In an effort to speed up the process of making instant payments the New Normal, the European Commission (EC) issued a new proposal to ensure that all banks that allow sending and receiving regular Sepa credit transfers (SCT) today will also offer an instant alternative at the same cost. Belgium…

One of our Corporate Members is Mambu. Banks (both big and neo), lenders, fintechs, telcos, and even retailers, are turning to Mambu to help them build modern digital financial products faster, securely and cost-effectively. We spoke to their Sales Director Benelux, Nordics & Baltics, Nick van Bommel, on what composable…

Open banking as a source for good. We hear it often at conferences, but in practice, the conversation rarely goes any further than improved credit checks or better insights on personal finance etc.… On November 10, we invited Frédéric Vandenhende, Founder and CEO of ROOV, who set up his company…

You may know Morgan Wirtz from the news, social media, an event, The Banking Art Night on October 25, 2022, or The Banking Scene Afterwork. He is the CEO and founder of Rise, “The money app & debit card for teens, loved by parents”. Last year, Morgan joined us at…

That is the question to which Fincog tried to find an answer based on interviews with thought leaders and game changers in the banking industry. On October 20, we invited Jeroen de Bel to discuss the key findings. He also brought a friend, Branko Greganovic, President of the Management Board…

The ones that follow The Banking Scene blogs read about ClearBank’s business in an interview we held at Money 20/20 with their CEO Charles McManus. A few months later, on October 6, we invited Charles again for an interactive round table session on how they are transforming the payments industry. …

46% of the Belgian population is at risk of being digitally excluded, according to the latest research by the King Baudouin Foundation. This should matter to the banking industry. That is 46% of the population that is insufficiently equipped to do banking in a digital world, whether they lack the…

Have you ever heard of DORA? No, no no, not Dora The Explorer, I mean DORA. DORA, the Digital Operational Resilience Act, is a relatively undiscussed regulation by the business side of the finance industry and expected to be published later this year (2022), with an expected go-live in 2024…