Ideas and experience
Personal stories about entrepreneurship, technology, payments and how lived experience can transform innovation.
Governance · Board of directors · Payments
From a founder-led board to banking-group governance: preparation, regulation, disagreement and short term versus long term. Nicolas Riegert’s lessons after Société Générale became PayXpert’s majority shareholder.
Accessibility · Innovation · Payments
From his friendship with Pierre Achache to temporary sight loss, Nicolas Riegert explains how lived experience changed his approach to accessibility and payment innovation.
Sailing · Leadership · Entrepreneurship
From the bay of Arcachon to Buddha Boat, Nicolas Riegert explains how sailing shaped the way he decides, delegates and leads a company.
India · Social impact · Project journal
Nicolas Riegert tells how Pierre Achache's vision for blind children in India evolved into support for a local children's home, without losing its original purpose.
Art · Collecting · Legacy
From ethnic masks and antique books to artworks chosen together and inherited paintings: a personal reflection on emotion, memory and legacy.
Payments · Fintech · Entrepreneurship
From telecom billing to card payment gateways and PayXpert: Nicolas Riegert recounts two decades of change in the payment industry.