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TrueLayer, the London startup that’s built a developer platform to make it easy for fintech and other adjacent companies, such as retailers, to access bank APIs — and ride the Open Banking and PSD2 gravy train — has picked up further $7.5 million in funding. Leading the round is venture capital fund Northzone. It follows…

Digital banking fintech Revolut called in police and regulators in the last few months after finding suspected money laundering on its system. Revolut contacted the National Crime Agency and City watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority after finding the suspected payments. The digital challenger bank was founded in London in 2015 and now has nearly three…

ClearScore is to use Open Banking to offer users a detailed insight into their financial situation, with prompts to switch mortgages and credit cards. The credit checking firm’s OneScore will combine credit scores with information pulled from current accounts, along with data from assets, savings and protection in an effort to help people better understand…

Online research from Equifax has revealed the lack of awareness of banking options among consumers. When presented with a list of digital banks 60% hadn’t heard of any of the brands and only 20% would opt for a challenger bank if opening a new account today.   The survey, conducted with Gorkana, showed 44% of…

Metro Bank has launched its developer portal, opening up the bank’s platform to FCA-registered third-parties wishing to build services on top of its APIs and helping to create more choice and opportunities for consumers and businesses to better manage their money. Built in collaboration with Google’s Apigee team using Apigee’s Edge API management platform, the…

Nationwide Building Society has challenged the fintech community to develop Open Banking technology that helps improve the lives of the one in four UK households who are financially squeezed – equivalent to 12.7 million people Launching in September, Open Banking for Good will pair established fintechs and start-ups with debt and money charities in a…

Liberis has taken advantage of Open Banking technology to increase funding access for SMEs by using it to process a full funding application. The alternative finance provider worked with fintech OpenWrks after it was granted access by the customer to see their bank account transaction data in real time. This allowed Liberis to see a…

Citi is set to become the first corporate bank to use the UK’s new Open Banking regime to enable its business clients to receive small payments directly from their UK customers’ bank accounts.  Open Banking rules require European banks to give third parties access to their customer data, if the account holders agree. The changes,…

New research from Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) into Australia’s banking industry reveals that almost a third of Australians are willing to support data sharing in an open banking environment, but only if privacy and security concerns are addressed. The research also found Australian consumers are less willing than those in other Asia Pacific countries to…