FinTech Roadshow Warsaw

FinTech continues to transform the financial services sector with new regulations and technologies, enabling new players to enter the market and requiring existing players to adapt. This seminar looks at some of the recent trends in the market, focusing on the factors driving change in financial services.

This will be an exciting opportunity to discuss current developments, trends, and regulatory challenges facing the payments sector. The seminar will be held in English, and admission is free.

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9:00 - 9:30

Registration, coffee break & networking

PART I
Initial Coin Offering & Cryptocurrencies

9:30 - 9:50
 
Tokenisation: STO and ICO.
Presentation by Dr. Michael Jünemann, Partner, Head of the German Banking & Finance practice at Bird & Bird
 
 
9.50 - 10.10
 
Taxation of cryptocurrencies and way forward - do we need a regulation on cryptocurrencies in Poland?
Presentation by Bartłomiej Sikora, Head of the Polish Tax practice, and Mateusz Bednarski, Associate at the Polish Tax practice at Bird & Bird
 

10.10 - 10.40
 
Panel session with Q&A
 
Panelists:
• Dr. Michael Jünemann, Bird & Bird Frankfurt
• Bartłomiej Sikora, Bird & Bird Warsaw
• Mateusz Bednarski, Bird & Bird Warsaw 
• TBC 

10:40 - 11:00

Coffee break, networking

 
PART II
Strong Customer Authentication
under PSD2 Guidelines

11:00 - 11:20 

PSD2 Open Banking and Strong Customer Authentication (SCA): 5 minutes before Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) going live – are we ready? Presentation by Scott McInnes, Partner in the Bird & Bird Brussels office, Competition & EU law team and Banking & Finance regulatory group
 
  
11.20 - 11.40
 
PSD2 in Poland. Open questions on SCA. Case study. Presentation by Sławomir Szepietowski, Managing Partner and Head of the Polish Banking & Finance practice and Marta Stanisławska, Senior Associate at the Polish Banking & Finance practice at Bird & Bird
  

11.40 - 12.10

Panel session with Q&A
 
Panelists:
 
• Scott McInnes, Bird & Bird Brussels
• Aleksander Naganowski, New Business Development Director at Mastercard
• Paweł Widawski, Founder & CEO, FinTech Poland
• Marta Stanisławska, Bird & Bird Warsaw 

12:10 - 13:00

Lunch break, networking