Marek Grzegorczyk

1 week ago | emerging-europe.com | Marek Grzegorczyk

CEE’s rapid embrace of RegTech offers a glimpse of a future where regulation is not a hindrance to progress but a catalyst for innovation and economic resilience. In an era when regulatory compliance has grown increasingly intricate, the Central and Eastern European region is emerging as a formidable hub for regulatory technology, more commonly known as RegTech.

2 weeks ago | emerging-europe.com | Marek Grzegorczyk

The European Accessibility Act will reshape how banks and fintechs design their services—whether they’re ready or not. In an office in Vilnius, a team of fintech developers scrolls through a wireframe of a sleek new payments app. The colour palette is minimalist, the layout intuitive. But one question has yet to be answered: can a blind customer use it? Until now, the answer has too often been ‘no’. That is about to change.

2 weeks ago | emerging-europe.com | Marek Grzegorczyk

As Croatia’s beach resorts prepare for another bumper summer, businesses behind the scenes are scrambling—not for tourists, but for workers. The country’s demographic crisis threatens to drain the pool of available labour, turning seasonal sunshine into an economic headache. Croatia is running out of people. Over the past decade, its population has contracted by nearly 400,000—a dramatic drop exacerbated by emigration, declining birth rates, and an ageing citizenry.

3 weeks ago | emerging-europe.com | Marek Grzegorczyk

Stronger regional cooperation could help weaker educational systems leapfrog developmental stages. Czechia’s best practices, Estonia’s technological innovations, and Poland’s entrepreneurial zeal can be shared more widely through structured forums and partnerships. In 1989, a surge of optimism swept through Eastern Europe as walls fell and borders opened.

3 weeks ago | emerging-europe.com | Marek Grzegorczyk

As the local start-up scene matures, Kazakh investors look to Europe’s tech hubs. Kazakhstan’s venture capitalists are getting restless. A decade ago, Astana and Almaty hardly registered as start-up cities, but today Kazakhstan boasts one of Central Asia’s most dynamic innovation scenes.