Managing Director & Senior Partner
Brussels
Stefan Dab is a leading expert on the payments and transaction banking topic, and has served on the Financial Institutions practice's leadership team.
Stefan joined BCG in 1996. He has in-depth knowledge of retail payments and transaction banking and works with banks, acquirers, processors, networks, and infrastructure players in Europe, North America, and Asia. His expertise covers strategy definition, performance improvement programs, and operating-model redesign.
He is a thought leader in payments and has chaired panels with global leaders at high-profile conferences such as the SWIFT International Banking Operations Seminar (Sibos) and the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. Stefan has been quoted in numerous internationally read business newspapers and magazines.
Despite crisis-related dislocations, payments players can unleash long-term growth by acting decisively now to mitigate near-term risks, gain scale, and deliver superior customer impact.
Although the payments space will enjoy steady growth overall, the outlook for individual players is less assured. As competition intensifies, success will hinge on digitization, scale, and fast-expanding markets.
The world of transaction banking and payments is being transformed. At stake are $1 trillion in new global revenues by 2027. Explore this interactive to learn how the market will evolve.
What do retail and wholesale banks gain by tackling customer pain points? Their share of $1 trillion in new revenue over ten years.
By treating third parties as strategic partners and customers, retail banks can turn the disruptive power of open banking into a source of long-term revenue growth.
When it comes to meeting treasurers' fast-changing needs, trust is paramount–and banks already provide it.
Fintechs and other rivals are putting on the squeeze, but retail banks still have options to preserve their customer relationships in the new payments landscape.
Banks’ primacy in the payments business is under attack. To strengthen the customer relationship, banks must employ technologies to simplify and improve the payments experience.
Although the digital crescendo in payments is under way, few clear leaders have emerged—and incumbents still have a good chance to become principals in the orchestra.
Banks that act decisively are in a prime position to be a core partner in corporate treasurers’ digital transformations.