14 January 2019
Bird & Bird appoints financial services expert Pawel Bajno
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2019/poland/190114-pawel-bajno-press-release-pl

Bird & Bird appoints financial services expert Pawel Bajno as a partner in its Corporate practice in Warsaw.

02 April 2020
The President and the Prime Minister of Poland have announced a package of support measures for society and entrepreneurs called the Anti-Crisis Shield
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/poland/president-and-prime-minister-of-poland-have-announced-a-package-of-support-measures-for-society

The President and the Prime Minister of Poland have announced a package of support measures for society and entrepreneurs called the Anti-Crisis Shield.

23 August 2019
PSD2. Polish's KNF grants grace period for SCA implementation
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/poland/psd2-polishs-knf-grants-grace-period-for-sca-implementation

On 19 August 2019, the Polish financial supervisory authority (KNF) issued a note on SCA, which is in line with EBA’s Opinion on SCA of 21 June 2019.

18 August 2020
UOKiK publishes its guidelines on the principles of imposing fines on managers
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/poland/uokik-publishes-its-guidelines-on-the-principles-of-imposing-fines-on-managers

The Polish Competition and Consumer Protection Act foresees that sanctions for implementing anticompetitive agreements may be imposed on companies and their managers. Managers who intentionally permit their company to ...

14 January 2019
Analysis of innovation facilitators established in the EU
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/analysis-of-innovation-facilitators-established-in-the-eu

Our payments team focus in on some of the observations set out in the ESA's joint comparative analysis of the innovation facilitators in the EU.

19 December 2018
Proposals issued by the European Commission to require payment service providers to disclose VAT details
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/global/proposals-issued-by-ec-require-payment-service-providers-to-disclose-vat-details

We analyse the European Commission's proposed amendments, which could require payment service providers (PSPs) to disclose payment transaction data to Member States.

20 February 2018
Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR) and PSD2 - Two important judgments from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/global/interchange-fee-regulation-and-psd2-important-judgments-from-the-european-court-of-justice

On 7 February 2018, the CJEU handed down two important judgments interpreting the EU Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR) and PSD2.

03 September 2018
Bird & Bird boosts international Dispute Resolution Group with the appointment of Adam Kowalczyk as partner in Warsaw
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2018/poland/bird-bird-boosts-international-dispute-resolution-group-with-appointment-of-adam-kowalczyk

Bird & Bird today boosts its international Dispute Resolution Group with the appointment of Adam Kowalczyk as partner in Warsaw.

02 October 2020
How to do Fintech in Poland
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/poland/how-to-do-fintech-in-poland

Our Polish office have authored a section of the recently published ‘How to do Fintech in Poland’ report. In this report Sławomir Szepietowski, Marta Stanisławska, and Kuba Ruiz outline the regulatory issues connected ...

07 May 2019
The EC puts an end to decades of competition law enforcement against interchange fees: What's next for interchange fees?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/ec-puts-an-end-to-decades-of-competition-law-enforcement-against-interchange-fees

We provide below a brief recap on the many-many years of competition law enforcement by the European Commission (EC) against interchange fees, a summary of the EC decision of 29 April 2019 related to Visa's and ...