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Mollie partners with Plaid, hires new CTO from Klarna
The Dutch fintech has teamed up with Plaid to improve the customer onboarding process, starting in the UK and rolling out to other European markets and, separately, has appointed Koen Köppen as CTO.
Read MoreYolt collaborates with October to improve SME lending in Europe
Deal means October will use Yolt’s AIS to utilise Open Banking data in its credit assessment process for SME lending in five European countries.
Read MoreTrustly acquires Ecospend to strengthen its position in UK
Swedish Open Banking payments platform Trustly acquires British Open Finance technology company Ecospend to further accelerate its expansion in the UK.
Read MoreNatWest claims UK’s first ‘non-sweeping’ payments through VRP
The “market-first pilot” saw the payments made by NatWest customers to Charity Right and lettings software provider Pink Chilli, supported by GoCardless and TrueLayer, respectively.
Read MoreMastercard forms partnership with HyperPay to expand digital payments in MENA
The collaboration will see Mastercard make a strategic investment in Saudi Arabia’s HyperPay.
Read MoreCRIF teams up with Penny to offer invoice financing service for SMEs
Penny teams up with CRIF to help UK SMEs get their invoices paid instantly, better manage their cashflow and improve their creditworthiness.
Read MoreYapily partners with Two to tackle Europe’s €400b SME finance gap
Yapily partners with B2B BNPL start-up Two to help businesses access credit via BNPL and Open Banking.
Read MoreInsight: Why there’s a problem with the Reimbursement Code
The fight against APP scams has some way to go, according to the Lending Standards Board’s Emma Lovell, who writes that prevention in an increasingly expansive payments landscape cannot solely lie with banks and lenders.
Read MoreQ&A: Comma’s Ger Kelly on how Open Banking has helped restore SMEs’ trust in UK banks
Ger Kelly, head of Open Banking at Comma, explains how Open Banking in the UK has levelled the playing field between banks and their business and retail customers.
Read MoreBelvo unveils Open Finance solution for Brazilian financial institutions
Companies will be able to access data from both regulated financial institutions and non-regulated data sources through a single platform.
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