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Open Banking

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

Ron De Bos

Ron De Bos Director of Product Management, Payments at Digital River

Why Open Banking Heralds a New Era of eCommerce Merchant and Bank Collaboration

What do banks fear most? You might think it would be another Black Monday on the stock market, the spectre of runaway inflation, or maybe a digital heist that ruins their reputation. In reality, quite possibly the worst thing imaginable would be for their merchant customers to start asking themselves, “Do we even need our bank anymore?” Impossib...

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Lawrence Byers

Lawrence Byers Product Manager at Acquired.com

Open Banking: Has the penny dropped for UK lenders?

Fueled by the pandemic, the lending landscape has changed drastically in recent years. Amongst other things, the meteoric rise of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services and increased up-take of online banking has resulted in consumers who now, in addition to demanding seamless and embedded experiences when engaging with financial products and services,...

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Retired Member 

VRPs - the next phase of open banking

Open Banking in the UK has been progressively building momentum in the four years since its launch. There are now over five million regular users, with 2021 seeing a 60% increase in new customers - making it Open Banking’s most significant growth period to date. But that hasn’t stopped murmurs from the sceptics. To quote one neobank boss, “custom...

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Andrew Beatty

Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS

For a Better Financial Outlook the Future of Banking Must Be Personal

In 1776, Adam Smith proclaimed in the Wealth of Nations that “Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production.” [1] Since then, academics, governments and others have tried to predict and model consumer spending. However, the reality is that even at the personal level it can be challenging for individuals to predict and plan their own sp...

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Martin Wilson

Martin Wilson Chief Executive Officer at OneID

Four years of Open Banking: 2022 may be the best year yet

January marked four years since the introduction of Open Banking. Although industry take up was initially slow, 2021 proved to be a catalyst for the initiative. In the past year, there has been a 60 percent increase in new Open Banking customers, totalling 3.9m consumer customers and 600,000 small business customers. Furthermore, with 1 million re...

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David Ritter

David Ritter Director, Financial Services Strategy at CI&T

Delivering on the potential of open finance

Not long ago, “open banking” seemed like something unimaginable. As new digital technologies increased, the level of cyber risk also evolved. So financial data, always considered highly sensitive, became even more top secret – and certainly not for sharing. But things have changed. With the ever-growing rise of fintech, bank apps, online trading ...

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Rolands Mesters

Rolands Mesters CEO at Nordigen

“Happy Birthday, Open Banking!”

Open Banking is celebrating its 4th birthday today in the UK. Four years on, and it is still growing and developing into an exceptional alternative to traditional banking. This is great news for all Open Banking service providers. Since Open Banking was first established in the UK in 2018, many changes have occurred that challenged our approach to...

Rolands Mesters

Rolands Mesters CEO at Nordigen

How open banking cures financial hangover

January is known as being the most depressing month of the year and a large reason for this is the leftover financial strain put on us due to the holiday season. For many people the winter holidays are a time for gifts and activities with loved ones. Everyone knows it’s also one of the more expensive times of the year, with many Europeans spendi...

Rolands Mesters

Rolands Mesters CEO at Nordigen

Can we please stop using screen scraping for bank connectivity?

Disclaimer: I’m incredibly biased. I’m a strong advocate for real bank APIs and I’ve commented before on just how flawed I think screen scraping is. Screen scraping is still being used to this day, despite expert opinions, such as the one in a recent article by Behaviosec, revealing frightful facts about the technology. Regulators have investigate...

Anna Serebryannikova

Anna Serebryannikova Senior Account Director at DataArt

Open Banking: Offering Businesses Technology Capabilities

The open banking industry is thriving. It can significantly alter how banks and their clients interact, offering both scale and considerably greater speed. Open banking connects banks, third parties, and technical providers – enabling them to simply and securely exchange data to their customers’ benefit. Regulators, predictably, have promoted thi...

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