Posts by Ellie Duncan
Q&A: OBConnect’s Simon Lyons on decision-making and risk-taking as a leader
Ahead of the first Women in Open Banking meet-up on 1 March 2023, speaker Simon Lyons, chief strategy officer at OBConnect, told Open Banking Expo what leadership means to him.
Read MoreUS fintech Payoneer secures UK e-money license from FCA
The payment platform has plans to expand its footprint in the UK.
Read MoreNew study uncovers ‘diversity crisis’ at Web3 start-ups
Research by BCG X and People of Crypto Labs found that only 13% of Web3 companies have a woman on their founding team.
Read MoreFintellect chooses Nordigen’s APIs to improve businesses’ financial insights
European businesses will be able to use Open Banking to connect their bank accounts to the Fintellect app.
Read MoreUK government and regulators need to take ‘decisive action’ after release of SWG’s final report
The publication of the Open Banking SWG’s report to JROC also revealed need for industry to work together to “unlock” potential of VRPs.
Read MoreSalt Edge partners with software provider Mooncascade
By teaming up, they aim to help companies in the German market with secure integrations to bank channels across Europe.
Read MoreZopa buys BNPL platform DivideBuy
The acquisition, which is due to complete in the next few months, is Zopa’s first and will help it “bring to life BNPL 2.0”.
Read MorePakistan’s AdalFi backed by Plaid execs in $7.5m funding round
Since its launch in 2021, the digital lending infrastructure provider has already signed up 14 banks, to help them offer loans to consumers and businesses.
Read MoreExperian survey: 44% of lenders say Machine Learning models ‘difficult to deploy’
The survey sought responses from a mix of industry players to gauge how far along on the digital lending journey the ecosystem is.
Read MoreOpen Banking SWG: Role for OBIE’s successor as ‘central standard-setting body’
The final report from the Strategic Working Group secretariat for the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee highlighted “divergent views” among stakeholders about a future entity, data-sharing next steps and ecosystem reliability.
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