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EXPERT INTERVIEW Accelerating Digital Disruption: an Interview with Gregory Cronie Gregory Cronie is a Payments and Financial Supply Chain professional with 20+ years experience in Finance and Treasury, Financial Supply Chain and Payments. Last 10 years he worked for companies like ING Commercial Banking and PayPal. He is a mentor at Startupbootcampamsterdam for the Fintech program and also the founder and owner of 2knowlab. Arapidly changing payments industry is threatening incumbent banks’ payments revenues and customer ownership. In addition, the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) is driving European banks to a defining moment. The directive is set to accelerate the digital disruption that is reshaping the financial services industry. However, this does not only pose challenges but also opportunities which can be seized. Therefore, we interviewed Gregory Cronie, CEO & Founder of 2knowlab, a niche consultancy that focuses on the payments, financial supply chain, and FinTech industry. PCM: Can you tell us about yourself and your organisation? Gregory: I’m a Payments and Financial Supply Chain professional with 20+ years experience in Finance and Treasury, Financial Supply Chain and Payments. Last 10 years did work for companies like ING Commercial Banking and PayPal. I’m a mentor at Startupbootcampamsterdam for the Fintech program. I’m the founder and owner of 2knowlab. 2knowlab 2knowlab was founded in December of 2016. We see ourselves as ‘business navigators’ that accelerate businesses based on knowledge sharing, ideation and gamification. We give expert guidance with a personal touch based on a hands-on mentality. Currently we primarily focus on three domains: Financial Supply Chain, Online Payments and Fintech. PCM: As 2knowlab also focuses on FinTech, how do you evaluate the FinTech ecosystem in Europe? How do you evaluate the position of Amsterdam (Netherlands) regarding to FinTech ecosystem in Europe? Gregory: Although the US is attracting the largest investments in Fintech and is also well represented in the list with the highest valued startups, Europe as a region is also performing well. On the one hand one might say that it’s a pity that the European Fintech ecosystem is spread over several hubs like London, Amsterdam, Berlin and Stockholm. On the other hand this also ensures that Europe has quite a diverse population of Fintech startups centered around different topics. Also the fact that Europe has multiple Fintech startup hubs gives startups the possibility to choose the hub they think is best for them and their idea. I think Amsterdam is doing a really good job as a Fintech startup hub. It’s a good thing that we have established Fintech companies like Adyen, Backbase and Payvision that really have a global reach and set the stage for the new challengers that recently have been founded or will be founded in the near future. I’m also excited by the fact that Amsterdam hosts a Fintech bank like Bunq. I do like the underlying principles of Bunq and am really curious to see how successful they will be over a longer period. I also would like to mention that Startupbootcamp Amsterdam is also a strong force in creating the right basis in Amsterdam for Fintech Startups to be successful. And the way that Holland Fintech is facilitating the Fintech ecosystem in different ways is also a contributing factor to make Amsterdam a hotspot for Fintech startups. PCM: PSD2 will have a direct effect on all EU member states from 13 January 2018. How would you advise merchants to prepare for this regulatory hurdle? Gregory: When talking about PSD2 there are many topics we could focus on. I would like to call out two things. 13
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