The editors of cashless.pl are working on the sixth edition of the Map of Polish Fintech. This is the oldest project of its kind on the Polish market, which gathers information about all the most important fintechs in Poland in one place. The presentation of the Map, as every year, will be accompanied by the announcement of Cashless Fintech award winners.
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The Cashless Fintech awards, like the Map of Polish Fintech, are now six years old. To mark the occasion, we have decided to slightly change the rules for nominations for the categories. In the past, they were selected by the cashless.pl editorial team. This time, however, we decided to give this privilege to the readers. Anyone can nominate their candidate in one or all of the categories. Just send an e-mail with your justification to kontakt@cashless.pl. You are welcome to do so. We are waiting for submissions until next Friday, 21 April 2023, at 6 p.m.
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The submitted candidates will be verified by the Chapter Presidium in terms of meeting the criteria. The verified list of candidates will then be put to a vote by the Chapter, composed of several dozen experts from the Polish financial industry, invited by cashless.pl. Below is a list of the categories and the basic conditions to be met by the candidates.
Project Fintech
This is an award for projects in the area of modern financial technologies implemented by traditional financial institutions. Projects that have been introduced to the Polish market after 1 May 2022 by banks, insurance companies, leasing companies, etc. can be submitted.
Fintech Future
This is an award for the most interesting Polish financial startup (location of headquarters or main development centre decides) that has debuted with an offering on our market after 1 May 2022.
Insurtech of the Year
This is an award for a company or project in the area of modern insurance technology that debuted on the Polish market after 1 May 2022. Companies and projects introduced by Polish companies (the location of the company's headquarters or main development centre is decisive) or targeted primarily at Polish customers (if introduced by foreign companies) can be submitted.
Fintech Personality
This is an award for a fintech (a person who is the founder/co-founder of a company operating in the area of modern financial services or manages such a company) and in the last year (after 1 May 2022) has distinguished himself or herself in some way or can boast of special achievements. Applicants can be Polish citizens or foreigners if they are related to a Polish fintech (the location of the head office or main development centre is decisive).
Fintech of the Year
An award for a Polish company (location of headquarters or main development centre decides) that has recorded special achievements in the last year (after 1 May 2022).
Green Finance
Award to a Polish fintech company (location of head office or main development centre decides) for a special contribution to the planet protection.
The winners of the Cashless Fintech 2023 awards will be announced at the Cashless Fintech Evening on 15 June this year. During this event, we will also present this year's Map of Polish Fintech. We are working on it together with the Fintech Poland Foundation.
The main partner of the Map of Polish Fintech and the Cashless Fintech Evening gala is Mastercard.
