Unchain Festival

Unchain Festival 17-18 June 2026, Oradea, Central-Eastern Europe

Fintech, compliance, and financial crime prevention are often treated as separate conversations. In reality, they are be...
03/06/2026

Fintech, compliance, and financial crime prevention are often treated as separate conversations. In reality, they are becoming increasingly interconnected.

As Staff Product Manager, AML & KYC at Entrust, Tudor Stoicescu works at the intersection of product development, identity verification, regulatory technology, and financial crime prevention. Entrust supports organisations globally with trusted identity, payments, and data security solutions — helping banks, fintechs, and financial institutions strengthen digital onboarding, compliance workflows, and customer trust across increasingly complex digital environments.

As financial institutions continue to balance growth, customer experience, regulatory requirements, and security, the ability to build intelligent and scalable compliance infrastructure is becoming a strategic differentiator. The convergence of AI, risk management, fraud prevention, and digital identity is rapidly changing how financial services approach trust in the digital age.

📅 17–18 June 2026 | Oradea Fortress

Payments have become one of the most competitive layers of financial services.Behind every transaction sits a complex ec...
03/06/2026

Payments have become one of the most competitive layers of financial services.
Behind every transaction sits a complex ecosystem of issuers, processors, acquirers, networks, fintechs, merchants, and infrastructure providers — all evolving simultaneously as customer expectations continue to accelerate.

As Vice President Sales & Business Development at TSYS, Michal Prazny brings extensive experience across card issuing, payment processing, and financial technology. Working closely with banks, fintechs, and financial institutions across Europe, he focuses on helping organisations modernise payment operations, scale card programmes, and adapt to the changing dynamics of digital commerce and payments infrastructure.

As payments continue to evolve through embedded finance, digital wallets, instant transactions, and new business models, the conversation is increasingly shifting toward scalability, interoperability, and how institutions build payment ecosystems capable of supporting long-term growth.

📅 17–18 June 2026 | Oradea Fortress

Insurance is changing far beyond the policy itself.The industry is increasingly shaped by how quickly claims are process...
03/06/2026

Insurance is changing far beyond the policy itself.

The industry is increasingly shaped by how quickly claims are processed, how effectively risk is assessed, and how seamlessly digital experiences are integrated into everyday customer interactions. This shift is creating new expectations around speed, transparency, and customer experience across the entire insurance lifecycle.

Hellas Direct joins UNCHAIN Festival 2026 as a Supporter, bringing a technology-driven approach to insurance and risk management. Operating across Southeast Europe, the company combines insurance expertise with digital capabilities, data analytics, and proprietary technology to build more efficient and customer-centric insurance services. As insurers continue to modernise operations and rethink customer engagement, technology is becoming increasingly central to how insurance products are designed, distributed, and delivered.

📅17–18 June 2026, Oradea Fortress, Romania

Insurance transformation is often discussed through products, distribution, and customer experience.What receives less a...
03/06/2026

Insurance transformation is often discussed through products, distribution, and customer experience.

What receives less attention is the operational engine that makes all of it possible — the processes, systems, and organisational capabilities that allow insurers to scale, adapt, and deliver consistently in an increasingly digital market.

As Chief Operating Officer at Eazy Asigurări, Viorel Moglan is responsible for overseeing the operational framework of one of Romania's newest digital-first insurance players. His work focuses on operational efficiency, process optimisation, and building the organisational foundations required to support growth in a rapidly evolving insurance environment. As insurers continue to modernise customer journeys, automate workflows, and leverage technology across the value chain, operations are becoming a key driver of competitiveness and long-term resilience.

📅 17–18 June 2026 | Oradea Fortress

Corporate banking is changing far beyond financing.Today, companies expect banks to support increasingly complex flows o...
03/06/2026

Corporate banking is changing far beyond financing.

Today, companies expect banks to support increasingly complex flows of payments, liquidity, trade, treasury operations, and cross-border business activity — while delivering the same level of speed, visibility, and digital experience that has become standard elsewhere in financial services.

As Global Transaction Banking Executive Director at BRD Groupe Société Générale, Maricela Litcanu brings more than 25 years of banking experience, with a strong focus on corporate banking, transaction services, trade finance, cash management, and client relationship development. Within BRD, she oversees activities that sit at the core of how companies move capital, manage liquidity, and operate across markets.

As transaction banking continues to evolve through digitalisation, automation, real-time payments, and new cross-border financial infrastructures, the conversation is increasingly shifting toward how banks create more integrated and efficient ecosystems for corporate clients navigating a rapidly changing economic environment.

📅 17–18 June 2026 | Oradea Fortress

Digital transformation in financial services is no longer a question of adopting new technologies.The challenge is how o...
02/06/2026

Digital transformation in financial services is no longer a question of adopting new technologies.

The challenge is how organisations connect customer experience, operations, automation, compliance, and AI into systems that can actually evolve with the business.

As Regional Sales Director at Creatio, Vlad Mashyn works with banks, financial institutions, and enterprises across Central Europe on workflow automation, CRM, AI-driven processes, and no-code transformation. Creatio has become one of the leading platforms helping organisations modernise operations, accelerate innovation, and reduce the complexity traditionally associated with large-scale transformation projects.

As financial institutions continue to rethink how they operate internally and engage customers externally, the ability to execute change faster is becoming a competitive advantage in itself. The conversation is increasingly shifting from digitalisation as a project to adaptability as an organisational capability.

📅 17–18 June 2026 | Oradea Fortress

Digital transformation is often discussed as a question of innovation.In reality, one of the hardest challenges is far l...
02/06/2026

Digital transformation is often discussed as a question of innovation.

In reality, one of the hardest challenges is far less visible: how financial institutions modernise complex systems, migrate critical data, and evolve infrastructure without disrupting the business itself. As Managing Director of fme Romania, Ioan Negrea has spent more than two decades working precisely in that space. Part of the international fme Group, the company specialises in enterprise content management, data and content migration, application modernisation, cloud solutions, and digital transformation projects for highly regulated industries, including banking and financial services.

As banks across Europe continue to balance innovation with operational resilience, the conversation is increasingly shifting from what should be transformed to how transformation is actually delivered. Topics such as cloud adoption, data governance, legacy modernisation, operational efficiency, and technology integration have become central to the long-term competitiveness of financial institutions — not only as technology priorities, but as business priorities.

📅 17–18 June 2026 | Oradea Fortress
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🤝 Axe Finance joins UNCHAIN Festival 2026 as a Supporter, bringing extensive expertise in digital lending, credit risk ...
02/06/2026

🤝 Axe Finance joins UNCHAIN Festival 2026 as a Supporter, bringing extensive expertise in digital lending, credit risk management, and loan origination technology.

For more than two decades, the company has partnered with banks and financial institutions across global markets to modernise lending operations, improve credit decision-making, and support the transformation of end-to-end lending processes.

As financial institutions continue to navigate increasing regulatory requirements, evolving customer expectations, and the need for greater operational efficiency, lending technology remains a key enabler of sustainable growth. Axe Finance's experience in helping banks build more agile, scalable, and data-driven credit ecosystems makes its perspective highly relevant to the conversations shaping the future of finance across Central & Eastern Europe.

📅 17–18 June 2026, Oradea Fortress, Romania

Banking tends to oscillate between two extremes: preserving stability and pursuing change.Very few people have spent eno...
02/06/2026

Banking tends to oscillate between two extremes: preserving stability and pursuing change.

Very few people have spent enough time on both sides of that equation to understand how difficult the balance actually is. As VP, Entrepreneurs Division at Raiffeisen Bank Romania, Ionuț Pătrăhău brings a perspective shaped not only by senior leadership roles in banking, but also by direct experience in entrepreneurship, investment, and building businesses outside the traditional financial system. That combination gives him a rare ability to understand both how institutions think and how innovators operate.

At UNCHAIN Festival 2026, Ionuț joins the conversation on the future of banking, entrepreneurship, and financial innovation across Central & Eastern Europe. As the relationship between banks, fintechs, founders, and technology continues to evolve, the most valuable insights increasingly come from those who have navigated all of these worlds firsthand.

📅 17–18 June 2026 | Oradea Fortress

Join us in welcoming Maciej Sałata to the UNCHAIN Festival speaker lineup.As Consulting Director for Corporate and SME D...
02/06/2026

Join us in welcoming Maciej Sałata to the UNCHAIN Festival speaker lineup.

As Consulting Director for Corporate and SME Digital Banking at Comarch, Maciej helps financial institutions maximize the return on their digital transformation investments and improve Cost-to-Income (C/I) ratios through the strategic application of Artificial Intelligence.

Combining deep expertise in banking, technology, and business transformation, he is focused on one key objective: ensuring innovation translates into measurable business value. His work demonstrates how AI can move beyond experimentation to become a powerful driver of operational efficiency, sustainable growth, and profitability.

📅 17–18 June 2026, Oradea Fortress, Romania
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