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The financial industry is going hand in hand with technological progress
Paweł KowalewskiThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) have published an agenda devoted to the fintechs, and call for the extensive cooperation between the regulators.
Online shopping is becoming increasingly popular
Obserwator FinansowyAlmost 7 out of 10 internet users in the UE countries made online purchases during the past year. The most popular types of goods purchased online include clothes and sports equipment.
Artificial intelligence is taking over financial services
Milena KabzaArtificial intelligence could become a useful force in the financial services sector, but it could also become a destabilizing force posing a threat to the global financial system.
Technological revolution will quickly affect productivity
Marek Pielach“It took years before computers started affecting the economy, but the current technological revolution should become visible in the statistics quicker,” believes Professor Matilde Mas.
Polish banks are reluctant to embrace open banking
Jacek RamotowskiOpen banking, which allows customers to freely choose their financial service providers, constitutes a serious challenge for the banks which could easily lead them to squander their opportunities.
The return of the educated son
Katarzyna MokrzyckaPolish universities want to regain 107 Polish scientists working abroad as part of the first edition of the Polish Returns Program. The research teams they will build aim to create a new quality in the Polish science.
Potentials and challenges of the renewable energy
Vedran ObućinaAs early as 2020, new solar and wind power plants will be more cost-effective than coal and gas power plants.
Poland is not ready for robotization
Marcin JendrzejczakThe demographic crisis and the automation of the labor market are the key challenges for the Polish economy in the coming decades. Facing them will require extraordinary solutions.
Croatian interest in digital development
Vedran ObućinaCroatia have to develop a new strategy for digitization of industry, public administration and the public sector, modernize the education system and increase investment in R&D.
The WSE has a chance to be a pioneer of the blockchain technology
Piotr RosikThe Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) has announced the launch of a private market based on a blockchain. It has a chance to be in the avant-garde of the blockchain revolution as most of the capital markets have taken a rather...