Tagged: open banking

May 12, 2024 @ 11:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The growth of Open Banking in the United Kingdom has continued to accelerate. The latest data from Open Banking Limited, the independent entity established by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to oversee its implementation, shows “more than 9 million active users and 14.45m payments… Read More

May 8, 2024 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Panax, a cash management platform powered by AI [artificial intelligence] and Open Banking, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. To date, Panax has raised $15 million. Panax targets mid-market and large firms with complex treasury demands. The service enables the management of numerous… Read More

May 6, 2024 @ 9:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zūm Rails and Fiserv have partnered on a service that aims to enable US businesses with everything they need to offer direct bank-like services, without relying on a bank or other third-party providers. Zūm Rails describes itself as a Fintech that is leveraging open banking… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 11:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant payments, also called real-time payments, are a form of electronic payment that is said to be “available 24/7/365, with the payment processed and funds made available to the recipient instantly,” the latest Juniper Research report explains. However, there is not a singularly accepted definition… Read More

May 2, 2024 @ 11:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Orum has announced the launch of the “first-ever” no-code product built on top of FedNow to verify bank accounts instantly. FedNow is a US Federal Reserve service that enables instantaneous transfer solutions for financial services firms. Orum states that the no-code solution is better than… Read More

April 28, 2024 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) announced the launch of its new Open Banking Marketplace, which is described as being a one-stop platform that enables both existing and prospective clients to discover, identify, and test application programming interfaces (APIs) that best meets their business objectives in a… Read More

April 12, 2024 @ 3:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trustly, a global enabler of Open Banking Payments, and Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, are expanding their collaboration in instant payments with the addition of the FedNow Service. The development delivers the anticipated expansion of “an instant payment… Read More

April 11, 2024 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Atto, a provider of credit risk solutions using transactional data, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with FICO (NYSE: FICO), a global analytics software firm, for the UK market. This partnership will enable UK lenders to easily integrate Open Banking data into the credit scoring… Read More

April 10, 2024 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

While the number of users benefiting from Open Banking continues to increase worldwide, there is a divergence between the concept of Open Banking and Open Finance – at least according to Salt Edge. Salt Edge is an open banking platform that provides services interested in… Read More

March 24, 2024 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, has today announced the launch of its flexible payment options on boots.com and in the Boots app in the UK and Ireland. This latest announcement follows the launch of Klarna in-store at Boots in 2022. Through… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Generative AI firm, Hazy, and Open Banking data ownership platform, Unbanx, announced today the launch of the ethical data cooperative comprising synthetically generated financial transaction data. Transaction datasets provide analysts, hedge funds and other financial institutions with invaluable insights “into behaviors and trends which drive… Read More

March 16, 2024 @ 3:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GoCardless, the bank payment company, has signed an agreement to acquire Sentenial Ltd, operating globally under the Nuapay brand, from EML Payments Limited (ASX: EML) subject to regulatory approvals. The acquisition will significantly scale GoCardless’ indirect channel proposition, consolidating its position as “a key payment… Read More

March 14, 2024 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank payment company GoCardless has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Open Banking Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) framework, the ‘one-stop-shop’ for all open banking services for the public sector. This means GoCardless will “be eligible to bid for account information services… Read More

March 12, 2024 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexi and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) have teamed up to advance Open Banking Payments Across Europe. Mastercard’s open banking technology to “enable more choice and power seamless, secure digital payments across Europe in partnership with Nexi.” Nexi has chosen Mastercard as its strategic partner “across Europe… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), perhaps the largest Fintech in the world, is now allowing some Fintechs to tap into information regarding the Apple Card, Apple Cash and Apple Savings, according to multiple reports. The new API is an Open Banking service that is being rolled out in… Read More

March 2, 2024 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced the Open Banking for Account Opening program, providing a foundational set of open banking products as a core benefit to Mastercard consumers and small business debit issuers as well as consumer prepaid issuers in the U.S. The program improves the digital… Read More

March 1, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Socure, a provider of artificial intelligence [AI] for digital identity verification,  and Trustly, an Open Banking payments provider, today announced a partnership to offer merchants and Fintechs a streamlined onboarding and guaranteed Pay by Bank solution. This integration allows merchants, especially in industries “that require… Read More

February 29, 2024 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Yapily, a provider of open banking solutions, is announcing its partnership with Uncapped, a Fintech providing working capital funding to scaling brands, retailers, and merchants across the UK, EU, and US. This collaboration significantly bolsters progress in “the financial lending sector and democratises access to… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 3:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Through a new partnership, BBVA Spark will access Capchase‘s technology, which enables a digital analysis of clients through innovative technologies such as open banking, and live connections to ERPs (financial management software) or electronic invoicing sources. This process speeds up decision-making and ensures “that financing… Read More

February 21, 2024 @ 10:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenPayd, the global payments and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, today announced its partnership with TrueLayer, Europe’s open banking payment network, to enhance its instant payment solutions offering for its clients. OpenPayd will leverage TrueLayer’s payments network “throughout the UK and Europe to enable secure and instant… Read More