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Rik Coeckelbergs

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The Banking Scene
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Rik Coeckelbergs is also the founder of The Banking Scene.

He is passionate about building communities and conceptualizing ideas, enabling sustainable business models.

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Rik Coeckelbergs

When your real estate agent decides to become a bank

Originally posted on Medium on August 2nd, 2019. Some time ago I referred to Hello bank! as a bank that found out that they are very well positioned to become their customer’s real estate manager. They integrated immovlan.be, a real estate website, in their platform to help their clients to look for a house. This week, I witnessed an initiative ...

20 August 2019 Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Rik Coeckelbergs

Top 3 threats for banks today

Recently I represented The Banking Scene at Money20/20 Europe. I skipped one year, so my last edition was in Copenhagen. Man… this conference has grown. The coffee I took at the entrance, was almost cold when I finally reached Mainstage. To my surprise, their growth was for me personally the biggest eye-opener of this edition. The conference is t...

04 July 2019 Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Rik Coeckelbergs

How a traditional mercado transforms the payments experience in Mechelen

For those who don’t know Mechelen: this is my home town. It is a small city in Belgium, right in between Brussels and Antwerp. These days, its colourful history makes of Mechelen a hotspot for tourists. Dear tourists: we have good news! Mechelen has a new attraction: De Vleeshalle — a Mercado, an indoor food market. I am not a food critic, so don’...

04 July 2019 Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030

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McKinsey: Banks in the last pit-stop to revamp business models

@Philip Andreae, 2050 is very ambitious isn't it? When quantum computing, 5G and other truly new technology will rise up between here and 2025, even predicting 2030 is going to be hard. 

 

But OK, not impossible either of course. They have smart people to do so.

23 Oct 2019 19:10 Read comment

15 years to rediscuss the gentlemen’s agreement on 24 free cash withdrawals

Melvin, can you tell me how much of the 2% interest fee is left of a mortgage loan, when producing this with assets of a current account, taking into account the capital requirements for these products?

19 Feb 2019 12:09 Read comment

Instant Payments,  Instant Revenues... it's complicated

I know, my blog was referring to SCTinst ;)

18 Feb 2019 16:21 Read comment

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