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Artificial Intelligence is changing the financial system
Milena KabzaArtificial Intelligence modifies the previously existing links between entities operating on the financial markets, introduces new competition rules, and plays an increasingly important role. Its potential poses a major...
The golden age of Czech e-commerce
Filip BrokešAs e-commerce markets in economically more advanced European countries are showing signs of slowing down, in less developed markets — mainly in the Central and Southeast Europe (CSE) — e-commerce is on the rise.
Economic growth depends on knowledge and creativity
Izabela D. TymoczkoDevelopment depends on the economy's saturation with entrepreneurs who are motivated by the desire to creative new things, and not just to make a living for themselves. That is why the expansion of start-ups is so important.
The world without internet access is disappearing
Obserwator FinansowyIt is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine our economic and everyday life without the internet. In countries such as South Korea, the Netherlands or Iceland, virtually everyone has access to the internet. The analog...
The green finance revolution
Magdalena KrukowskaThe value of investments aimed at counteracting global climate change should reach USD1 trillion next year. However, much more is needed in order to prevent a natural and economic catastrophe.
Cashier-less grocery stores as an answer to the Sunday trade ban
Magdalena Węsierska-WieczorekThe grocery store of the Take&GO retail chain, launched in Poznań (western Poland) in June 2019, operates 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, and utilizes technology that enables customers to do shopping on non-trading...
Ukraine’s thriving e-commerce sector
Sergei KuznetsovThe Ukrainian e-commerce sector swiftly recovered from the 2014-2015 financial and economic crises, and has reported up to 30 per cent of annual growth over the past three years. This is one of the highest levels in Eastern...
Remote working could help the environment
Obserwator FinansowyPassenger traffic in cities could be reduced by 3 up to 30 per cent, provided that teleworking becomes more widespread. Remote work was invented 50 years ago in the US in response to the oil prices.
Hungary rolls out 5G networks
Filip BrokešIn late June 2019, Hungary became another EU member state with an auction procedure for the sale of frequencies needed for the deployment of 5G networks underway.
Russia’s shrinking middle-class
Filip BrokešNot more than 30 per cent of Russia’s population can be described as belonging to the middle-class, down from 37 percent in 2008, a recent study done by one of Russia’s leading private financial institutions, Alfa Bank...