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Open Banking

Open Banking regulation, innovation and technology and it's potential to revolutionise the Financial Services Industry.

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Open Banking - A Challenge for the U.S.

In a December 20th article titled, “Without Open Banking regulation, banks and fintechs clash in the US” (*), we get a taste of the first issues that are arising in the U.S. of trying to work in a somewhat open banking space without regulation. One of the issues mentioned in the article relates to aggregators in the U.S. being blocked by banks tha...

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Open Banking - A 2019 Summary

Open Banking – A 2019 Summary Open Banking has been regarded by the financial sector as the most revolutionary movement since the credit card. In 2017, none of us involved in the creation of open banking in the UK, ever thought that it would be globally adopted and so important that, if implemented for all the right reasons, could impact social a...

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Todd Clyde

Todd Clyde CEO at Token.io

Open banking connectivity: the outlook is better than you think

You have probably seen the headlines about banks not being ready for PSD2 – as the deadline approached and then passed, they were hard to miss. While it is true that less than 50% of banks have met all of the requirements mandated by the EU legislation, this is far from the full story. The open banking outlook for Europe is, in fact, brighter than ...

Marcus Martinez

Marcus Martinez Industry Advisor, Worldwide FSI at Microsoft

The age of data abundance...and time poverty

“Data is the new oil” – you’ve probably heard this quote all too frequently by now. I can’t deny this is an interesting parallel, given data (just like oil) can be mined, stored and transformed in order to power other technologies and create value. However, I think this parallel is not only misleading, but dangerous when you consider the broader c...

Hakan Eroglu

Hakan Eroglu Advisor at BIS Innovation Hub (all opinions are my own)

The Brazilian way of Open Banking regulation

Open Banking is unstoppable and is being discussed in almost every corner of the world – be it to increase competition, reduce cost, foster innovation or financial inclusion. In Open Banking, banks are opening up customer financial data and banking services to Third Party Providers (TPP) via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). For sure not ...

Mahesh Pawal

Mahesh Pawal Portfolio Product Manager, Digital Transformation at Fiserv

How FI should survive in 'Open Banking' battlefield ?

Traditionally financial industry protected the customers’ personal, financial and transactional data. This was a great entry barrier for players like new financial institutions and fintech companies. However recent changes on regulatory horizon, including implementation of Farrell Report in Australia, Payme

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Marcus Martinez

Marcus Martinez Industry Advisor, Worldwide FSI at Microsoft

Predicting an avalanche

Avalanches are an interesting phenomenon. All looks peaceful and quiet, until that exact moment when an invisible trigger is activated and that humongous mass of snow comes down destroying anything standing in its way, temporarily changing the landscape beyond recognition and covering the ground with new layers of debris. So how do we know when a...

Marcus Martinez

Marcus Martinez Industry Advisor, Worldwide FSI at Microsoft

Is mobile banking contributing to app fatigue?

Since the advent of the internet in the late 90’s, despite some initial scepticism, Banks are increasingly present in cyber space offering new products and services. The maturity of the internet-banking channel evolved (extremely slowly) from providing access to basic account information to allowing customers to manage more complex products. This,...

Marcus Martinez

Marcus Martinez Industry Advisor, Worldwide FSI at Microsoft

SMEs: Too small to serve, too big to ignore

The first wave of Open Banking was characterised by a steep learning curve for the nine largest UK banks. The new technology standard created challenges in all organisational aspects. Banks will have to operate differently, increase their focus on collaboration and up-skill their employees to navigate this change. Another key characteristic of thi...

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Marcus Martinez

Marcus Martinez Industry Advisor, Worldwide FSI at Microsoft

Customers Don’t Care About Open Banking

So you are not (yet) part of the select group called CMA9 and you are asking yourself: “Should I wait to be invited or just joint the movement? Is this Open Banking standard really a game changer?” Even though Open Banking was introduced by the CMA order in the UK, in reality, Open Banking is an industry necessity and it is inevitable. The alterna...

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