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Brenton Charnley has been made CEO of Australia and New Zealand, tasked with heading up its expansion in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.
Former Finance Minister of Canada Bill Morneau has been confirmed as a keynote speaker, while Equifax Canada is headline partner as delegates discuss the future Open Banking roadmap.
The partnership sees Keebo, which is the only credit card provider approved by the FCA to use Open Banking, ‘seamlessly’ integrate YTS technology.
The digital bank plans to launch ‘Starling-as-a-Service’ in the first half of 2022, in countries including France and the Netherlands.
Open Banking Expo’s Ellie Duncan caught up with Michael Lane, VP of sales at Token, to discuss what needs to happen for widespread merchant adoption of A2A payments, why the industry as a whole has a role to play in educating consumers and the demise of debit cards.
By partnering, Yapily will be able to offer its European partners access to the US financial market and US-based NXTsoft will give its API partners access to European institutions.
The new survey by Tink also revealed that positive sentiment towards Open Banking continues to increase.
Hearst Ventures and Entrée Capital were among the investors that took part in the funding round.
The investment was led by Insight Partners, whose principal Rebecca Liu-Doyle said the payments industry in Southeast Asia is ‘ripe for disruption’ and will join Spenmo’s board.
