Watch the recording of the Panel Discussion on the topic of Embedded SME Lending, recorded during the #CEE24 SME Banking Conference, taking place on November 15 in Vienna, Austria.
🎤 Moderator: Olena Gryniuk – CEE Director at the SME Banking Club.
🎤Jan Lastuvka – CEO & Founder at Lemonero, The Czech Rep.
🎤Vjačeslav Lypko – Head of International Expansion at Pragma Group, Poland.
🎤Benjamin Berényi – CEO & Co-founder at PastPay, Hungary.
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CEE24 SME Banking Conference
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CEE24 SME Banking & Tech Awards
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Cocktail Reception
Donau-City-Straße 7, 1220 Wien, Austria
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Olena Gryniuk is responsible for the development of the SME Banking Club in the CEE region. Before getting involved in the SME Banking Club activities, Olena was in charge of SME products and sales in Raiffeisen Bank and Eurobank groups.
About SME Banking Club
The SME Banking Club was established by a team of former SME bankers in 2010 as a professional network of bankers to exchange information and experiences in the segments of micro, small and medium-sized businesses. The SME Banking Club organizes regional SME banking conferences and webinars that bring together financial institutions, technology companies, and development finance institutions to share knowledge, spur innovation and promote the growth of SMEs in the region. Moreover, it provides its members with access to detailed analytical market reports and annual studies. SME Banking Club’s main activities are concentrated in Central and Eastern Europe.
Klaudia has been leading teams delivering projects for banking clients at Verita HR since 2017. Her particular focus is on delivering human resources solutions to financial services and technology clients within Poland. Working mainly with Polish, Chinese, British, and U.S. clients with businesses and teams based in Warsaw and Krakow. Klaudia and her teams are also located in these financial and technological hubs. Klaudia attends and speaks at some of the leading Fintech and Banking events in Europe and the U.S., both in person and online. She is a specialist in all things blockchain, Web3 and digital assets. As well as specializing in working with quantitative and fixed income professionals within investment banking. Additionally, Klaudia works as the Digital Lead at Disruption Banking and Magazyn Rekruter. Ensuring that clients receive the most important stories affecting financial services and organizational development. These stories are driven by data. And they use the most effective storytelling and the most engaging visuals.
Katalin Kauzli is a co-founder of Partner HUB Ltd, the developer of a white label digital invoice management solution for banks. Charlie-India is the core IT platform for the BUPA and OTP eBIZ solutions.
Enrique Caballero works at Aware Inc, as Sales Director EMEA, for the Biometrics division. His areas of function include evangelizing Aware’s Biometrics and Digital Identity solutions and their impact on transforming the government and private sectors landscape.
Visionary AI-tech entrepreneur. Diederick advises the board of directors and leadership teams on digital business development, digitalization, and automated, machine learning-based, financial decision-making.
Big behavioral data & AI for FinTech, Banking, Smart Building, PropTech, E-commerce, Mobile telecom
Jan is disrupting the funding market for eCommerce & Omnichannel companies as the Founder & CEO at Lemonero.
Experienced entrepreneur, skilled in eCommerce, Fintech, and entrepreneurship.
* Founder & CEO at MonkeyData – an eCommerce analytics company with 30,000 customers in 30+ countries.
* International speaker focused on Fintech, eCommerce, Data and AI (spoken at events in Austin (USA), Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Athens, Prague)
* AYLP alumnus and member of The Aspen Institute Central Europe.
* Founder of “Future Education Initiative”, the educational platform which helps teachers in the Czech Republic gain access to the world‘s best courses and teaching methods.
* Volunteer and Member of the Board of Centre PANT – NGO with a focus on Modern History and Politics.
Nelson Wootton is the co-founder and CEO of SaaScada. Nelson has held many senior technology and business roles over the last 20 years, including several CTO and CIO roles delivering global projects.
Nelson is a cloud evangelist, having worked on and in cloud (and nothing but cloud) since 2006. His extensive experience and huge passion for technology and its ability to transform business processes, coupled with a track record of delivery, has enabled transformational changes in numerous businesses over the years. He has led, scaled and exited two technology businesses. As a huge technology enthusiast, Nelson still gets excited by the possibilities!
An executive, manager, product owner, and technology enthusiast with over 12 years of experience. In my work, I leverage technology, data, and user research to create and implement business strategies that enhance product adoption, conversion, sales, and customer satisfaction.
I have successfully completed over 60 projects in the field of mobile applications, SaaS, and digital transformations for companies such as Microsoft, Nokia, Eurobank, BZWBK, PFR, Poczta Polska (Envelo), RWE / Innogy, IKEA, mBank, VISA, STS, Play, Virgin Mobile, AMS, Agora, Wirtualna Polska, Hypermedia, K2, Qpony.
Currently, COO at Algolytics Technologies.
An expert in modern IT solutions for banking and a manager with many years of experience associated with the company for over 22 years. I manage the Banking Area Development Division.
I am responsible for acquiring new customers and cultivating relationships with existing ones, developing products, and creating innovative banking solutions. Privately, I am a technical diver, runner, and amateur high-altitude climber. In my free time, I let off steam on a punching bag.
Sergii Demchuk is the CEO and co-founder of NOVALEND – a Polish fintech for SME lending.
Sergii has 18 years of experience in fintech, banking, and microfinance. He has successfully led several lending startups in Poland, the Baltics, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Sergii has held a senior role in the international lending group, driving business growth and innovation in emerging markets across Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Sergii shares his expertise on fintech innovations and alternative lending solutions for SMEs. He holds a Diploma in Finance and is fluent in English, Ukrainian, Russian, and Polish.
In his role, Jürgen Krenn is responsible for Financial Sales at CRIF Austria sind 2011. In close cooperation with Austrian banks and leasing companies, he develops solution fields in credit risk management and the digital application process.
Krenn studied technical mathematics and general management and has many years of experience in the IT and finance world. He worked for the Raiffeisen Banking Group for seven years and previously gained a wide range of experience in management consulting.
