Reinout Temmerman

Payment advisor , National Bank of Belgium

Educated in Belgium and the United States, Reinout started his career as an attorney at law in Brussels. Subsequently, he gained experience in the financial regulatory industry as a Compliance Officer with an international banking group. At the National Bank of Belgium, Reinout specializes in retail payments policy (PSD, EMD), prudential supervision of payment and e-money institutions, and the oversight of market infrastructures in retail payments (payment systems & card schemes). In this capacity, he is the Belgian representative in both the ECB/EBA Security of Retail Payments forum and in the ECB Payment & Securities Oversight Working Group. He has, among other things, been involved in the transposition of PSD2 into Belgian law, setting up the National Bank's Fintech contact point, advising on policy matters related to the Digital Euro project and drafting a legal framework related to the oversight of systemically important payment processors. During the 2024 Belgian Presidency of the European Council, he chaired the Council’s Working Party on PSD3/PSR.