Posts by Ellie Duncan
Open Banking goes live in New Zealand
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is providing regulatory oversight of the regime, including accreditation.
Read MoreMexican gym chain partners with Belvo to improve payment infrastructure
Belvo allows users to link their accounts digitally, securely, and instantly to authorise their recurring payments.
Read MoreBKN301 Group extends Series B to €33m, acquires Planky
BKN301 Group, a global fintech architecture provider, has secured credit facility from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, and acquired Planky, a UK-based tech company specialising in AI-driven financial analytics and Open Banking.
Read MoreTide teams up with Admiral Business to launch embedded insurance for SMBs
Tide Insurance will be embedded into Tide’s business management platform.
Read MoreToken.io: Pay by Bank has moved past the ‘hype’ to go ‘mainstream’
Account-to-account (A2A) payments have moved from “early market hype” to become a mainstream payment method in the UK and Europe, Todd Clyde, chief executive officer of Token.io.
Read MoreCanadian government commits to implementing Open Banking in Budget 2025
The Bank of Canada will now oversee the Consumer-Driven Banking Act, which had come under the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada.
Read MoreBlog: A day in the life of an attendee – key takeaways from OBExpo UK & Europe
As a first-time attendee, Naomi Yikuno, a future trainee solicitor at A&O Shearman, shares the key talking points and themes from Open Banking Expo UK & Europe 2025.
Read MorePay by Bank now ‘table stakes’ for banks and PSPs as merchant demand surges
A new survey report published by A2A payment infrastructure provider, Token.io, and Open Banking Expo, surveyed 96 banks, PSPs, third-party providers (TPPs), merchants and industry observers.
Read MoreForm3 secures investment from Nationwide and BlackRock for US push
A2A payments infrastructure platform Form3 has secured a strategic investment from Nationwide, and a debt facility from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock.
Read MoreQ&A: HSBC’s Phoebe Zhou, Anjali Jain on the key payments topics at OBExpo UK & Europe
In this Q&A, Phoebe Zhou, head of emerging payments, Europe at HSBC, and Anjali Jain, head of client solutions west, client connectivity at HSBC, explain what the key topics related to Open Banking payments are at this year’s Open Banking Expo UK & Europe.
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