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Can a National Financial Supervisor Support the Development of the Fintech Sector? Innovation Hubs as a Tool for Supporting Innovation: The Examples of Poland, Estonia, and Italy Cover

Can a National Financial Supervisor Support the Development of the Fintech Sector? Innovation Hubs as a Tool for Supporting Innovation: The Examples of Poland, Estonia, and Italy

Open Access
|Oct 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2025.30.03.14 | Journal eISSN: 2719-9452 | Journal ISSN: 1689-7404
Language: English, Polish
Page range: 215 - 230
Submitted on: Dec 31, 2024
Accepted on: Apr 14, 2025
Published on: Oct 6, 2025
Published by: University of Białystok
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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