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Rik Coeckelbergs

A bit earlier than expected: Revolut got banking licenced!

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...

24 Dec 2018
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Rik Coeckelbergs

Employer branding in financial services: how to make the sector appealing again?

The financial services sector has a problem… it is not a hidden problem at the back of their systems, or… well… maybe they have, but that is not what I will be writing about. They have a problem with ...

01 Dec 2018
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Rik Coeckelbergs

5 Myths of contactless payments security

As a result of my blog a few weeks ago, I had the honor to talk to a group of journalists about the myths that still exist on contactless cards and mobile payment technologies. The goal was to debunk ...

01 Dec 2018
Innovation in Financial Services
Rik Coeckelbergs

The war on cash: National Banks Strike Back

Last week I blogged about contactless cards. The title started with “The war on cash”. This confused quite some readers, according to the comments when discussing my blog of last week. Interesting stu...

16 Nov 2018
Trends in Financial Services
Rik Coeckelbergs

The war on cash in Belgium and The Netherlands: a state of play on contactless mobile payments

The last few weeks we, payments experts, were excited with news from banks and their contactless innovations, in an urge to promote electronic payments: on October 16, KBC Bank announced its sup

08 Nov 2018
Innovation in Financial Services
Rik Coeckelbergs

When Regtech meets Payments

Last week I represented The Banking Scene at 5th NPF and Regtech Leaders Forum, a boutique conference in the middle of Brussels, with about 75 participants. The Banking Scene was a media partner at th...

02 Nov 2018
Banking Regulations

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