Paul Wachtel is a Professor Emeritus of Economics at the New York University Stern School of Business, USA.Ewa Miklaszewska is Chair of the Department of Banking and Global Financial System at the Institute of Finance of Cracow University of Economics, Poland.

• 1. Introduction by the Editors (Paul Wachtel and Ewa Miklaszewska) 2. Crisis interventions and sovereign risk ratings (Cuadros-Solas Pedro J., Salvador Carlos, Suárez Nuria) 3. The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on European bank regulation and supervision: lessons from the past crises (Chesini Giuseppina) 4. The countercyclicality of the macroprudential policy in the EU. The case of the COVID-19 pandemic (Czaplicki Marcin) 5. Business continuity planning and management: a lifejacket in the Covid-19 storm? (Bongini Paola, Iwanicz-Drozdowska Małgorzata, Liberati Caterina) 6. Does the provision of moratorium changed SMEs’ liquidity needs during the Covid-19 outbreak? (Brighi Paola, Severini Sabrina) 7. The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on bank lending. Evidence from European countries (Karkowska Renata) 8. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on bank stability and performance in the CEE region (Kil Krzysztof, Miklaszewska Ewa) 9. Relationship between banks and FinTechs. Does the pandemic have an impact on it? (Pawłowska Małgorzata, Staniszewska Aleksandra) 10. Competition between banks and FinTechs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (Kasiewicz Stanisław, Kurkliński Lech, Woźniak Jacek)

Paul Wachtel is a Professor Emeritus of Economics at the New York University Stern School of Business, USA.Ewa Miklaszewska is Chair of the Department of Banking and Global Financial System at the Institute of Finance of Cracow University of Economics, Poland.

• 1. Introduction by the Editors (Paul Wachtel and Ewa Miklaszewska) 2. Crisis interventions and sovereign risk ratings (Cuadros-Solas Pedro J., Salvador Carlos, Suárez Nuria) 3. The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on European bank regulation and supervision: lessons from the past crises (Chesini Giuseppina) 4. The countercyclicality of the macroprudential policy in the EU. The case of the COVID-19 pandemic (Czaplicki Marcin) 5. Business continuity planning and management: a lifejacket in the Covid-19 storm? (Bongini Paola, Iwanicz-Drozdowska Małgorzata, Liberati Caterina) 6. Does the provision of moratorium changed SMEs’ liquidity needs during the Covid-19 outbreak? (Brighi Paola, Severini Sabrina) 7. The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on bank lending. Evidence from European countries (Karkowska Renata) 8. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on bank stability and performance in the CEE region (Kil Krzysztof, Miklaszewska Ewa) 9. Relationship between banks and FinTechs. Does the pandemic have an impact on it? (Pawłowska Małgorzata, Staniszewska Aleksandra) 10. Competition between banks and FinTechs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (Kasiewicz Stanisław, Kurkliński Lech, Woźniak Jacek)

Paul Wachtel is a Professor Emeritus of Economics at the New York University Stern School of Business, USA.Ewa Miklaszewska is Chair of the Department of Banking and Global Financial System at the Institute of Finance of Cracow University of Economics, Poland.

• 1. Introduction by the Editors (Paul Wachtel and Ewa Miklaszewska) 2. Crisis interventions and sovereign risk ratings (Cuadros-Solas Pedro J., Salvador Carlos, Suárez Nuria) 3. The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on European bank regulation and supervision: lessons from the past crises (Chesini Giuseppina) 4. The countercyclicality of the macroprudential policy in the EU. The case of the COVID-19 pandemic (Czaplicki Marcin) 5. Business continuity planning and management: a lifejacket in the Covid-19 storm? (Bongini Paola, Iwanicz-Drozdowska Małgorzata, Liberati Caterina) 6. Does the provision of moratorium changed SMEs’ liquidity needs during the Covid-19 outbreak? (Brighi Paola, Severini Sabrina) 7. The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on bank lending. Evidence from European countries (Karkowska Renata) 8. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on bank stability and performance in the CEE region (Kil Krzysztof, Miklaszewska Ewa) 9. Relationship between banks and FinTechs. Does the pandemic have an impact on it? (Pawłowska Małgorzata, Staniszewska Aleksandra) 10. Competition between banks and FinTechs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (Kasiewicz Stanisław, Kurkliński Lech, Woźniak Jacek)