Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
The financial industry is undergoing a significant transformation. Banks are evolving from mere repositories of money and providers of loans and investments into facilitators of our financial journeys and personal assistants in financial well-being. This shift marks the beginning of an era characterized by embedded banking and deproductization. Tr...
15 April 2024 /inclusion /predictions Digital Banking Trends
Financial crime continues to be a major issue, undermining the trust and safety of global financial systems. The United Nations estimates that a staggering 2 to 5% of global GDP, or between EUR 715 billion and 1.87 trillion, is laundered each year. Moreover, about 50% of companies worldwide have experienced fraud in the last two years, underscorin...
18 March 2024 /regulation /crime Banking Regulations
In the financial services sector, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) continues to be a topic of intense debate. Discussions oscillate between advocating for stricter regulations and questioning the extent of banks' responsibilities in overseeing (policing) financial transactions. AML regulations are pivotal in preventing the use of financial institutions...
13 February 2024 /regulation /crime Banking Regulations
Every business inevitably engages in a checkout journey. In B2B contexts with low-volume but high-value transactions, this can be a lengthy, manual process. Nevertheless, the same three key steps can always be identified: Finding and Selecting a Product or Service Collecting and Delivering the Product or Service Paying for the Product or Servic...
10 January 2024 /payments /predictions Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
In the dynamic world of financial services, rapid innovation, rising customer expectations, and increasing complexity are the norm. This reality necessitates a shift from traditional in-house operations to more specialized, external partnerships. Historically, these relationships have predominantly followed a customer-supplier model, focusing mainl...
18 December 2023 /startups Fintech World
Last year I celebrated two decades of immersion in IT, specifically within the Financial Services sector. During this period I have been a witness to remarkable transformations in banking and technology. The emergence of Fintech companies and their customer-centric approach, along with significant advancements in software engineering like Agile me...
01 December 2023 /payments Data Management and Governance
Generative AI has revolutionized the way we create and interact with digital content. Since the launch of Dall-E in July 2022 and ChatGPT in November 2022, the field has seen unprecedented growth. This technology, initially popularized by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has now been embraced by major tech players like Microsoft and Google, as well as a plethora...
26 November 2023 /startups Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
AI is a hot topic and numerous articles are published stating that financial service companies not adopting AI today risk becoming obsolete tomorrow. However, as with many hypes, the industry’s adoption of AI may not proceed as rapidly as commonly predicted. Just as an example, for the past two decades, experts have been forecasting the obsolescen...
17 November 2023 /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
A few weeks ago, I came across a LinkedIn post by Marcel Van Oost (whose content is truly remarkable, so if you’re not already following him, make sure to subscribe to his updates). Marcel’s post shed light on the "Revolut mafia". In just five years, 102 Revolut alumni-led startups (such as Payday, Kiko, Belvo, Fuse, Pledge, Flux, Sync, ...
09 November 2023 /startups /predictions Fintech World
When discussing the dynamic world of Fintech, particularly in the context of neo-banks and payment Fintechs, licenses play a crucial role. This regulatory aspect, while less glamorous than cutting-edge user experiences, is a fundamental component of the Fintech ecosystem. Unfortunately, it often does not receive the attention it deserves in Fintec...
02 November 2023 /regulation /retail Banking Regulations
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