Techfoliance Team | On 26 October 2016

Techfoliance identified the most popular Fintech influencers on the social media in Belgium. The ranking has been made in partnership with Fintech Belgium.

We based our analysis on the klout score that calculates the influence of a person regarding Fintech topics in Belgium.

According to a recent study published by the consulting firm EY, Belgium appears to be an ‘unexpected ideal hub for Fintech‘. It is shown that Belgium has strong Fintech adoption from consumers, especially with payment solutions; it has a geographic advantage compared to its peers to scale to other markets, an entrepreneurial spirit with talented people and more money is being invested into Fintech companies.

Please find below an overview of the 20 most active people in Fintech in Belgium on the social media:

Please keep in mind that this is not an exhaustive list, there are many more people that are contributing directly or indirectly to the Belgian Fintech ecosystem.

Last update: 26 October 2016

Rank	Picture	Name	Role	Twitter Followers	Klout Score	Change
1		Geert Noels	Co-founder at Econopolis	62 900	71	0
2		Koen Vanderhoydonk	Co-founder at The Financial Think Tank	15 600	62	0
3		Bart Becks	Founder at angel.me	10 100	62	0
4		Toon Vanagt	Co-founder at data.be and Fintech Belgium	6 895	60	0
5		Vincent Vanderbeck	Digital Entrepreneur	820	57	0
6		Eric Rodriguez	Co-founder & CTO at data.be	4 698	54	0
7		Grietje Vermoortele	Customer Experience at ING Belgium	2 038	54	0
8		Silvan Schumacher	Co-founder & CEO at Swanest	12 500	53	0
9		Nicolas Bindels	Co-founder at Swanest	13 500	52	0
10		Edouard Estour	CMO at Scaled Risk	1 665	52	0
11		Xavier Corman	Co-founder & CEO at edebex.com	1 671	51	0
12		Youri Tolstoy	Co-founder at Swanest	14 300	50	0
13		Pēteris Zilgalvis	European Commission	1 680	50	0
14		Damien Guermonprez	CEO at Lemon Way and Business Angel	1 270	50	0
15		Raymond Frenken	Head of Communications at European Banking Federation	954	49	0
16		Kris Vandenberk	Early-stage VC investor	1 825	48	0
17		Roderik van der Veer	Founder Blockchain Vlaanderen	1 260	48	0
18		Dominique Wroblewski	COO at Look&Fin	4 409	47	0
19		Fabian Vandenreydt	Global Head of Securities Markets at Innotribe and The SWIFT Institute	1 812	47	0
20		Jurgen Ingels	Managing Director at Smartfin Capital	1 044	44	0

And because we strongly believe in FinTech diversity and the power of women in financial technologies, we would like to add few names of women who are contributing directly or indirectly to the Belgian Fintech ecosystem:

• Tine Holvoet - Senior Research Associate at Vlerick BS
• Karen Boers - Startups.be and European Startup Network
• Alessandra Guion - Fintech Belgium
• Julie Foulon - Girleek.net and MolenGeek

Please, feel free to add more women in the comments below!

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About Fintech Belgium:

FinTech Belgium is the first and biggest community of Fintechers in Belgium gathering professionals, startup entrepreneurs and investors interested in disruptive business models and new technology for the financial industry. Quarterly fintech event are organized in Brussels with all Belgian members.