Archive for June 2019
Conrad Ford, Founder & CEO, Funding Options
As with so many innovations in the world of finance and technology, Open Banking was going to revolutionise the way consumers and businesses manage their finances and access financial services.
Read MoreFaith Reynolds, Independent Consumer Representative for the Open Banking Implementation Entity
It’s conference season! Earlier in the month I sat on a panel with Catherine Miller from think tank Doteveryone at the UK Regulators Network conference to discuss regulation and innovation.
Read MoreDue North: Is Canada ready for Open Banking?
With a government consultation underway and the banking sector in the middle of payments modernisation, is the door open for Open Banking in the great white north?
Read MoreOpen Banking Expo Magazine to host breakfast briefing event
Open Banking Expo Magazine is to host a breakfast briefing event in London in collaboration with Equinix. Solving the Open Banking Maze will address whether the sector is harnessing the opportunities presented by the PSD2 directive. This free-to-attend breakfast briefing is taking place on 3 July 2019 in London and will bring together Open Banking pioneers…
Read MoreEmma Steeley, CEO, AccountScore
2019 is the year Open Banking goes back to the future.
Over the last few months, I’ve seen and heard a lot of stories in the press about how the Open Banking revolution is yet to come, or, more cynically, is never going to come; at least not in the way imagined.
Read MoreFintech Yapily raises $5.4M for Open Banking API
Yapily is the London-based fintech startup offering an Open Banking-based API platform, enabling financial services providers and other kinds of enterprises, like merchants, to connect to banks. In its seed funding the startup recently raised $5.4 million.
Read MoreChris Michael, Head of Technology, Open Banking Implementation Entity
View From The Top – helping account providers meet regulatory requirements.
Read MorePayPal look to Tink in the Open Banking market
PayPal Holdings has invested 10 million euros ($11.2 million) in Tink, a Swedish company that enables banks and financial technology start-ups to access financial data more easily, the companies said on Tuesday.
Read MoreLiz Oakes, Executive Vice President (Market Development), Mastercard
New Payment Platforms, Mastercard
Application programming interfaces (APIs) have overwhelmingly become banks’ preferred mechanism to meet their PSD2 obligations, but a year on, much of the conversation is still centred on their ability to deploy them effectively. Perhaps a better question is not how financial institutions comply with new technological obligations, but rather how can they can use APIs to drive new revenue.
Read MoreNot about banking
As Open Banking evolves beyond apps that collate customer accounts, the incentives for customer adoption are becoming clearer. Joe McGrath looks at some of the innovators creating a buzz…
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