Colombia’s Yuno secures $10m seed investment

Monashees, Kaszek and Andreessen Horowitz co-led the seed round in the Bogota-based start-up.

Central banks ‘spurred’ by Facebook’s Libra to explore CBDCs

Speakers during the first panel session of Open Banking Expo’s CBDC Confex said that the prospect of a cryptocurrency being launched by the social media giant “piqued” central bank interest.

Challengers banks land £280m for SME focus

Estonia’s Ebitly chooses Nordigen to integrate Open Banking

Through Nordigen, the SMEs that use Ebitly can securely link their business bank accounts to the accounting platform.

Tesco Bank teams up with Onfido to onboard new Clubcard Pay+ customers

New customers will be able to apply directly through the Tesco Bank mobile banking app by taking a photo of their ID and a selfie.

Bud launches in Australia after securing ACCC accreditation

Open Banking fintech Bud has launched in Australia after receiving accreditation from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Open insurance

Swedish open insurance platform Insurely secures €19m in Series A

Europe’s leading open insurance platform Insurely completes a €19 million series A funding.

Q&A: eCurrency’s Miles Au Yeung on what to learn from Bank of Jamaica’s CBDC project

Miles Au Yeung, chief markets officer at eCurrency, reveals the six characteristics a CBDC should have if it is to be trusted by the public, and why Bank of Jamaica’s CBDC project is such a “valuable” case study, ahead of his participation in Open Banking Expo’s Central Bank Digital Currencies…

Comma partners with Open Banking Expo

The Open Banking-based SME payments platform’s CEO called the partnership ‘the perfect fit’.

OBIE backs FCA’s delay to 90-day SCA rule change

The UK’s regulator has confirmed that while the regulatory change will still apply from 26 March, “widespread adoption” of the exemption has been extended to end of September.

UK fintech Delio secures $8.3m in growth funding

The investment has been led by Octopus Ventures, which said Delio will use it to “enhance its suite of private market infrastructure solutions”.