Jan Purkrábek
Jan is a founder and member of the executive team in the Fintech Hub project, initiated in 2021 by Mastercard, where Jan previously worked as Head of Fintech & Open Banking CZ & SK.
Went through a stream lead role at Creative Dock and several other startups in the past. On the corporate field also as Head of Treasury at České Radiokomunikace during its €0.6bn exit in 2011.
He has been in finance for almost 20 years, with high focus on fintech innovation & crypto adoption last 6 years.
Jan holds a degree in Finance from the University of Economics in Prague and an Executive MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology.
A consortium of innovative companies in the FinTech field – led by Mastercard Europe and Vacuumlabs, together with the Slovak Fintech Association, created project Fintech Hub CEE and piloted in Slovakia in 2021 with the vision to be expanded across the region. Using the open-platform model, it has a clear intent of uplifting the level of digital finance innovation across close regions.