Basic statutory goals

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  Promoting cashless transactions in Poland.

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  Developing and expanding the network of retail and service outlets, public offices and institutions, etc., accepting electronic payments

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  Raising citizens’ awareness and knowledge of cashless transactions, their security and economic principles through information and educational activities.

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  Promoting technological innovations which support cashless transactions.

Rada Fundacji

• Jakub Kiwior

  Visa Chairman
• Jerzy Bańka

  Polish Bank Association Vice-President
• Paweł Bułgaryn

  Ministry of Finance
• Bartosz Ciołkowski

  Mastercard
• Rafał Gołębiewski

  Committee of Acquirers

Foundation Board

• Grażyna Ciurzyńska

  President of the Cashless Poland Foundation

  President of the Cashless Poland Foundation

  
  

  Throughout 25 years of experience in the financial sector and cashless payments market, she has been in charge of activities related to card operations and cooperation with international payment organisations and banking technology providers, while supervising the implementation of innovative payment products and solutions. She also served as a member of the Cashless Poland Foundation Board, a member of the Presidium of the Bank Card Issuers Council, and previously the Presidium of the Cash Management Council at the Polish Bank Association.

  Grażyna Ciurzyńska graduated in Foreign Trade from SGH Warsaw School of Economics and completed Postgraduate Studies in European Banking Law at the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. For many years, she has been involved in teaching and research at the Institute of International Economics in SGH Warsaw School of Economics.

• Joanna Erdman

  Vice-President of the Cashless Poland Foundation

  Vice-President of the Cashless Poland Foundation

  
  

  She started her banking career in Pekao SA banking group. Since 2000, she has been associated with mBank, recently as Director of Strategic Projects in Retail Banking. She has been providing strategic support to Cashless Poland Foundation since its launch, serving as a member of the Supervisory Board. She acted as an advisor for the European Payment Advisory Committee and Visa Client Council, was a co-creator of such brands as: mBank, MultiBank, Orange Finanse, BLIK and mojeID, and Chairperson of the Bank Card Issuers Council at the Polish Bank Association (from 2018 until June 2021).

  Joanna Erdman graduated in Management and Marketing from the University of Lodz and completed the ‘Leadership in Innovation’ Postgraduate Studies at SGH Warsaw School of Economics. She is also a holder of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Polish-American Management Centre and the University of Maryland. She was awarded the title of the Most Influential Woman in the Payment Industry in Poland granted by cashless.pl.

• Dr Paweł Widawski

  Vice-President of the Management Board

  Vice-President of the Management Board

  
  

  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 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.