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Roelant Prins

Chief Commercial Officer & Member of Management Board, Adyen

Search every verified Roelant Prins interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Roelant Prins, Chief Commercial Officer and member of the Management Board at Adyen, appeared on the podcast "Couchonomics with Arjun" in October 2024 to discuss the evolving payments landscape. Prins described the pace of change in payments as "fast but at the same time very slow," noting that while innovation is occurring through phones and wallets, legacy infrastructure and cultural factors mean adoption in some countries remains limited. He discussed Adyen's development of intelligent payment routing to optimize success rates and lower costs, and commented on Apple's tap-to-pay technology, stating that turning phones into payment terminals offers merchants flexibility. Prins also said that public domestic infrastructures like UPI and Pix have not destroyed innovation but have created an underpinning layer for further development. He identified wholesale cross-border payments as an area that remains "massively inefficient, expensive and slow." In a 2018 keynote at Money 2020 Asia, Prins announced the launch of Adyen's point-of-sale (POS) solution in Singapore. He discussed retail trends, citing research with Forrester that found an investment payback time for moving from legacy payment setups to a unified solution could be as short as six months, with a 106% return on investment over three years through higher revenues and lower costs. Prins outlined three key factors for retailers to survive and thrive: making consumers fall in love with the brand, making the experience convenient, and keeping costs low with a lean infrastructure. He also highlighted Adyen's support for Alipay and UnionPay on POS terminals to serve Chinese shoppers, and described the "endless aisle" concept, where a web-based terminal in store allows customers to purchase out-of-stock products for next-day delivery.

Recent appearances

  • From UPI to Agentic Commerce: How Adyen Sees India’s Next Payments Chapter | CNBC TV18 | N18M

    September 16, 2026 · 📺 CNBC-TV18

    Adyen is doubling down on India as the country’s digital payments ecosystem evolves and cross-border commerce expands. Speaking to CNBC-TV18 as part of The Fintech Spotlight special at the Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai, Adyen’s Global Chief Commercial Officer, Roelant Prins discusses the company’s long-term India strategy, its focus on localised payment infrastructure, and the growing importance of UPI for businesses operating in and from India. Prins also shares his views on the next phase of payments: agentic commerce. As AI systems begin to search, make decisions and potentially transa…

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  • Current changes in payments with Roelant Prins | Couchonomics with Arjun

    October 21, 2024 · 📺 CouchonomicswithArjun

    We continue celebrating the 100th episode of Couchonomics with Arjun! For this milestone episode, we’re happy to welcome back Roelant Prins, Chief Commercial Officer at Adyen. Roelant and Arjun had an interesting conversation at the end of Season 1, where we filmed a special episode in Amsterdam. Today, Roelant joins us remotely to discuss the evolving payments landscape and explore the critical shifts happening in both Europe and the Middle East. Catch this insightful conversation with Roelant as we celebrate 100 episodes of learning innovation, and community! Couchonomics with Arjun Season…

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  • Expanding Unified Commerce Internationally with Adyen COO & CCO | Technovation 718

    November 24, 2022 · 📺 Metis Strategy

    Kamran Zaki and Roelant Prins, COO & CCO of Adyen respectively, discuss the genesis of the company and its vision for driving the future of Unified Commerce. Kamran gives a brief history of the company, how he got introduced to the platform, and why Adyen has chosen to grow organically instead of pursuing an M&A strategy. Roelant gives his perspective on why unified commerce is imperative for the future of digital transformations, and shares learnings from working with customers during the pandemic. Finally, both executives then talk about the process of international expansion, the hurdles as…

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  • Stroll Through Amsterdam with Roelant Prins and Arjun Singh

    October 30, 2022 · 📺 Couchonomics with Arjun

    We stroll through the streets of Amsterdam on this special Couchonomics series, brought to you in collaboration with Adyen. Our host Arjun Singh chats with the Chief Commercial Officer at Adyen and a respected voice in the fintech community, Roelant Prins. When Adyen was founded in 2006, Adyen only had a single office. Today, they operate out of three buildings in the bustling heart of Amsterdam. Roelant takes us through how Adyen found its edge with an innovative, competitive pricing model and battled through trust issues to finally establish itself as a global leader. Roelant also shared:…

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  • Evolution of Commerce & Fintech - Amsterdam Special with Roelant Prins

    October 25, 2022 · 📺 Couchonomics with Arjun

    Couchonomics kicks off its Amsterdam Special with the Chief Commercial Officer at Adyen, Roelant Prins. Having led a career in fintech for over 20 years, Roelant has personally experienced the rapid development of the sector. He worked with the Royal bank of Scotland in early 2000 before moving on to head numerous leadership and management roles in payments technology. Roelant has been a speaker on major platforms such as Money 20/20 Asia, Vivatech 2019 & 2022. In this special episode recorded in Adyen offices in Amsterdam, Roelant talks us through the evolution of commerce and fintech. He…

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  • Adyen's Roelant Prins: 'Modern technology can personalize issuing services for merchants'

    March 23, 2021 · 📺 Tearsheet Studios

    Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Zack Miller. Card issuance is enjoying a lot of fintech light shone on it as technology and use cases catch up to the modern economy. From Marqeta to Stripe and now Adyen, payment firms are moving quickly in this space. Roelant Prins, chief commercial officer of Adyen, joins us on the podcast to talk about his firm’s new card issuing service, where the idea came from and what type of customer demand they’re seeing for it. We discuss Adyen’s global approach and drill down into what he describes as unified commerce’. Roelant Prins is my guest today on th…

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  • Money 2020 Asia | Adyen Keynote & Singapore POS Announcement by Adyen CCO Roelant Prins

    May 09, 2018 · 📺 Adyen

    Adyen's Chief Commercial Officer Roelant Prins shares key global insights at Money 2020 Asia on how unified commerce helps businesses break the payments barrier across borders and channels. As he covers how companies like menswear brand Bonobos and luxury store de Bijenkorf are changing the way people shop, he makes an important announcement: Adyen's POS offering in Singapore. Roelant also shares Adyen's retail survey results from countries including Australia, Europe, US and the UK – as well as key consumer trends and the implications for retailers.

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  • Live from #NRF17: Roelant Prins, Adyen

    January 19, 2017 · 📺 Nasdaq

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  • Shaping the Future of Retail Payments

    December 02, 2016 · 📺 Slush

    Aage Reerslev (Founder & CEO of Wrapp), Roelant Prins (CCO at Adyen), Jeppe Zink (Partner at Northzone) and Stewart Rogers ...

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  • CNBC interview, Roelant Prins, Adyen CCO

    September 08, 2016 · 📺 Adyen

    https://www.adyen.com Adyen’s Roelant Prins, speaks with CNBC about Asia Pacific payment trends, mobile and merchant needs. For more insights follow us on: Linkedin   / company-beta.  . Twitter @Adyen Or subscribe to our newsletter today: https://www.adyen.com/newsletter

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  • Roelant Prins, Adyen - Axel Springer NOAH16 Berlin

    June 28, 2016 · 📺 NOAHConference

    Fintech - Company Presentation by Roelant Prins, CCO of Adyen at the Axel Springer NOAH 2016 Conference in Berlin, ...

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  • Collision 2015 - Roelant Prins of Adyen with Dominic Rushe of The Guardian

    January 05, 2016 · 📺 Collision Conference

    Collision is “America’s fastest growing tech conference” created by the team behind Web Summit. In two years, Collision has grown to over 7,500 attendees from more than 50 countries. Attendees include CEOs of both the world’s fastest growing startups and the world’s largest companies, alongside leading investors and media. We’re taking it up a notch in New Orleans. Collision 2016 will welcome thousands of attendees to New Orleans, in between the two weekends of Jazz Fest. Official Collision website - https://collisionconf.com/

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