MEET FRANÇOIS DE WITTE
After having worked for more than 30 years in banking, François launched his own consultancy activity, FDW Consult, Services BV, specialized in banking, finance and treasury consulting. From 2014 to 2016, he was also Solution Partner Treasury & Finance at USG Professionals. Since then, he took up several assignments, including one in the automotive sector with Ginion Group, with Ibanity, part of Isabel Group in the area of PSD2 and open banking, and with Gaming1 (In House Bank and Transfer Pricing Project). He has been independent Director at CKV, a small niche player mortgage and savings bank from 2019 until 2022, and worked from February 2023 to October 2023 as Group Treasurer ad interim with Bosal International.
François is lecturer of the course “Advanced Treasury” and “Cash and Working Capital Management” in the Master program “Finance and Treasury” at the IAE Management School (part of the University of Lille), and at Febelfin Academy. He also teaches and has a leading role in the Certificate in International Treasury and Corporate Finance Management organized by ATEL and the House of Training in Luxembourg. François is also mentor of Fintechs member of Fintech Belgium.
François has a master’s degree both in Law and Economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Owner at FDW Consult
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International Cash management
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Treasury organization
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Working Capital Management
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Financing
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Structured Finance
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Advisory
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Banking Relationship
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Strategy and Negotiations
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PSD2 and Open Banking
Best read articles of all time – PSD 2: a lot of opportunities but also big challenges (Part I)
| 15-05-2018 | François de Witte | The Directive 2015/2366 on payment services in the internal market (hereinafter PSD2) was adopted by the European Parliament on October 8, 2015, and by the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers on November 16, 2015. The PSD2 updates the first EU Payment Services Directive published in 2007 (PSD1), which laid […]
Universwiftnet Paris – March 2018
| 30-04-2018 | François de Witte | On 13/3/2018, I attended the 15th Universwiftnet Paris event, a one-day conference day to discover the recent tendencies in payments, banking connectivity and the relationship between corporates and banks. There were over 1.000 participants, and this was a good opportunity to have an immersion in the latest tendencies […]
Cash Pooling – where is the money
| 01-02-2018 | François de Witte | The main objectives of the cash & liquidity management are to: Have the cash funds available to meet all known and unknown commitments In the right currency In the right place At the right time Optimize the return of the cash and/or minimize the cost of the short […]
Update Fintech Belgium Summit 2017
| 29-12-2017 | François de Witte | On 14/12/2017, Fintech Belgium organized the 2nd Fintech Belgium Summit, a one-day conference to discover the deep innovation, technological and societal impact FinTechs have on our world. There were over 500 participants, and this was a good opportunity to meet all the stakeholders in the Belgian Fintech ecosystem. […]
PSD2 – Fall update and new developments
| 28-11-2017 | François de Witte | In 2018, when PSD2 comes into force, banks will lose their monopoly on payment services and customer’s account details. Bank customers will be able to use third-party providers (TPP) to administer their payments. When a customer agrees on using the services of a TPP, then their bank has […]
How to connect to your bank electronically
| 26-10-2017 | François de Witte | One of the main challenges in treasury is ensuring the connectivity with your banking partners. Currently corporates use the e-banking, or “electronic banking” channels. ‘Electronic banking’ can be defined as the way in which a company can transmit transactions and obtain reporting instructions to a bank remotely and electronically. […]