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Open Banking
Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winners: Strands – Best Open Banking Solution
Opening up banking and account aggregation services.
UK’s CMA launches consultation into OBIE successor
The CMA asks firms to send in suggestions before 29 March.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 6 | Open banking on the loose
Discussing all things open banking with Pablo Reyes, director of technology at Strands.
Codat secures investment from Amex and PayPal
Codat gains big backers as it gears up for US launch.
FinTech Futures Industry Survey & Report 2021
A deep-dive into the trends defining 2021 and beyond, based on a comprehensive survey of the industry.
UK Finance plans future revamp for Open Banking body
The OBIE is morphing into a new organisation to support innovation.
What the Fintech? | S.2 Episode 5 | Rising to the top
Featuring Alexandra Boyle, head of strategic client group for Europe at OpenFin.
Fintech funding round-up: SeedFi, Libeo, Ember and Finch Capital
A round-up of some of the recent investments in fintech, paytech and tax tech firms.
FinTech Futures presents Dock – a virtual roundtable experience
Take part in Dock on 18-19 May to discuss the industry’s pertinent problems and find the solutions.
Yolt Technology Services lands UK PSD2 licence
The fintech will no longer rely on ING’s licence.
DirectID hires David Freeman as new COO
Key to his new responsibilities at DirectID will be the emergence of a new data science team.
Nordic API Gateway lands nine new bank partners in Bankdata deal
The deal prequels Nordic API Gateway’s European expansion plans for 2021.
Boosting economic recovery by harnessing the power of payments
The other significant milestone the UK economy has to handle this year is life beyond Brexit.
HMRC awards Ecospend “largest” open banking contract valued at £3m
“Today marks a big step forward for adoption,” says OBIE.
NymCard raises $7.6m for Banking-as-a-Service in MENA
The Series A funding round brings NymCard’s total investment to $12 million to date.
UK fintechs Token and Tradeteq get investment
$15m for open banking payments platform Token and $9.4m for trade finance tech specialist Tradeteq.
Absa launches digital bank Spot Money in South Africa
The open banking platform integrates with various bank and payment services.
UK fintech TrueLayer launches its payments API to rival cards
PayDirect claims just a 3.5% payment failure rate.
Ten trends set to influence the payments industry
The financial services and payments sectors have a bright future, should these trends continue to develop.
RBI invests in Romanian open banking start-up Finqware
Finqware initiated account aggregation for seven Croatian banks last year.
Konsentus acquires Open Banking Europe initiative from EBA Clearing subsidiary
Open Banking Europe (OBE) will remain a separate operating entity.
MX ties up $300m in Series C funding
Utah-based firm has raised more than $500m since launch.
Understanding the three key trends in SME banking for 2021
The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation in banks’ lending platforms.
Saudi Arabia’s central bank plans open banking go-live for 2022
SAMA has already “collected the local financial market participants’ feedback”.
What the Fintech? Season one | Fintech Jail
Here’s a list of all the buzzwords in our What the Fintech podcast game, “Fintech Jail”.
UK fintech GoCardless raises $95m funding
The Series F round was led by Bain Capital Ventures and brings the total raised to-date to $240m.
The Fintech Review: 2020
We cover embedded finance, competition, open banking, and CBDCs.
Tink lands €85m for continued expansion into 2021
The finding extension was co-led by new Parisian investor Eurazeo Growth.
Half of UK’s small businesses now use open banking, says OBIE
Open banking is speeding up account switches too.
How the cloud is the path to open banking
Now is the right time to see how to take better advantage of the open banking framework.
Nordigen unveils free open banking platform to industry’s dismay
Nordigen claims it is the first to launch a free open banking platform.
Savings: the new battleground between challenger and incumbent banks
Reputation is taking a backseat when it comes to choosing where savers keep their money.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 hosted online by Tom Ward
Join comedian Tom Ward for the 2020 Banking Tech Awards. Broadcast online on 10 Dec, 3:30pm GMT and is free to attend.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 27 November 2020
FinTech Futures’ weekly news round-up.
Tink appoints SimCorp CEO Holse as new chairman
Holse says Tink is “leading the charge” in open banking across Europe.
TrueLayer nabs former Amazon and AmEx exec as new CPO
Ossama Soliman joins TruLayer as its new chief product officer.
Visa to acquire LatAm API-based payments fintech YellowPepper
The value of Visa’s acquisition is also undisclosed.
Bahrain’s Tarabut Gateway brings its open banking platform to UAE
Tarabut Gateway is also opening two new offices, one in Abu Dhabi, and one in Dubai.
How banks can be supported to achieve full open banking adoption
Choosing a partner to move forward with can be difficult.
