee.city. FundedByMe reported that the Blinkee.city app has been up and running in eight… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 8:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paysafe Group, a U.S.-based global payments provider, announced on Friday it has formed a partnership with search engine giant, Google, to allow its prepaid business paysafecard to be accepted as a payment method in the Google Play Store. According to Paysafe, from now on, customers without… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 10:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based fintech Revolut announced earlier this week it is looking to expand its personnel by hiring 100 people in ONE single day in Kraków, Poland. The company’s upcoming “Recruitment Day” in the polish city will take place on June 9th (this Saturday). It was revealed: “So… Read More

May 30, 2018 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The Republic of Malta has added another cryptocurrency exchange to its roster of blockchain startups based in the Mediterranean Island. BitBay, based in Poland, announced yesterday it had decided to “suspend the activity” of the exchange in its home country as it set up shop… Read More

April 17, 2018 @ 3:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Swedish crowdfunding platform FundedByMe celebrated the opening of its new office in Poland. As previously reported, the funding portal has now established a new office in Warsaw representing the sixth international location beyond Sweden. Daniel Daboczy, CEO and co-founder FundedByMe, recently stated: “Poland is… Read More

April 12, 2018 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Santander announced on Thursday the launch of its new international payments service using blockchain-based technology. The service is available to retail customers in Spain, UK, Brazil, and Poland, and will be rolled out across more countries in the coming months. According to Santander, the new… Read More

March 9, 2018 @ 8:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced on Friday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU to enhance fintech collaboration between the two authorities, with a view to strengthening co-operation between… Read More

March 8, 2018 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

FundedByMe, an investment crowdfunding platform based in Sweden, is expanding into Poland. The platform has now established a new office in Warsaw representing the sixth international location beyond Sweden. FundedByMe says the aim is to meet the funding needs of a rapidly growing market consisting… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, London-based fintech Opal Transfer announced it is launching a new money transfer service between Ukraine and Poland. Incorporated in 2003, Opal Transfer specializes in foreign exchange money transfers to and from Eastern Europe, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Czech Republic. The… Read More

December 6, 2017 @ 12:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Join the most unique fintech event in Europe, the place of powerful connection – where the most established financial institutions on earth are meeting with new market disruptors. This year’s event is focusing on the exponential technologies and emerging strategies that are fundamentally shifting the… Read More

October 5, 2017 @ 12:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech, Social Finance and More Copernicus Conference Centre: Copernicus Science Centre, October 5, 2017, Warsaw, Poland Since the global financial crisis, alternative finance, which includes financial instruments and distributive channels that emerge outside of the traditional financial system, has thrived in the US, Europe and… Read More

July 18, 2017 @ 11:18 am By Erin Hobey  |  

On the first day of their trip to Poland, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the Warsaw startup incubator The Heart to celebrate business opportunities between UK and Poland. The event was held by the British Embassy in Poland and hosted by Azimo co-founder… Read More

May 28, 2017 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coming off a two-day event in Warsaw, FutureTech Congress organizers are reporting that Poland aspires to become a Fintech hub in Europe. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development and Finance (and former banker) Mateusz Morawiecki delivered a speech at the event saying Polish Fintech… Read More

May 24, 2017 @ 5:36 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The international lending firm iwoca and payment service provider PayU launched an innovative collaboration aimed at making it easier for SME entrepreneurs, particularly those in the eCommerce and eService industries, to obtain financing for growth. The new solution enables the entire lending process to take place online,… Read More