Overview
IntellectEU builds software and delivers consultancy for financial institutions across Swift connectivity, payment modernization, capital markets innovation and blockchain infrastructure. The Belgian company, IntellectEU NV, carries enterprise number 0468.010.251 and has its registered seat in Halle; commercial offices are listed in New York, Antwerp, Lisbon and Miami. Dirk Avau and Hanna Zubko co-founded the company. Dirk Avau is managing director of IntellectEU NV, and Hanna Zubko is chief executive officer of IntellectEU Inc. Both sit on the Belgian board alongside Pamica, whose permanent representative is Michel Akkermans. The product line covers Integration Manager, Integration Manager on AWS, Catalyst Core and Catalyst Core Link for Swift connectivity, Catalyst Data Intelligence for ISO 20022 address structuring, and the CatalyX suite for blockchain operations. Swift listed the company as a Postal Address Registered Provider for Catalyst Data Intelligence in July 2026. Earlier work includes ClaimShare, an insurance fraud application presented with KPMG in 2021, and integration for the Contour trade finance network in 2020. IntellectEU joined the Canton Network as a validator in 2025 and supported Société Générale's first U.S. digital bond issuance. Clients have included Belfius, KBC, Euroclear, ASX, Capital One, Actinver and Banco Cuscatlán. The company reports 250+ people across 7 offices.
Stated facts & numbers
- Founded: 2003 (first Belgian division; Ukrainian entity 2006)
- Belgian office: Franklin Rooseveltplaats 12, 2060 Antwerp
- Registered seat: Kanaalbrugstraat 15 box 5.1, 1500 Halle
- Enterprise number: 0468.010.251 (IntellectEU NV)
- CEO: Hanna Zubko, Co-Founder and CEO, IntellectEU Inc
- Managing director, Belgium: Dirk Avau, co-founder
- Board: Dirk Avau, Hanna Zubko and Pamica (permanent representative Michel Akkermans)
- Employees: 250+ across 7 offices
- Offices: New York, Antwerp, Lisbon, Miami
- Products: Integration Manager, Integration Manager on AWS, Catalyst Core, Catalyst Core Link, Catalyst Data Intelligence, CatalyX
- Customers: Belfius, KBC, Capital One, SWIFT, Euroclear, ASX
- Case studies: Actinver, Banco Cuscatlán
- Certification: ISO 27001
- Swift status: Postal Address Registered Provider for Catalyst Data Intelligence, July 2026
- Memberships: Hyperledger founding member; Canton Network validator; Digital Euro Association; Ubyx Association
Leadership & org chart
In the news
- High-quality address data can make a meaningful difference across payment operations. Catalyst Data Intelligence helps transform unstructured address information into structured, usable data to support more efficient payment processing, automation, and screening. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/evp6kGRy
- For more than twenty years, IntellectEU has connected financial institutions to new rails while keeping the systems they already run intact. The CatalyX by IntellectEU covers the Canton Network side of that as one solution, with our engineers and advisory support behind it. Products and people, from pilot to production. 👇
- Meet the IntellectEU team at Sibos 2026. From September 28 to October 1, Hanna Zubko, Dirk Avau, Jonathan Mayeur, Gabriela Orellana, Hryhorii Vasylenko, Bruno Almeida, Eileena Lennox, Xavier Heyvaert, Anastasiia Vitmer, and Robin Davies will be in Miami for Sibos 2026. You’ll find us at Booth H035, where we’ll be talking about how financial institutions can modernize payment infrastructure and move digital finance initiatives forward. Our conversations will span the Catalyst Product Suite, supporting financial integration,
- Better address data can have a direct impact on payment operations. In our upcoming webinar, Beyond Structured Address Compliance: Turning a Regulatory Requirement into an Opportunity, we’ll explore how structured and hybrid address data can help financial institutions improve payment performance beyond compliance. We’ll discuss: 🔹 How address quality can support higher straight-through processing 🔹 Where better data can reduce exceptions and manual intervention 🔹 The role of enrichment in screening and fraud detection 🔹 How
- Season 2 of Canton Insiders closes with ten conversations spanning the Canton Network. A founding contributor, builders across custody, data, DeFi and trust infrastructure, and the Canton Foundation that governs the network itself. Produced by our team at CatalyX by IntellectEU. Canton Network. From pilot to production to real conversations 👇
- Institutions moving from pilots into production on Canton Network need more than network infrastructure. Reconciliation, reporting, auditing, and monitoring all depend on a data layer that remains within the institution's environment. The Noves Data Platform now enables direct access to Canton validators from the CatalyX Blockchain Manager console. 🔹 The full story by Noves is below 🔹 The full story by CatalyX by IntellectEU: https://lnkd.in/eNYdeMFK
- AI can accelerate financial data transformation, but preserving meaning, constraints, and validation logic remains critical. At Sibos 2026, Xavier Heyvaert, Deputy Head of Payment Modernization at IntellectEU, will join industry experts for “From standards to systems: Can AI preserve meaning when ISO 20022 meets APIs and canonical models?” The session will explore how AI can support complex financial data transformations while maintaining the semantic integrity required across standards, APIs, and canonical models. 📍 Sibos 2026,
- Blockchain is moving from experimentation to execution. At Sibos 2026, Bruno Almeida, Head of Digital Assets & AI at IntellectEU, will lead “Blockchain: It’s Time for Production.” The session will look beyond the hype to what production readiness actually requires: institutional onboarding, architecture that can scale, integration with existing financial rails, and governance that can stand up in production. 📍 Sibos 2026, Miami 📅 September 29 | 13:45–14:15 📌 Exhibitor Stage 2 Meet our team at IntellectEU Booth H035 and learn more
Alumni 5 went on to found or lead
Egwin AvauSummer intern→Founder & CEO at Panenco
Hanna ZubkoVP Business Development, Founder→Co-Founder, Co-Owner at IntellectTechnologies- PMaxim PiessenLead AI & Data, Product Manager VELMA→CTO, Co-founder at Credix
Thomas BohnerVP Digital Finance→Founder and CEO at Credix
Vincent DeclercqBusiness Analyst→Co-Founder at Dalton AI
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