The first UK-Ukraine Fintech Summit will take place on July 15, 2021, and aims to connect the governments, key fintech visionaries, start-ups and leading technology companies of the two countries. The event will explore current challenges and...
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In the early 1990s, after years of underdevelopment, the banking sector in emerging Europe had to start from scratch, playing catch-up with its peers elsewhere. Now, in...
Most countries of Central and Eastern Europe have long been wary of cryptocurrencies, but there are some exceptions, and signs that in others, attitudes are changing. In...
A new set of ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting guidelines could strengthen the position of the Polish capital market – already the largest in...
Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) can lead to greener, more responsible investment. But standards remain irregular: creating common denominators will...
South African conglomerate Steinhoff has chosen Warsaw over London to list shares in its Pepco discount stores, in what looks set to be Poland’s biggest IPO this year...
The first session of the Warsaw Stock Exchange was held on April 16, 1991. With the second-largest initial public offering (IPO) in Europe and a record number of...
Savings in Romania’s banks increased from 81.1 billion euros at the end of 2019 to 90.4 billion euros at the end of 2020. Speaking to Emerging Europe, Alexandru M...
Lithuania makes it easy for fintech innovators to set up shop in the country. The secret is close collaboration between government, the national bank, and private firms...
Silent Eight, a Polish-founded technology company using artificial intelligence (AI) to combat money laundering and terrorism financing, has completed a new round of...
Early investors and employees of Estonian fintech start-up TransferWise have sold 319 million US dollars worth of shares in a deal that now values the money transfer...
One of Georgia’s two largest banks, TBC, last month announced plans to open a subsidiary – JSCB TBC Bank – in Uzbekistan. The announcement comes as TBC...
