Tamás Katona
Senior Policy Officer, FinTech & Digitalisation at MNB
Budapest, Hungary
Summary
FinTech and DeFi specialist: Tamás focuses on blockchain, crypto-assets and decentralised finance, producing substantive research on DeFi and exploring how DLT-based applications interact with the financial system. mnb+1
Regulatory analyst at the central bank: He has held analytical roles at the Magyar Nemzeti Bank covering market surveillance, market abuse transposition/implementation and DLT-related analysis, and now works on FinTech and digitalisation policy. theorg+1
Educator: Since 2019 he has served as a lecturer at the Budapest Institute of Banking, teaching topics related to finance and digital financial innovation. bib-edu
Legal and audit foundation: His early career included roles as a clerk at the Hungarian Prosecution Service, trainee lawyer, and auditor, and he holds an MS in Law—background that underpins his work on market abuse and regulatory topics. theorg