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Daily insurance | Renting

When you rent a house or flat, you may never feel that it is your property. So, should you take out insurance? And what exactly should be insured? The place where you live must also be considered. We have figured out the ‘what, why & where’ for you. What do you need to insure ? […]

17/02/2021

MiFID Quick Fix

Under the label of “Capital Markets Recovery Package: MiFID and EU Recovery Prospectus”, the European Parliament voted on 10 February to adopt the directive amending “Directive 2014/65/EU as regards information requirements, product governance and position limits and Directives 2019/878/EU and 2013/36/EU as regards their application to investment firms, to help the recovery from the COVID-19 […]

21/01/2021

Predictions for Fraud and Payments in 2021

For online retailers, it may have felt like every day in 2020 was Black Friday. Consumers massively turned to only shopping behavior, resulting in booming digital payment transactions. Together with these increased volumes, come new fraud patterns who will prompt merchants to realise that they’ve outgrown their current fraud and payment tools. PSD2 and more […]

08/01/2021

ESG and Non-Financial Analysis

1. TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FINANCE If the “return” aspect has always been predominant when it comes to investing in financial assets, there are of course other criteria that motivate investors to invest money. Amongst these other criteria, sustainable finance, SRI[1] or ESG[2] criteria are considered increasingly important. The latter refers to the three essential factors for […]

08/01/2021

The challenges of the financial industry after covid

By now, all economists agree on the economic turbulence that is heading our way, already today but even more once the covid19 pandemic is over. Credit insurer Euler Hermes expects at least 23,000 bankruptcies in Belgium until the end of next year. That is almost an increase of 10% compared to the pre-crisis situation. As […]

17/12/2020

Benefits of Open Banking

Benefits of open banking have taken on a new significance since the COVID-19 crisis. Operational resilience will not be enough for banks to thrive in a world with changing and ever increasing customer needs and customer demands. Fostering partnerships with FinTechs and embracing the potential of open banking can deliver creation of new services and […]