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We go behind the scenes with industry experts, sharing unfiltered conversations and exclusive insights from the frontlines of the banking industry to help YOU build the bank of tomorrow

  1. Scams Are Rising in Banking - How Fraud is Shifting from Systems to People

    15H AGO

    Scams Are Rising in Banking - How Fraud is Shifting from Systems to People

    In this interview with of Frédéric Lebeau, Founder of Datavillage.ai we dig into the way #fraudsters and #scammers are adapting to changes in #banking and financial services and hear his advice on the steps that fraud fighters need to take in order to keep up - including where and how #ai can help with #fraudfighting If you prefer to read a quick summary of the interview, you can find it on our website here.

    22 min
  2. Ethos in Banking: The Choices That Shape Private and Wealth Banking

    FEB 2

    Ethos in Banking: The Choices That Shape Private and Wealth Banking

    Following Rik's recent presentation in Luxembourg, Andrew questions Rik about the conversations he is having today about his book, exploring the same idea from the outside in: relevance, trust, and judgment under pressure. It is the same story as Rik originally told in his book, but seen from a different angle. You can read the blog referred to in this video on our website here.

    15 min
  3. The Benelux Banking Scamscape - insights from Jorij Abraham, Managing Director, GASA

    JAN 29

    The Benelux Banking Scamscape - insights from Jorij Abraham, Managing Director, GASA

    In the first of our "Fraud Files" series, we follow up with Jorij Abraham, Managing Director of the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) with questions we ran out of time to cover during our recent webinar where he presented a Benelux focused view of the Global State of Scams. Jorij will be delivering a keynote at our flagship conference in Brussels on May 28 - secure your seat today to join in the conversations on our Fraud and Compliance stage https://thebankingscene.com/events/tbsconfbxl/ You can also find a summary of the interview on our website here.

    27 min
  4. Fraud and Scams in 2026: What Benelux banks can learn from the Global State of Scams

    JAN 20

    Fraud and Scams in 2026: What Benelux banks can learn from the Global State of Scams

    For our first session of The Banking Scene LIVE in 2026 we had Jorij Abraham, Managing Director of the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) deliver a truly eye-opening presentation on The Global State of Scams, flavoured with local insights and statistics from Belgium and the Netherlands. You can find a summary article of the session on our website here and Rik and Andrew discuss some of the more provocative points arising from the session in this episode.

    23 min
  5. Rethinking Relevance in Banking: AI, Wealth Transfer and the Choices That Will Define 2026

    JAN 13

    Rethinking Relevance in Banking: AI, Wealth Transfer and the Choices That Will Define 2026

    "Rethinking Relevance" in banking is our theme for our first three conferences of 2026 in Luxembourg on January 27, Amsterdam on March 24 and our flagship conference in Brussels on May 28. We don't do predictions, but we do discuss our views of the forces shaping 2026 in the lead-up to our first event of the year, inspired by the article that Rik wrote here.

    23 min
  6. From Fragmentation to an AI-Native Future: How AI Is Redefining Banking’s Growth Engine

    JAN 7

    From Fragmentation to an AI-Native Future: How AI Is Redefining Banking’s Growth Engine

    AI has crashed into #banking with all the subtlety of a tidal wave over the last year. But if you look under the hood of most institutions, the reality is far less glamorous: fragmented systems, siloed teams and experimental AI use cases that never quite make it into production.We caught up with Deepak Pandey, Vice President of Technology at Backbase, who cut through the noise and laid out what it actually takes to turn AI into a real growth engine, not just another bolt-on to old architectures. You can read the blog summary of the session on our website here.

    28 min
  7. Exploring secrets of success with Emmanuel Legras, CEO of Nickel Belgium

    12/22/2025

    Exploring secrets of success with Emmanuel Legras, CEO of Nickel Belgium

    NiCKEL has expanded rapidly across France, not with a digital-only strategy as most neobanks, but with a conscious choice to rely on human contact; not through its own branches but through what they called “buralistes” in France: tobacco and newspaper shops. Earlier this year, they announced a partnership with bpost in Belgium - we caught up with Emmanuel Legras, CEO of Nickel Belgium, to find out how this fits into their expansion strategy and what he considers to be the key secrets to their success. You can read the summary of the interview on our website here. UPDATE: We are excited to announce that Emmanuel has confirmed to speak at our flagship event, The Banking Scene Conference 2026 Brussels on May 28 - join us there to hear more insights! https://thebankingscene.com/events/tbsconfbxl/speakers/

    19 min
  8. From Awareness to Instinct: Rethinking Cybersecurity for the AI Era - Sofia Pogrebynska, PayPal

    12/12/2025

    From Awareness to Instinct: Rethinking Cybersecurity for the AI Era - Sofia Pogrebynska, PayPal

    In cybersecurity, conversations today tend to focus on tools and threats, and rightly so. But Sofia Pogrebynska, IT & Cloud Officer at PayPal brought something more subtle to the surface during our discussion: the biggest shift in cybersecurity today has less to do with technology and far more to do with how organisations behave and operate.Sofia will be delivering a keynote at The Banking Scene Conference 2026 Luxembourg on January 27: “Rethinking Governance in a World of Agentic AI” - secure your seat today to debate the topic with her.In the meanwhile, you can find out how PayPal approaches #cybersecurity awareness and training in order to shift their culture to instinctively deal with threats in this episode.If you prefer to read the summary of the session, you can find it in our blog here.

    21 min
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