📅 Date: 16–17 June 2025

📍 Location:Hilton Hotel Sofia, Bulgaria Blvd 1, 1421 Sofia

🗣️ Language: English

We invite you to the Polish-Bulgarian FinTech Bridge, a high-level bilateral event designed to strengthen cooperation between two dynamic and fast-growing fintech ecosystems in Central and Eastern Europe.

The event will bring together leaders from financial institutions, fintech companies, regulators, and public authorities to explore shared opportunities, regulatory alignment, and innovative partnerships between Bulgaria and Poland.

Agenda Overview

📍 Venue: Hotel Hilton Sofia, g.k. Lozenets, Bulgaria Blvd 1, 1421 Sofia

9:00                  Registration and  Welcome coffee

9:30                  Welcome by Ms Bozhena Bozhidlova – Moderator of the Conference, Director FinTech Bulgaria

9:35                  Opening remarks:

• E. Mr Maciej Szymański; Ambassador of the Rep. of Poland in Bulgaria,
• E. Mr Tomislav Donchev; Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Innovation,
• Mr Paweł Widawski CEO Future Finance Poland,
• Mr Valeri Valtchev Co-Founder and Chairman FinTech Bulgaria,
• Representative of the European Commission from Brussels (TBC)

10:00                Polish Financial Center – Paweł Widawski, CEO Future Finance Poland

10:15                Bulgarian Financial Center – Bozhena Bozhilova, Director FinTech Bulgaria

10:30 – 11:00     Panel Nr 1: How to build synergy between Polish and Bulgarian financial ecosystems.

• Moderator:  Konstantin Stoychev, CEO Axi Card Poland & Icredit Poland
• Panelists: 
  • Zenia Karastoyanov – BidFinance
  • Stephane Caix, Product  – Borica 
  • Piotr Kozłowski – Bank Pekao SA
  • Georgi Marinov –  EasyPay, EPay, EPayGo and InfoNotary

11:00                Transformation of the Debt Market  in Bulgaria Through Online Auctions

Mr Piotr Szaciłło – BidFinance

11:15 -11:30      Differences in Regulations between countries (fireside chat )

• Paweł Widawski, CEO Future Finance Poland
• Nikolay Cvetanov, Managing partner at Penkov, Markov & Partners, Attorney-at-law

11:30 – 12:00     Panel Nr 2 Challenges and new possibilities of growth and how to deal with them.

• Moderator: Merdihan Ismailov, VP Fintech Applications & Solutions at Sirma Group
• Panelists: 
  • Krzysztof Biernacki – DigitalGateways
  • Vania Nedelcheva – Verestro
  • Cezary Kosiński – EFTlab
  • George Roukov – Credissimo 
  • Konstantin Djelebov – Paynetics

12:00                Closing remarks

12:10                Lunch Break

13:00 – 14:00     B2B Speed dating Networking Lunch

Stay tuned for speaker announcements and registration details.

For inquiries, please get in touch with us: info@fintechpoland.com