Arjan Bol is an experienced professional in the payments industry, with over 27 years experience in different organizations working in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Korea, Mexico, the Philippines, Czech Republic, and Slovakia. He held different roles at ING from 1997 until 2015, where he was the Head of Payments for ING Netherlands, managing payment products and processes that cater to a significant portion of Dutch payment transactions. His efforts included the digitization of payment systems and the implementation of the SEPA initiative.
At Mastercard from 2015 until 2023, he served as the Country Manager for the Netherlands and Senior Vice President Product responsible for the product marketing of Mastercard’s Real Time Payments infrastructure solutions implemented in the USA, Canada, the UK, Scandinavia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Peru
Currently, Arjan is the general manager of the Dutch Payments Association supporting members and stakeholders with shared non-competitive tasks for the collective payment system in the Netherlands. He has served on the supervisory boards of Bunq, Geldservice Nederland, European Merchant Services and CM Payments.