Dr hab. Michał Polasik, prof. UMK
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
Profesor nadzwyczajny na Wydziale Nauk Ekonomicznych i Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu. Dyrektor Centrum Gospodarki i Finansów Cyfrowych UMK i lider projektu FinTech Copernicus Hub, należącego do sieci European Digital Innovation Hubs – Digital Europe. Autor ponad stu publikacji naukowych z zakresu bankowości cyfrowej i płatności detalicznych.
Kierownik licznych projektów badawczych, m.in.: ogólnoeuropejskiego badania “PayTechImpact.EU” (http://paytech.umk.pl) finansowanego przez NCN, szeregu projektów B+R w obszarze FinTech, systemu płatniczego, e-commerce oraz kryptowalut. Realizował badanie ewaluacyjne regulacji PSD2 dla Komisji Europejskiej w ramach “Study on the application and impact of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 on Payment Services (PSD2)”.

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Prof. Michal Polasik
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun
Michał Polasik is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, and director of the Centre for Digital Economy and Finance NCU. He is the author of over a hundred academic publications on retail payments and digital finance that are widely cited. In addition, he has presented the results of his research during the most prestigious international conferences on the payment system, organized by the European Central Bank, the European Parliament, the Bank of Canada and the Bank of Finland, the Deutsche Bundesbank, and the Narodowy Bank Polski.
He has led several large research projects, e.g., the pan-European study ‘PayTech Impact.EU’ (http://paytech.umk.pl) financed by the National Science Centre Poland, and many other research & development projects in the field of payment innovations, payment systems, e-commerce, and cryptocurrencies.
Within his studies, he cooperated with the European Banking Federation, the European Payment Institutions Federation, the Polish Bank Association, the National Bank of Poland, KIR, equensWorldline SE, and other financial institutions and market stakeholders. He was implementing the PSD2 evaluation project for the European Commission – DG FISMA under the ‘Study on the application and impact of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 on Payment Services (PSD2)’, together with the VVA Group, the Center for European Policy Studies, and the NCU.