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Botón Bancolombia is now available to cross-border merchants selling to customers in Colombia for the first time.
Google Pay’s US consumers and businesses will be able to choose Affirm’s flexible payment options at checkout.
Xero’s small business customers will have access to expanded bank feeds coverage in North America.
The Open Finance Coalition has set out several challenges and opportunities, including that a lack of data sharing impacts financial outcomes for consumers and SMEs.
Cecilia Frew, Plaid’s head of Open Finance, said that 84% of consumers believe they are “better off” as a result of being able to manage their financial lives online.
The Open Finance Network of Canada has written to Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, asking what steps will be taken to “minimize delayed implementation of a working system for Canadians”.