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   "name": "Licensing, Authorisation & Market Access",
   "confidence": "Confirmed",
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/poland/#w1a-licensing-authorisation-market-access",
   "standing_position": "Poland transposes PSD2/EMD via the Act on Payment Services (UUP), supervised solely by KNF. Non-bank routes: full KIP/API (EUR20k/50k/125k by service, PIS/AIS + EEA passport), domestic EMI (EUR350k), and MIP/SPI (domestic-only, EUR1.5m/month + EUR2k/client caps, no payment-law capital floor). Bank-PSP via Banking Law charter. EU PIs passport in under home-state authorisation.",
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     "instrument_type": "statute/regulator",
     "source": "https://www.knf.gov.pl/en/CONSUMERS/POLISH_FINANCIAL_SUPERVISION_AUTHORITY",
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     "source_tier": "1",
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     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "Act on Payment Services (UUP)",
     "source": "https://globallawexperts.com/how-to-get-a-psd2-license/",
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     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "MIP/SPI regime",
     "source": "https://www.dudkowiak.com/fintech-in-poland/small-payment-institution/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "KIP/API vs SPI",
     "source": "https://www.dudkowiak.com/fintech-in-poland/small-payment-institution-vs-authorised-payment-institution-in-poland/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "KIP authorisation",
     "source": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/provident-polska-secures-full-payment-093000380.html",
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     "source_tier": "3",
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  {
   "code": "W1b",
   "name": "Conduct, Safeguarding & Financial Promotions",
   "confidence": "High",
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/poland/#w1b-conduct-safeguarding-financial-promotions",
   "standing_position": "Conduct/safeguarding obligations flow from the UUP (PSD2/EMD transposition) under KNF supervision. PSPs must safeguard client funds (segregated accounts / equivalent), maintain AML compliance functions, hold civil-liability insurance/guarantee for PIS, and meet SCA technical standards. MIPs are reporting-obliged to KNF, GIIF, the Financial Ombudsman and KIR. Fit-and-proper governance was tightened post-2023 and again under the 2026 amendment.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "safeguarding/conduct",
     "source": "https://advapay.eu/emoney-and-payment-institution-licensing/payment-institution-license-in-poland/",
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     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
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    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "reporting/safeguarding",
     "source": "https://malainstytucjaplatnicza-mip.pl/en/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "governance/fit-and-proper",
     "source": "https://www.dudkowiak.com/fintech-in-poland/small-payment-institution/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "2026 amendment",
     "source": "https://globallawexperts.com/how-to-get-a-psd2-license/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
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  {
   "code": "W2",
   "name": "Stablecoins & Digital Money",
   "confidence": "Assessed",
   "moved_this_cycle": true,
   "url": "https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/poland/#w2-stablecoins-digital-money",
   "standing_position": "UUP e-money regime stable (EMI EUR350k; KIP e-money up to EUR5m/month, PL territory only). Crypto-Asset Market Act (MiCA transposition) vetoed 1 Dec 2025, re-passed by Sejm 19 Dec 2025 to Senate — national CASP authorisation pathway UNCERTAIN through mid-2026, not closed by veto. MiCA applies as EU law; payment-rail e-money unaffected.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "UUP e-money regime",
     "source": "https://www.dudkowiak.com/fintech-in-poland/electronic-money-institution/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
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    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "UUP Section VIIA",
     "source": "https://orugagroup.com/en/insights/e-money-license-in-poland.html",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "MiCA transposition (vetoed)",
     "source": "https://crassula.io/guides/licenses/poland-knf-payment/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "VASP-to-CASP transition",
     "source": "https://www.dudkowiak.com/fintech-in-poland/small-payment-institution-vs-authorised-payment-institution-in-poland/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
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  {
   "code": "W3",
   "name": "Operational Resilience & Critical Infrastructure",
   "confidence": "High",
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/poland/#w3-operational-resilience-critical-infrastructure",
   "standing_position": "Resilience rests on EU DORA (directly applicable) plus NBP oversight of systemically important payment systems and KNF supervision. Critical retail infrastructure (Elixir, Express Elixir, BLIK) is overseen by NBP under the Settlement Finality Act and CPMI-IOSCO PFMI. KIR guarantees 24/7/365 availability of Express Elixir. Cyber resilience is under heightened pressure: a November 2025 cyberattack disrupted BLIK, framed by officials as part of hybrid-warfare risk amid the Ukraine war.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "Settlement Finality Act / NBP oversight",
     "source": "https://nbp.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Payment-system-in-Poland-2019.pdf",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "1",
     "retrieved_at": null
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    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "operational availability",
     "source": "https://www.kir.pl/en/our-products/clients/clearing/express-elixir",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "2",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "cyber incident",
     "source": "https://therecord.media/poland-hacks-loan-platform-mobile-payments-system-travel-agency",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "DORA readiness",
     "source": "https://architectureofsales.com/fintech-market-in-poland/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
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  {
   "code": "W4",
   "name": "Scheme & Network Compliance",
   "confidence": "Confirmed",
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/poland/#w4-scheme-network-compliance",
   "standing_position": "Card-scheme rules (Visa/Mastercard) bind acquirers and merchants, layered over the EU Interchange Fee Regulation (EU) 2015/751 (0.2% debit / 0.3% credit consumer caps) and Poland's earlier domestic statutory caps embedded in the UUP. Poland pre-empted the EU by legislating a 0.5% domestic cap (Jan 2014) cut to 0.2%/0.3% from 29 January 2015. PCI DSS applies via scheme rules; eService holds PCI P2PE certification. Surcharging is constrained by PSD2/IFR. BLIK and instant rails sit outside card-scheme economics.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "Interchange Fee Regulation (EU) 2015/751",
     "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32015R0751",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "1",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "UUP interchange amendment",
     "source": "https://codozasady.pl/en/p/new-statutory-reduction-of-interchange-fees-important-regulations-also-for-acquirers",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "domestic cap (2014)",
     "source": "https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=1e5c3fd6-4226-42a1-b969-e50f5ff941b8",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
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    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "PCI standard",
     "source": "https://www.eservice.pl/en/aktualnosci/eservice-operates-more-than-530-thousand-terminals-in-poland-and-europe",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
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  {
   "code": "W5",
   "name": "Payment Corridor Dynamics",
   "confidence": "High",
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/poland/#w5-payment-corridor-dynamics",
   "standing_position": "Domestic rails are PLN-centric: Elixir (deferred net, three daily sessions, settled in SORBNET2) and Express Elixir (instant, 24/7, settled via NBP). Euro Elixir is the SEPA channel, connected to STEP2 and settled over TARGET2, with Euro Express Elixir built for SCT Inst via TIPS. BLIK overlays Express Elixir for P2P/e-commerce. As a non-euro EU member Poland sits within SEPA but retains the zloty; cross-border euro flows route through Euro Elixir/TARGET2.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "domestic/SEPA rails",
     "source": "https://mambu.com/en/insights/articles/payment-systems-poland",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "SCT Inst / TIPS",
     "source": "https://www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu/news-insights/insight/polish-payment-landscape-modern-payments-approach",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "Express Elixir",
     "source": "https://fastpayments.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/2021-09/World_Bank_FPS_Poland_Express_Elixir_Case_Study.pdf",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "1",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "SEPA cross-border",
     "source": "https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/fintech-2025/poland/trends-and-developments",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
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  {
   "code": "W6",
   "name": "Industry Structure & Commercial Dynamics",
   "confidence": "High",
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/poland/#w6-industry-structure-commercial-dynamics",
   "standing_position": "Poland is one of Europe's most dynamic payment markets, ~100% contactless, with strong instant-payment/BLIK adoption displacing cards in e-commerce. The acquiring market is heavily consolidated: top-5 banks/acquirers account for ~80% of their markets. Key players include Nexi/Nets (Przelewy24, Dotpay, eCard, Polskie ePłatności/PeP), Fiserv, EVO (PKO BP eService), Elavon, Worldline, with domestic Bank Pekao and ITCARD-Planet Pay. A skilled, lower-cost tech workforce underpins the fintech hub.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "market structure",
     "source": "https://thepaypers.com/payments/expert-views/poland-a-complete-overview-of-payments-and-ecommerce-trends-and-figures",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "fintech ecosystem",
     "source": "https://www.globallegalinsights.com/practice-areas/fintech-laws-and-regulations/poland/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "market participants",
     "source": "https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/poland-financial-services-fintech-market",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "2",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "acceptance growth",
     "source": "https://thepaypers.com/payments/expert-views/poland-a-complete-overview-of-payments-and-ecommerce-trends-and-figures",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
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  {
   "code": "W7",
   "name": "Legal & Litigation",
   "confidence": "High",
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/poland/#w7-legal-litigation",
   "standing_position": "Payments-relevant enforcement runs through UOKiK (competition/consumer collective-interests) and the courts. UOKiK can fine for collective-consumer-interest infringements and apply public-compensation remedies (confirmed admissible by the Supreme Court, 12 June 2024). Interchange litigation history (Visa/Mastercard MIF proceedings before the OCCP) shaped the statutory caps. Late-payment enforcement against corporates is an active UOKiK workstream. KNF runs an AML supervisory and disciplinary function.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "Supreme Court ruling",
     "source": "https://cms.law/en/pol/legal-updates/polish-supreme-court-confirms-admissibility-of-public-compensation-in-consumer-cases",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
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    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "enforcement register",
     "source": "https://uokik.gov.pl/en/uokik-in-2025-nearly-a-thousand-decisions-over-one-billion-zlotys-in-fines",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "1",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "MIF antitrust",
     "source": "http://payment-law.eu/en/articles/cap-on-eu-interchange-fees-new-regulation-published/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "late-payment enforcement",
     "source": "https://uokik.gov.pl/en/late-payments-more-businesses-under-scrutiny-by-uokik",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "1",
     "retrieved_at": null
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  {
   "code": "W8",
   "name": "Merchant Acquiring & Risk",
   "confidence": "High",
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/poland/#w8-merchant-acquiring-risk",
   "standing_position": "Acquiring is consolidated and operationally mature, dominated by Nexi/Nets-owned PeP, eService (PKO/EVO, largest in CEE), PayU and Przelewy24/Autopay for e-commerce. Merchant onboarding, chargeback/dispute and high-risk-MCC handling run through scheme rules incorporated into acquirer agreements, layered over the IFR and UUP acquirer pre-contractual disclosure duties. SoftPOS/PIN-on-glass and all-in-one fiscal-ECR devices are emerging. PeP and eService operate large terminal estates (250k+ and 530k+ respectively).",
   "findings": [
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     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "acquirer profile",
     "source": "https://pep.pl/en/about-us/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
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    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "acquirer scale",
     "source": "https://www.eservice.pl/en/aktualnosci/eservice-operates-more-than-530-thousand-terminals-in-poland-and-europe",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "scheme-rule/chargeback framework",
     "source": "https://www.pxp.io/payments-glossary/card-scheme-rules",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "acceptance innovation",
     "source": "https://thepaypers.com/payments/expert-views/poland-a-complete-overview-of-payments-and-ecommerce-trends-and-figures",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
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  {
   "code": "W9",
   "name": "Product Innovation & Market Development",
   "confidence": "High",
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/poland/#w9-product-innovation-market-development",
   "standing_position": "Poland is a product-innovation leader: BLIK (2015, Polski Standard Płatności) dominates e-commerce, added contactless NFC and is internationalising (Revolut integration Nov 2024, EuroPA letter of intent May 2025). Open banking under PSD2 is built out via KNF's Innovation Hub and Virtual Sandbox (2020) testing PIS/AIS/CAF. BNPL is growing. No live statutory regulatory sandbox yet exists despite the testing environment.",
   "findings": [
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     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "product/rail",
     "source": "https://www.blik.com/media/2025_03_12_EY_BLIK_payments_and_economy_report.pdf",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "sandbox/innovation hub",
     "source": "https://resourcehub.bakermckenzie.com/en/resources/global-financial-services-regulatory-guide/europe-middle-east-and-africa/poland/topics/what-are-the-requirements-to-obtain-authorization-in-your-jurisdiction",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "internationalisation",
     "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blik",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "sandbox gap",
     "source": "https://www.globallegalinsights.com/practice-areas/fintech-laws-and-regulations/poland/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    }
   ]
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  {
   "code": "W10",
   "name": "Consumer Protection & APP Fraud",
   "confidence": "High",
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/poland/#w10-consumer-protection-app-fraud",
   "standing_position": "Consumer protection runs through UOKiK (collective interests, abusive clauses, fines, public compensation), the Financial Ombudsman (individual complaint redress and litigation), and a network of municipal/district consumer ombudsmen plus ADR (KNF Arbitration Court, Bank Consumer Arbitration). Poland has NO UK-style statutory mandatory APP-fraud reimbursement regime; BLIK social-engineering scams are addressed through operator/bank fraud detection, education campaigns and case-by-case redress rather than a reimbursement mandate.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "ombudsman/ADR route",
     "source": "https://www.knf.gov.pl/en/CONSUMERS/Where_to_seek_assistance_in_case_of_dispute_with_a_financial_institution",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "1",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "collective-interests regime",
     "source": "https://uokik.gov.pl/en/consumer-protection",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "1",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "APP/social-engineering fraud",
     "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blik",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "consumer education",
     "source": "https://www.knf.gov.pl/en/Campaigns/Cyber_enabled_investment_scams",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "1",
     "retrieved_at": null
    }
   ]
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  {
   "code": "W11",
   "name": "AML/CFT & Financial Crime",
   "confidence": "Assessed",
   "moved_this_cycle": false,
   "url": "https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/poland/#w11-aml-cft-financial-crime",
   "standing_position": "Sentinel position (payments context only): Poland's AML/CFT regime is anchored in the Act of 1 March 2018 (implementing EU AMLDs), with the General Inspector of Financial Information (GIIF) as FIU and KNF as sector supervisor for payment institutions, EMIs and SPIs. Payment institutions are obliged institutions with CDD, STR/threshold (EUR15,000) reporting, tipping-off ban and UBO-register duties. NIK assessed 2022–H1 2024 system effectiveness as insufficient. The EU AMLR/AMLD6/AMLA package is reshaping the framework.",
   "findings": [
    {
     "finding": null,
     "instrument_type": "sanctions/penalties",
     "source": "https://www.accace.com/aml-compliance-in-poland/",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "3",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": "Poland's AML/CFT regime rests on the 2018 AML/CFT Act (transposing 5AMLD), supervised by GIIF (FIU, Ministry of Finance) and KNF for the financial sector. MONEYVAL's 2021 MER found largely-compliant technical standing with effectiveness gaps in DNFBP supervision, legal-person risk understanding, and VASP-specific oversight; incremental re-ratings continue through 2023-2025 follow-up reports.",
     "instrument_type": "assessment",
     "source": "FIM (sentinel.gi) per-JID baseline profile — Poland",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": "Gap: sourcing-thinness",
     "instrument_type": "gap",
     "source": "FIM (sentinel.gi) gaps_register_cumulative (issue FIM-BASE-GAP-004)",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": null,
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": "Enforcement: EPPO / OLAF — Criminal network exploiting Polish-Belarusian border transit-fraud scheme",
     "instrument_type": "enforcement_action",
     "source": "FIM (sentinel.gi) enforcement_action_register (issue FIM-BASE-ENF-003)",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "1",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": "Sanctions: EU listing",
     "instrument_type": "sanctions_change",
     "source": "FIM (sentinel.gi) sanctions_change_register (issue FIM-BASE-SANC-002)",
     "source_url": null,
     "source_tier": "1",
     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": "Enforcement: Polish National Revenue Administration (KAS) — Belarusian-owned car trading company (south-eastern Poland)",
     "instrument_type": "enforcement_action",
     "source": "FIM (sentinel.gi) enforcement_action_register (issue FIM-BASE-ENF-001)",
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    },
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    },
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   "findings": [
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     "source": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/provident-polska-secures-full-payment-093000380.html",
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     "retrieved_at": null
    },
    {
     "finding": null,
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     "source": "https://xyz.pl/poland-unpacked/can-polish-fintech-innovation-travel-autopay-thinks-so-1584/",
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