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Cash payment ban is coming - Polish Economy Forum

The ban on cash payments is coming – Polish Economy Forum

Confederation politicians stressed their concerns about restrictions on cash payments and financial surveillance, which is increasingly affecting Poles. MP Krzysztof Bosak, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm from the Confederation, drew attention to the growing difficulties associated with using online financial services and verification procedures, which increasingly restrict the financial freedom ...

The EU announces more money for small and medium-sized companies

The EU announces further funding for small and medium-sized businesses

The new financial support for small and medium-sized companies is intended to increase their level of digitalization and promote pro-ecological investments. As part of the Dig.IT project, entrepreneurs from the industry, production and services for industry sectors are to gain a new opportunity to raise the so-called level of digital ...

BLIK as a Polish export service - Polish Economy Forum

BLIK – Polish export service – Polish Economy Forum

The BLIK system, which is incredibly popular in Poland, will soon be available to consumers in other European Union countries. Monika Król, Vice President of BLIK, announced her company’s foreign expansion plans. The payment service, popular in Poland, will soon be available in Slovakia and Romania, and then also in ...

Credit holidays under new rules

Credit holidays on new terms

A draft amendment to the act on support for borrowers has been submitted to the Sejm, the aim of which is to extend the possibility of taking advantage of the so-called credit holidays. On Tuesday, the Marshal’s Office received a draft amendment to the act on support for borrowers and ...

Inflation is the lowest in three years!

Inflation is the lowest in three years!

The Central Statistical Office issued a statement on the level of price increases for February and published information on changes in the methodology for calculating inflation. Prices of goods and services rose 2.8 percent in February compared to the same month a year ago. Prices have increased by 0.3 percent ...

Regional support for companies from the SME sector

Regional support for SME companies

Entrepreneurs can now look around their home regions for available forms of support for their businesses. These take the form of both subsidies and preferential loans. It is worth knowing about them as early as possible. For entrepreneurs from the Lublin province The funds will be distributed among 30 companies, ...

Real wages in Poland have increased significantly

Real wages in Poland have grown significantly

The Polish economy is recovering from the weakening, and proof of this is the fact that in February 2024 real wages in Poland grew the most in several decades. In February 2024, real wages in Poland grew by as much as 9.9 percent year-on-year, according to data from the Central ...

NBP's reaction to the application for the State Tribunal for the president

NBP’s reaction to the request for the State Tribunal for the president

The National Bank of Poland responded with an official statement to the submission of a political motion to the State Tribunal for Prof. Adam Glapiński, President of the National Bank of Poland. A motion to bring Prof. Adam Glapiński, president of the National Bank of Poland, before the State Tribunal ...

Companies are most likely to use leasing

Companies most often use leasing

This year, almost every fourth company from the small and medium-sized enterprise sector in Poland will choose leasing to co-finance its operations. In 2024, the most popular external form of financing for SMEs will be leasing, according to the Kaczmarski Group study “2024 from the perspective of micro, small and ...

Genius loci - Polish Economy Forum

Genius loci – Polish Economy Forum

I must remind you of one thing here: Budapest in the second half of the 19th century had a completely different rank than Warsaw. This has some significance for further considerations. Warsaw, especially after the absurd and suicidal January Uprising (in my private classification of historical Polish absurdities, right after ...