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SME lending ‘not in a liquidity crisis’

As government-backed support in the form of CBILS and BBLS come to an end, Open Banking Expo brought together a panel of commercial lenders to discuss the future of SME lending.

Fintech Week London returns in July

The five-day hybrid event will gather senior decision makers from high street banks and fintechs to discuss global themes including banking as a service and financial inclusion, with keynote speaker Ron Kalifa.

Irfan Khan becomes CEO of mmob

Khan will lead the new open finance partnership platform, which he co-founded in 2020.

TrueLayer partners with Spanish trading app

HeyTrade, which launched in June 2020, will use Open Banking payments to provide instant account funding to users.

Insight: Participating in the next economic boom

Open Banking can help everyone benefit from the post-pandemic recovery, according to Jason O’Shaughnessy of Envestnet | Yodlee.

PSR seeks views on phase two of CoP

The Payment Systems Regulator is inviting views on the impact and progress of Confirmation of Payee following implementation by the UK’s six largest banks as it prepares to rollout phase two.

CBA’s x15ventures unveils venturing platform

The Australian bank’s venture-scaling entity said that xStack is a ‘venture-in-a-box’ platform.

Plaid and Square team up for ACH payments

The partnership will mean Square can offer ACH payments to US merchants without ‘worrying’ about bank authentication or managed payment ‘complexities’.

FCA extends SCA deadline to March 2022

The new six-month extension for implementing strong customer authentication has been granted to ensure ‘minimal disruption’ to merchants and consumers.

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