How performant are Open Banking APIs?

The below blog from OpenWrks explores the latest Open Banking API statistics from the month 22nd October- 22nd November 2018. A couple of months ago we made the conscious decision to put a pause on the release of our bank performance stats to give the participating banks time to iron out some issues and improve…

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Token and Almoayed Technologies partner to deliver Open Banking across MENA region

Turnkey Open Banking platform provider, Token.io Limited, today announces a partnership with Almoayed Technologies, the MENA region’s leading technology infrastructure development company, to accelerate open banking across the Arabian Peninsula. Ahead of the introduction of Open Banking regulations in Bahrain, also announced yesterday, Almoayed Technologies and Token have been working together to enable fast and…

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New Open Banking platform to provide support for bridging lenders

LendingMetrics has announced the launch of its new Open Banking platform OpenBankVision (OBV), which will provide consumer bank account data free of charge to bridging and other finance providers. The platform will allow users to access 90 days of bank statements with no minimum or maximum cap on the number of requests. Finance companies using…

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Funding Options picks up Open Up Challenge gong

Business finance marketplace, Funding Options, has been announced as one of the winners of the second phase of Nesta’s ‘Open Up Challenge’ – one of only three companies to have won both stages of this challenge. The Open Up Challenge prize is part of a package of reforms from the Competition and Markets Authority designed…

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Apac banks see big benefits from Open Banking for commercial customers

Most large banks in Asia Pacific think providing Open Banking services for their commercial clients is a key strategic initiative in their digital transformation programmes, and many expect it to help them achieve double-digit revenue growth, according to research from Accenture. According to the study, 90% of large banks in Asia Pacific plan to provide…

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RBS shrinks but turns to Open Banking

“NatWest and RBS have been shrinking,” said Adrian Smyth, head of payment innovation RBS, at an industry event in London last week. “As a bank we have historically, to be completely fair to us, seen people focus on getting the mandatory compliance aspect through, that’s not lead to a lot for the differentiation, the disruption,”…

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Double-digit revenue growth expected by banks who offer Open Banking services to commercial customers

Source: Accenture/Which-50   Most large banks said that providing Open Banking services for their commercial clients is a key strategic initiative in their digital transformation programs, and many expect open banking to help them achieve double-digit revenue growth, according to a global research report by Accenture. Open Banking enables financial services commercial customers to share…

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New Open Banking Expo leads the way for developing a new banking framework

The Open Banking Expo, which launched in London on 27 November, has been hailed a huge success by visitors, speakers and exhibitors alike. Attended by leading high street banks, challenger banks and fintech businesses, Open Banking Expo is the only event focussed on the customer journey and consumer adoption of Open Banking, as well as…

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Fiserv Open Banking survey shows emergence of strategic focus

BROOKFIELD, Wis. & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 27, 2018– Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced the results of a survey revealing insights into the implementation of open banking initiatives by banks in the U.K., Poland, France and Australia. To date, banks have primarily focused on compliance, with only…

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A Q&A Session with Biju Suresh Babu, Country Head, Fiorano Software UK

Biju is Country Head at Fiorano Software and sat down with Open Banking Expo to discuss his thoughts on the evolving PSD2 landscape.   How do you think PSD2 will change the financial services landscape? PSD2 will probably be the biggest and most impactful change in banking that our generation will experience as retail banking…

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