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At the end of Innovative Fintechs Don’t Need No PSD2 Regulation,  I'd wondered how fintechs would react if Open Banking requires them to share their customers' info with banks.   

The way Barclays is openly encouraging its customers to view their accounts with other providers via Barclays Mobile Banking app, it looks like my idle conjecture has now become a clear and present danger.

I've seen complaints on LinkedIn that Zebpay, India's largest Bitcoin exchange, is dilly dallying with customers' requests to "cash out" i.e. convert BTC to INR (India's fiat currency).

Dear @Citi: Feel free to use my feedback at A Killer Feature For PFM On The Eve Of PSD2.

Whatever we may say about UI or UX or CX of banking apps, banking is a chore. By letting you do banking activities in the background, "Alexa Banking" is the only channel that recognizes this fundamental fact. Ergo, I think it has the potential to be disruptive. http://lnr.li/9p0nd

@JamesPiggot:

I'm not doubting the overwhelming success of iDEAL in NL. In fact, based on the popularity of iDEAL and a couple of other similar MOPs in USA and India even back in 2011, I'd predicted that EBA Clearing's myBank Will Be A Hit. However, despite being very similar to iDEAL et al, myBank seems to have fizzled out.

Surely, a lot of things are possible given the right conditions. But, then, right conditions don't seem to be happening in too many places. Therein lies the rub.

And, now that I understand from @Jan-Olof Brunila's comment that PSD2 bans surcharge for credit card payments, the prospects for card alternatives don't look any brighter.

@FrankNolden: It's a well-documented fact that credit card drives overspending. By discouraging credit card payments, retailers are losing out on revenue upsides. If they still opt to do so in certain markets and shoot themselves in the foot in the process, it's probably a reflection of saturation level and limited growth potential available in those markets for reasons regardless of payment methods.

@DavidOram + 1. As a consumer, I've preferred credit card over all other methods of payments because it's the only MOP that gives me rewards, deferred payment and fraud protection. Several new MOPs have come and gone during my 30 years of credit card use and not one has matched these benefits of credit card. Unless they can change that, all these retailers and fintechs are just deluding themselves that they can disrupt credit card payments.

@JamesAndrew: No such luck for London cabbies and taxi companies. I was recently testing the app for work-related reasons and stumbled upon availability of Uber cabs between my ex-home and customer's office in London. I found out that Uber continues to operate in London, pending decision on its appeal. 

What are PFMs there for? With the kind of account access they'll get out of PSD2, they should provide timely warnings about events that impact account balance, cash flow, fees and fines. I should add this as another PFM killer feature in A Killer Feature For PFM On The Eve Of PSD2. Although I don't recall its name, a fintech recently launched a service in USA that shields customers from overdraft protection fees, and it didn't even need PSD2.

All bubbles burst in the steady state. They end badly but only for the people who're caught holding the parcel when the music stops. In the run up to the burst, many times more number of people make lots of money as the bubble grows in the transient state that lasts several years. Not surprisingly, burst of past bubbles has never stopped future bubbles from forming. The list at the end of your post is adequate testimony.