BNP Paribas extends open banking partnership with Tink
French banking group now deploys Tink in Belgium and Italy.
Belgium
Belgian banks team up to launch shared ATM network
Four major banks want to create “brand neutral” ATMs.
Banca Monte Paschi Belgio rebrands as new digital bank Aion
Warburg Pincus to rebrand new acquisition four months after regulatory approval.
How to thrive in an ever changing market, a conversation with the COO of Qualco
Spyros Retzekas, COO at Qualco says agility is the key.
Cashforce solves forecasting challenge for treasuries, raises €5m funding
INKEF Capital and Citi Ventures led the Series A round.
Objectway signs new wealthtech customer in vdk bank
Belgian bank builds out systems with two modules from Objectway.
Research reveals Belgium issued 95% of AML fines in last four months
Authorities handed down three AML-related fines May, totaling to $336.7 million.
UK fintech PrePay Solutions gets Belgium e-money licence
The licence was secured in a bid to curb Brexit uncertainty.
Payconiq raises €20m for mobile payments development
The platform already has over 60,000 merchants in Benelux.
Raincode Labs scores record Pacbase migration for Bankia
The project aims to move 120,000 programmes in a year.
TransferWise to float stake for fundraising
It is rumoured that it is being organised by investment bank Goldman Sachs.
BNP Paribas Fortis dreams up Didid app for savings
The app is virtually linked to users’ current and savings accounts.
Europe’s dance of fintech hubs
As a strong and united ecosystem, the European fintech scene can finally discover its true potential.
Moneytrans building European neobank for migrants
The money transfer company is looking for developers in Spain.
Belgium’s BNP Paribas Fortis unleashes bank account aggregator
Its Easy Banking App got easier. An easy pun but don’t be too hard on us.
Elavon elated with bpost payments deal
Gets its “first-ever government services contract in the Benelux market”.
BNP Paribas goes international with Earthport payments
BNP Paribas Fortis in Belgium will be the first to roll
bpost bank turns to Wolters Kluwer for regtech
Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX to support bpost bank’s reg reporting and AnaCredit.
Oracle chooses Brussels to sprout its fintech innovation programme
Will work with B-Hive as it looks for more action.
Signicat taps into Belgian digital ID scheme itsme
Partner Belgium Mobile ID has made the integration possible.
Wolters Kluwer supplies regtech to CKV Spaarbank
CKV Spaarbank opts for Wolters Kluwer’s flagship OneSumX solution.
Isabel Group and norbloc to pilot blockchain KYC project
Working together with Belfius, BNP Paribas Fortis, ING and KBC.
BNP Paribas Fortis and Tink team up for mobile banking
BNP Paribas Fortis will incorporate Tink’s technology into its mobile banking apps.
KBC seeks mobile app partnership
Belgium bank KBC with its mobile banking app is seeking to form a partnership to broaden its third-party services.
ING unveils new branch concept that “feels like home”
ING Belgium has opened doors to its first “client house” branch, which the bank describes as “a place where retail, business and private banking customers can walk in and enjoy a good coffee and receive personal service”.
Interview: Fabian Vandenreydt, B-Hive
In an exclusive interview with Daily News at Sibos, Fabian Vandenreydt, executive chairman of collaborative innovation platform B-Hive, explains what it’s doing for creativity and how it will form a separate company for scale-ups.
“Jihadi capital” Belgium most lenient country on money laundering
Belgium – the “Jihadi capital of Europe” – is the European Union’s (EU) most lenient country on money laundering despite its role in terrorist financing, according to anti-money laundering (AML) firm Fortytwo Data. With refreshing frankness in the usually jargon-soaked and platitude-drenched world of fintech, Fortytwo Data says the EU’s disjointed approach to the fight […]
Android Pay heads down Belgium way
Android Pay is now available in Belgium – becoming the tenth country in the world to get it. It can be used at more than 85,000 retail locations throughout Belgium that accept contactless payments. Its purchase button can also be seen in apps like Deliveroo, TransferWise and Vueling, with other unspecified apps on the way. […]
New SME bank for “millennipreneurs” comes to Europe, BankUP
BankUP, a new fintech venture based in Kontich, Belgium, looks to tap into the European SME banking market.
Belgium gets sweet on London fintech
Belgium is making overtures to London’s fintech scene as it looks a build a bridge between both communities. Innovate Finance, a UK-based fintech membership association, held talks today (11 January) in London with a delegation from Belgium’s digital finance community led by the Minister of Finance Johan Van Overtveldt. As part of this meeting, Overtveldt […]
BNP Paribas and SIX target Belgian payments “monopoly”
BNP Paribas and SIX Payment Services are planning to target merchants in Belgium with a new payments partnership, which they say will offer competition on payment terminals and acquiring services for the first time.
Belgian bank offers real-time tools to mobile users
Belgium’s Record Bank has introduced a new mobile banking platform that it says will help customers better manage their money in real time. The features of the new mobile banking service include SEPA payment abilities and the ability for customers to check the status, transaction history and details of their own account. Established in 2001, […]
Euroclear moves France, Netherlands and Belgium to T+2 settlement
Securities trading in France, the Netherlands and Belgium is to move to T+2 settlement in October 2014, following a decision by Euroclear to pre-empt Europe-wide settlement reforms.
