Basic statutory goals

Promoting cashless transactions in Poland.
Developing and expanding the network of retail and service outlets, public offices and institutions, etc., accepting electronic payments
Raising citizens’ awareness and knowledge of cashless transactions, their security and economic principles through information and educational activities.
Promoting technological innovations which support cashless transactions.

Foundation Board

Jakub Kiwior

Visa Chairman
Jerzy Bańka

Polish Bank Association Vice-President
Paweł Bułgaryn

Ministry of Finance
Bartosz Ciołkowski

Mastercard
Joanna Erdman

Bank Card Issuers Council
Rafał Gołębiewski

Committee of Acquirers

Foundation Board

Mieczysław Groszek PhD

President of the Management Board

President of the Management Board of the Cashless Poland Foundation. He started his career at Polski Bank Rozwoju, where he served as President of the Management Board in 1995–1998. Then for two years he was Vice-President of the Management Board of BRE Bank S.A. For the next three years he was CEO and President of the Management Board of MHB Mitteleuropäische Handelsbank AG in Frankfurt am Main. In 2002–2010, he served as President of the Management Board at BRE Leasing, and then for 7 years as Vice-President of the Polish Bank Association and a representative of the Association in the Executive Committee of the European Banking Federation in Brussels.

He has a PhD in Economics and has authored numerous scientific publications. From 1973 to 1991, he worked as a researcher at the Warsaw School of Economics. He is fluent in German, English and Russian.
Paweł Widawski PhD

Vice-President of the Management Board

Vice-President of the Cashless Poland Foundation. Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration. He earlier worked as Director of the Payment Systems and Electronic Banking Department at the Polish Bank Association, board member of the European Payments Council and member of the Payment Committee of the European Banking Federation. Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and the Leadership Academy for Poland program.
Zbigniew Wiśniewski

Vice-President of the Management Board

Vice-President of the Cashless Poland Foundation. Member of the Management Board, director of the department responsible for the acquiring business at PolCard and First Data Polska, advisor to the Board of MCX Systems, expert at the Foundation for Development of Cashless Payments, Sales Department Manager at ORBIS State Enterprise. Member of the Organizing Committee and Program Council of the III, IV, V and VI Cashless Congress. Co-inventor and co-founder of the Committee of Acquirers. Graduate of the Faculty of Foreign Trade at the Central School of Planning and Statistics (currently Warsaw School of Economics). Co-creator of the Polish cashless payments market, independent expert — author of many market analyzes. He has been awarded the Honorary Badge of the Polish Bank Association.