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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. T...
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 c...
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 tourist...
In April, I had the pleasure to participate in a challenger session with Julian Sawyer (COO at Starling Bank) and Noemi Papp (Head of Digital & Retail, at EBF) at 6th Nextgen Payments Forum in Cyp...
In March we had the second edition of Money20/20 Asia in Singapore. The conference was once again the perfect place to gain a better understanding of the dynamics in ASEAN financial services industry....
March 14 was the official deadline for financial institutions to have their API platforms ready for PSD2. I had the pleasure to celebrate this at LUXHUB’s Europen Open Banking Panel, on March 13 with ...
Banks these days are increasingly testing how to grow their value in consumers’ daily life. A few articles in the Belgian press in the last few days showed this once again. It is a process that is ong...
By Rik Coeckelbergs PSD2, the new regulation that will open up retail banking… another regulation that triggers very little attention of the average man/woman on the street. Consumers start getting a...
By Rik Coeckelbergs Dear journalists, dear Test Aankoop, dear politicians, Last weeks there were 2 news items worth discussing: Belfius has its API marketplace made public. This is a huge step in the...
By Rik Coeckelbergs Instant Payments generate a lot of buzz in the industry of payments, for years already. Everyone likes to have their opinion heard on it: Banks, Central Banks, Software Providers, ...
Many of you know that since November I am freelancing, discovering the world of banking and banking technologies. One of the great advantages of freelancing is that you can pick the projects you like ...
Two weeks ago I explained why we should not neglect the fact that Revolut will be made physically available in Belgium: they announced a country manager offices in both Antwerp and Brussels. Until la...