Geert Van Kerckhoven

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Building the Agentic Bank: what needs to be true

The Agentic Bank isn't a destination. It's a direction Part three of a three-part series on the agentic bank written by Oper’s CEO and Co-Founder Geert van Kerckhoven. In the first two parts of this series, I laid out the opportunity: a front office...

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The engine room is changing next - and the ROI will surprise you

Part two of a three-part series on the agentic bank written by Oper’s CEO and Co-Founder Geert van Kerckhoven. The front office gets the headlines....

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The Mortgage Front Office has already changed. Here's what's coming next.

“I wrote "A Blueprint for the AI-Native Lender" as a report earlier this year. But reports sit in inboxes. This series is my attempt to make the same...

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Onesto goes live with Herman

New Client Announcement Onesto, one of Belgium's leading social mortgage and renovation lenders, has deployed Herman to transform how its team...

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Oper Coverage in Forbes Belgium - Solving the “Time-to-Yes” Crisis in European Mortgages

In a recent profile in Forbes Belgium, we share how we’re tackling one of the biggest bottlenecks in European mortgage lending: the slow, largely...

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Oper Coverage in Finance Derivative: The Missing Link in Europe’s Digital Mortgage Transformation

In this thought leadership piece for Finance Derivative, our CEO, Geert Van Kerckhoven, explores how Europe’s mortgage market has rebounded since the...

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New client alert - Oper Credits welcomes a leading Belgian bank as a new customer

Oper Credits is proud to welcome a leading Belgian bank as a new customer. The bank is taking an important step in strengthening its digital mortgage...

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Oper Coverage in Paperjam - targeting Luxembourg with AI-assisted mortgage underwriting

Paperjam highlights our expansion into Luxembourg as a priority market for our AI-assisted mortgage underwriting platform. In the interview, our...

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Oper Coverage in “InFinance” - Why Decision Speed Now Wins the Dutch Mortgage Market

In its coverage of our Mortgage Trends 2026 report, InFinance highlights a structural turning point in the Dutch mortgage market that aligns closely...

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AI Implementation in Mortgage Origination: Challenges and a Practical Approach

The AI opportunity in mortgage origination today “What are the blockers stopping AI adoption in mortgages at the moment?” It’s a deceptively simple...

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