Airwallex teams up with Plaid to offer instant payments

Together, the companies will provide an integrated payments solution that can streamline Automated Clearing House payments for US customers.

Canadian consumers’ awareness of Open Banking is low but ‘encouraging’

The findings of joint research by Open Banking Expo and EQ Bank has been published in a new report, ‘Open Banking in Canada: Gauging consumer readiness’.

Turkey launches Open Banking infrastructure

The country’s central bank announced that six banks have started to provide services in the area of payments, through GEÇİT, the new Open Banking Gateway.

TCS: Banks should give consumers ‘insights’ to get their attention

Tata Consultancy Services’ VP and CTO of the banking unit Ram V told delegates at Open Banking Expo Canada that consumer behaviours are changing.

Central banks of France and Luxembourg take part in wholesale CBDC experiment

The ‘Venus Project’ saw the issuance of a €100 million digital native bond by the European Investment Bank under Luxembourg law, and settled using a tokenised representation of euro central bank money.

Platform for Black and Latino banking services Greenwood secures $45m investment

In addition to the funding, led by Pendulum, Greenwood unveiled a new career and lifestyle membership scheme.

Tide acquires Funding Options

Digital business banking platform Tide has announced it will acquire a leading data-driven marketplace for business finance Funding Options, subject to FCA approval. 

Q&A: GoCardless says Open Banking helps maximise every penny for charities

GoCardless’ Siamac Rezaiezadeh shares how they have been using Open Banking, and variable recurring payments in particular, to help charitable organisations improve their fundraising streams.

Canada set for ‘pivotal year’ as read-only Open Banking model due in 2023

Speakers on the powerhouse panel debate at Open Banking Expo Canada 2022 reacted to the opening keynote from Open Banking lead Abraham Tichjian.