The Banking Scene

Kickstart your 2025 by joining us in Luxembourg on January 28 as we explore "A Banking Metamorphosis" 🚀 Like a caterpillar evolving into a butterfly, banks have been undergoing an internal metamorphosis, reshaping their core structures, strategies and cultures, in order to thrive in a rapidly changing environment. Key themes for discussion include: 👉 FiDA & Open Finance 👉 Best practices for successful transformations 👉 The power of collaboration 👉 The metamorphosis in private and wealth banking Thanks to the support of our sponsors and partners ACI Worldwide, Backbase, ERI , LUXHUB, Tata Consultancy Services, ABBL, Cognizant, Endava, Isabel, The LHoFT - Luxembourg House of Financial Technology, The Dots Luxembourg, Visa and WSBI-ESBG, we are able to bring industry leaders, innovators and visionaries together to share their insights with you. See the full programme and speaker details and secure your seat here: https://bit.ly/3ZWiaqx We look forward to seeing you soon!

Wishing you a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year from The Banking Scene Team - we look forward to catching up with you as we continue our mission to connect organisations and people, helping to shape the bank of tomorrow 🚀 Kickstart your 2025 by joining us in person at our events across the Benelux region 👇 https://hubs.la/Q030P7_x0

Our original website content regularly features insights shared by members of our community, as we dig into the top-of-mind topics for banking and financial services professionals. In case you missed them, these are the top five posts that got the most attention during 2024: ⑤ “The Future Role of Banks in Our Society” - As Rik continued his journey to explore The New Ethos in Banking, he sought input for his soon-to-be-released book from Guy Schellinck, CEO of Beobank NV/SA. This thought-provoking interview had him wondering once again to what extent the business model of a bank determines its definitions of ethos, and how that impacts its daily operations. https://hubs.la/Q030N54T0 ④ “Building a Resilient Financial Services Enterprise” - As we increasingly rely on digital forms of money, the availability and resilience of the underlying infrastructure becomes increasingly important. We spoke to Hemakiran Gupta, Regional Head of Banking and Financial Services Europe at Tata Consultancy Services to hear how banks are adapting to the expectations of their customers and the latest regulatory requirements. https://hubs.la/Q030N3PL0 ③ “AI in Wealth Management: Challenges & Opportunities” - From predictive analytics to personalised investment strategies, the world of wealth management is embracing AI to reduce risk, increase efficiency, enhance customer experience, and ultimately improve margins, as we discovered when we spoke to Kurt Vanhee, Managing Director Continental Europe & North America at Objectway. https://hubs.la/Q030MXxW0 ② “Embedded Finance: Opportunities and Challenges” - In our embedded finance interview series, we spoke to Bartel Braeckman, Department Head of Open Bankinsurance at KBC Bank & Verzekering. Being Belgium’s most innovative bank and an example for banks worldwide, they look at embedded finance in a unique way. https://hubs.la/Q030M_KC0 ① 🏆 Our most popular post of 2024 🏆 was “Generative AI opportunities in Benelux Banking: ING - Working With Big Tech” – Where Bahadir Yilmaz, Chief Analytics Officer at ING shared insights about their experiments with GenAI across 5 domains. https://hubs.la/Q030MY6g0 We are excited to share with you that Bahadir will also be joining us as a speaker at The Banking Scene Conference Amsterdam on March 2025, to share further insights and updates in “Beyond The Buzz: Lessons Learned From the Last Year of GenAI Innovation” – make sure to get your ticket today👇 https://hubs.la/Q030MVFf0 Join us for more inspiration in 2025 🚀

As we take a brief pause for the holidays, we send our warmest wishes for a Fabulous Festive Season to our amazing community. May your days be filled with joy, laughter, and cherished moments with loved ones. Here’s to a bright and exciting new year ahead, where together we’ll continue to shape the future of banking! 🌟 From The Banking Scene Team

Today's ⭐️SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT⭐️ Shines on Claude Marx, Director General of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) since 2016 and also a member of the Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). Before joining the CSSF, Claude was the CEO of Lombard International Assurance S.A. and prior to that, Deputy CEO of the Private Banking Division of HSBC Private Bank (Luxembourg) for 17 years Claude is a lawyer by training and holds a Master of Laws Degree from the University of Paris and a Master of Laws in International Business Law from the University of London. He joins us in Luxembourg on January 28, 2025 to share his insights on "The Power of Collaboration" across the industry - an increasingly important topic in the highly interconnected world of financial services today. We will explore the non-competitive areas where interbank collaboration is shaping the future of banking, discussing best practices and lessons learned to reveal the potential and the limitations of the models. Come and join us to learn from industry leaders and grow your network of banking professionals - with less than 6 weeks to go, it's best to secure your seat today before the festive season begins 👇 https://hubs.la/Q03095Ls0

It's the time of the year when we look back with gratitude at our amazing community that makes us what we are. We hit quite a few big milestones this year (sorry, no spoilers - you'll have to watch the video 😇). Thanks to the support of our sponsors and partners who have already committed to working with us, we approach the new year with confidence and excitement as we contemplate the opportunities that 2025 will bring 🚀. Will you join us on our journey? We hope to welcome you to one of our events soon! https://lnkd.in/ePxVtE78

🔒 Fraud in banking is evolving faster than ever—are you keeping up? 🚨 The rise of sophisticated fraud schemes has become a pressing challenge for banks worldwide. From deepfakes to AI-powered scams, the tools of fraudsters are advancing rapidly, forcing financial institutions to rethink their defences. In the run-up to our flagship conference in Brussels on May 22, 2025, we start to explore: 🚨 The growing fraud epidemic and its impact on financial resilience 🚨 Why a multi-layered defence strategy is essential 🚨 How collaboration, technology, and innovation are shaping the fight against fraud Read more at https://hubs.la/Q02_TJJd0 The key question: Is your organisation equipped to face this new wave of threats? #Banking #FraudPrevention #CyberSecurity #Resilience #FinancialServices #Innovation

Join us as #FinovateEurope returns to London 🚀 You can expect Market-Ready Innovations, Executive-Level Networking and Inspiring Insights with 1000+ senior attendees. 6000+ from banks and investors. 30+ demoers. 100+ speakers to reconnect face-to-face with the fintech community and plot a course for the future 🚀 As proud media partners of Finovate Europe, we have secured a 20% discount for our community - see details of the offer at👇 https://bit.ly/3ZSOf3q

Today's ⭐️ Speaker Spotlight ⭐️ shines on Emanuele Vignoli, CEO, HSBC Luxembourg, who will explore how interbank collaborations allow banks to reconsider their defensive approach in redefining banking. We are already seeing it in digital identity, compliance, open banking and many other areas where banks are joining forces in the non-competitive space. Some do it to survive at scale, some see it as a way to have more time and budget for things that truly matter, while others recognise it as the only way to build the best possible solutions for critical but non-differentiating processes in their organisation. What are the best practices, and what are the lessons learned? What is the potential and where are the limits of these models? Join us in Luxembourg on January 28, 2025 to learn from industry leaders and grow your network of banking professionals - with less than 7 weeks to go, it's best to secure your seat today before the festive season begins 👇 https://bit.ly/3DlNQO9 #TBSCONF25LUX #DORA, #KYC, #Compliance, #eIDAS, #OpenBanking

Things will grow where the money flows and if we want to continue living on this planet, we need to ensure we are building a sustainable future. Sustainable investing and the regulations surrounding sustainability reporting have become increasingly complicated and intertwined in recent years. So we were surprised to encounter an overall positive sentiment regarding regulation, from our guests at a recent round table dinner we hosted in Amsterdam on "AI in Sustainable Finance: Unlocking Strategic Decision-Making for Long-Term Success". Our guests shared interesting insights on their current challenges in collecting relevant data and how AI can help shape a more sustainable future. https://bit.ly/3ONLQRp Take a look at the conclusions from the evening in the article above☝️, which also contains links to some of the EU regulations currently, or soon to be, impacting the financial services industry. Clarity AI #ESG #Sustainability #FinancialServices #AI #ArtificialIntelligence Beatriz Muro Núñez Julia Ortega Gómez-Meana Víctor Fernández Hurtado Jacobo Álvarez Sanjuán Quentin Dehem