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 CEO Clear2Pay |
A proven pioneer in the world of e-finance, in 1989 Michel Akkermans founded FICS, a leading software provider in the field of online banking and regulatory financial reporting. Under his leadership as Chairman and CEO, FICS grew to employ over 700 employees worldwide and achieved revenues of USD 75 million. In 1999 FICS, together with Edify and Vertical One, merged with Security First Technologies (Nasdaq: SONE), creating the market leader in Internet banking - S1 Corporation, with Michel Akkermans as its Executive Chairman. Michel Akkermans and his team brought S1 over 600 clients and the ability to deliver across a wide range of alternative distribution channels and devices, including the Internet, wireless, PDAs, and electronic purses.
Michel Akkermans holds a M.Sc. in electronic engineering and computer sciences and a degree in economics & finance from the University of Leuven in Belgium (1984). Prior to his foundation of FICS, he held management positions in a series of international banks, including JP Morgan Chase and Continental Bank, and subsequently for an international consulting company. A visionary in the new financial dynamics, Michel Akkermans is a frequent keynote speaker at industry-led events and actively participates in industry-led forums. |
Michel Akkermans currently is CEO and Chairman of Clear2Pay - an innovative payments software solutions company that empowers financial institutions worldwide to provide branded electronic payment services to their customers in a faster, better and more trustworthy and more profitable way - since 2001. Clear2Pay very much reflects Michel Akkermans's understanding of e-finance as seen through banks' eyes, not that of the 'disintermediator'. Banks retain their brand and relationship with the customer. They take a pro-active stake in platform and standards evolution. And with Clear2Pay acting as facilitator, they add a lucrative dimension to their business that both supplements and supports existing payment systems and architectures.
In addition to his Chief Executive role at Clear2Pay, Michel Akkermans is Executive Chairman of DATA4s, an innovative data mining and anti-money laundering software vendor based in Leuven, non-executive partner at the venture capital company GIMV, and holds board positions at a number of companies, including: Capco, the globally-operating capital markets company and Proficient, the Atlanta-based vendor of web enabled sales optimization software.
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