{"id":2187,"date":"2016-04-15T18:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T16:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:17:34","slug":"royal-couple-dutch-payments-association-trade-mission-southern-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/royal-couple-dutch-payments-association-trade-mission-southern-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal couple meet Dutch Payments Association during trade mission to southern Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A trade mission to the German state of Bavaria took place on 13 April. His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen M\u00e1xima were briefed on new developments in Dutch payments.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Koning-Beieren.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"King Willem Alexander discusses something on a smartphone at a standing table with a laptop during a business meeting.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Koning-Beieren.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Koning-Beieren-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Koning-Beieren-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Koning-Beieren-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Koning-Beieren-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through public-private and interbank partnerships, Dutch banks work on security and new banking products. The trade mission was accompanied by Minister Ploumen and VNO-NCW chair De Boer. The royal couple showed an interest in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/online-banking-fraud-continues-to-fall\/\">excellent cybersecurity results<\/a> achieved by the banks. They were particularly impressed by the fall in fraud losses from more than \u20ac80 million in 2012 to almost \u20ac18 million in 2015, as well as by innovations in payments. The King said that he regularly paid with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideal.nl\/\">iDEAL <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"first-mobile-contactless-payment\">First mobile contactless payment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the showcase, the King made his first mobile contactless payment. Mobile payments in the Netherlands were made possible by intensive cooperation between banks, mobile network operators, mobile phone manufacturers and payment processors. The King expressed his admiration for this innovation and noted that good cooperation is essential to achieving results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marco Doeland, risk manager at the Dutch Payments Association, demonstrated logging in with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idin.nl\/\">iDIN <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> to the royal visitors. iDIN was the banks\u2019 new method of online identification and had likewise been created through close interbank cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Willem-Alexander and Queen M\u00e1xima learned about cybersecurity and payment innovations during a trade mission to Bavaria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,20],"btv_subject_tax":[16,10,17],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-association-news","category-news","btv_subject_tax-card-payments","btv_subject_tax-digital-identity","btv_subject_tax-online-payments"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - 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