Innovative Banking – but Where Are the Entrepreneurs?

Summary

Moderator Prof. Witold Orłowski justified the presence of finance at a geopolitical conference with the thesis that the position of great powers is determined by financial strength and capital, and that today's world is being transformed by China's enormous capital and the entry of internet companies into financial services. The panelists – practitioners and academics (Lech Kurkliński, Krzysztof Kalicki, Jarosław Grzywiński) – discussed digital currencies and cryptocurrencies, the right to issue money, trust in banks after crises, and the financing of companies by banks and the capital market. The debate took the form of three short presentations followed by a discussion.