Objectway Conference 2018: the eternal digital city
When in Rome, reveal the latest insights on digital ambitions and wealthtech.
Open Banking
Third of UK customers ready to trust tech firms with bank account
Customers happy to sign over access to their financial data to “trusted” tech companies.
Nesta offers £2.5m prize fund for fintech start-ups
Applications are open for next phase of its “Open Up Challenge”.
Bean plans to be kernel of UK comparison apps
Gets FCA approval to launch its payments service across the nation.
Banking Technology March 2018 issue out now
Fintech with flourish. Nourish your brain.
The Future of European Fintech Alliance calls for API banking order
Alliance wants to ensure bank APIs under PSD2 have the necessary functionalities and performance.
BIAN plans API hours with new guidelines
Banking Industry Architecture Network publishes updated version of its standardised global IT architecture model.
First Direct yearns to be markteplace king with artha pilot
Artha pilot using technology from UK-based web and mobile app Bud.
Lloyds preps for PSD2 with £3bn digital investment
Three-year strategy to bolster its digital capabilities – job cuts are included.
UK money platform Nudgg pushes to launch
Allows customers to view all financial accounts in one place and make direct comparisons.
More fintech firms embrace Starling’s Marketplace
New group of partners includes PensionBee, Wealthsimple, Habito and Kasko in partnership with AXA.
Infographic: who is ready for Open Banking in Asia?
IDC Financial Insights maps the readiness for Open Banking among Asia, Asia Pacific and Australasia markets in 2018.
Podcast: [the SME sector is] so hot right now
11:FS Fintech Insider show featuring FinTech Futures’ Tanya Andreasyan.
Bud blossoms with two new payment licences
UK-based web and mobile app has got regulatory authorisation to aggregate accounts and initiate payments.
Wizards of Oz pull back curtain on open banking
Australian open banking review published – but still seeks feedback.
TrueLayer makes Zopa an open banking player
API developer platform partnering with UK financial services company for launch of products.
UK regulator reveals retail banking remedies
Overdraft warnings are one of the fixes brought in as part of CMA’s investigation.
Trunomi closes $3.5m round from CloudScale Capital
Consumer consent and data rights company collects some cash.
The five myths of Open Banking
Five key myths have been allowed to percolate in the minds of consumers and it’s high time these were busted.
Tesobe powers Santander’s first hackathon
Springs into action via Open Bank Project’s sandbox technology and expertise.
Payments round-up: 30 January 2018
Featuring Vocalink, Shieldpay, Huawei, UnionPay, Pelican, PaymentComponents, Infosistema and Banco BAI Europa.
API developer platform TrueLayer integrates with Monzo
Takes advantage of the UK’s new open banking rules.
Will Open Banking usher in a new era of customer-centric banking?
And will it fundamentally improve customer service in the banking industry?
Banking tech round-up: 25 January 2018
Features Yolt, Chevy Chase Trust, FIS, Haven Savings Bank and Connecticut Online Computer Centre.
Challenger BankiFi launches with open banking battle cry
Platform’s launching customer is Nordea’s developer portal.
The open future is here: now comes the hard part
The arrival of open banking will (eventually) prompt entirely new services.
Open banking: what you need to know
The landscape for financial services is changing, and the jury is still out on how the endgame is going to play out.
Banking tech round-up: 19 January 2018
Featuring Fiserv, HSLC, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Contovista, Piraeus Bank, Intellect Design Arena and Bank of Baroda.
Top fintech stories this week – 19 January 2018
Catch up on our top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
UK Open Banking crew call on Contego to verify you
Open Banking Implementation Entity wants help with identities.
Envestnet | Yodlee unveils API solution for PSD2 compliance
To comply with the UK’s PSD2 and open banking API specifications for account information services.
Nationwide wide of the mark for UK open banking launch
Joins five banks in missing the deadline.
By George! Erste Group’s banking platform launches in Slovakia
Developed by the Austria-based bank’s in-house fintech.
Swift Institute launches data protection challenge Down Under
Aimed at challenging students in all levels of further education in Australia.
A look back at 2017 and ringing in a new year for the payments industry
2017 has been another eventful year for the payments industry. From celebrities like 50 Cent getting involved (more on this later) to businesses neglecting the needs of pretty much every generation bar millennials, there hasn’t been a dull moment.
Top fintech stories this week – 22 December 2017
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
ForgeRock to provide reference bank application to Open Banking
ForgeRock says it “becomes a key enabler in making open banking a reality”.
UK’s open banking service to go live in January 2018
The Open Banking Implementation Entity has confirmed that the UK will be the first nation to launch open banking.
Nordea’s open banking goes live in Finland
Nordea has connected APIs to its production system and made its open banking live in Finland.
Fintech funding round-up: 1 December 2017
Who doesn’t love a trilogy? Following on from the round-ups on Thursday (30 November) and Tuesday (28 November) here’s another slice of fintech funding action. Features Deposit Solutions, Hanson Robotics’ Sophia, and BNP Paribas Asset Management. Germany’s Deposit Solutions, an open banking platform for deposits, has closed an investment round of $20 million led by […]
