With a PLN 3.54m prize pool and a target of 500,000 users by year-end, PKO BP is testing whether gamification can become a scalable customer acquisition channel rather than just a marketing novelty.
Kruk, one of Europe’s largest debt-collection firms, is preparing a new phase of international expansion built on large consumer markets, AI-driven automation and a corporate restructuring designed to lower the cost of capital.
The National Center for Energy Analysis (Narodowe Centrum Analiz Energetycznych, NCAE) is working on a Polish-designed 5 MW wind turbine. The initiative is intended to strengthen domestic industry, enhance energy security, and provide an alternative to foreign technologies. Talks with potential investors are already under way.
A stricter interpretation of EU-backed funding rules is making it harder for foreign-controlled companies to access support for clean tech, biotech and deep tech projects in Poland. Experts say the approach could shift investment to countries such as Germany, France and Italy, where eligibility rules are less restrictive
Poland’s overhaul of consumer credit rules has become a test of influence between regulators, ministries and the financial sector. UOKiK admits it underestimated the determination of banks, which officials say successfully shaped key elements of the draft law.
The Polish logistics group InPost is significantly expanding its footprint in France, committing an additional EUR 500 million to automation, parcel locker growth and logistics upgrades through 2030.
A flagship Polish plan to develop small modular reactors is mired in difficult talks between Orlen and Synthos, with disagreements over funding structures, technology lock-in, and political legacy issues increasingly shaping the project’s trajectory.
Once a struggling retail chain forced into restructuring, Duka is being relaunched by Biesiada Invest, which has secured the trademark and is betting on a digital-first growth model.
The CEO of Erste Group says success in Poland will depend less on becoming number one by assets and more on customer satisfaction, disciplined growth, and embedding the bank in the region’s economic transformation.
Once a transit country for foreign tourists, Poland is increasingly emerging as a destination in its own right. A growing premium hotel segment is reshaping expectations of luxury - less about opulence, more about authenticity, experience, and place.
Piotr Sobolewski 
Barbara Oksińska 
Małgorzata Grzegorczyk 
Martyna Maciuch 
Mariusz Bartodziej 
Szymon Matuszyński 