Rik Coeckelbergs is the founder of The Banking Scene, a network organisation for bankers. He is passionate about building communities and conceptualizing ideas, enabling sustainable business models. In 2009, he created a Linkedin community “Innovation In Payments” which today has more than 24,000 active global members.
Prior to his current position, he was Payments and Management Consultant at Clear2Pay (now FIS), Business Controller at Colruyt and Senior Product Manager Daily Banking at bpost bank.
This unique mix of multi-year experiences in Finance, Strategy and Marketing within Financial Services and Retail, has given Rik a holistic view of today’s challenging financial services market. At the same time, he has this hands-on approach that allows to tackle critical challenges and put dilemmas into the right context.
The financial services industry is evolving at a pace like never seen before. Newcomers saw the opportunities of the digital age and incumbents realized they needed to act fast. Many say the rise of fintech was a direct result of the loss of trust and reputation towards banks after the financial crisis in 2008.
