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Aussie fintech taps open banking for Covid hotspot alert service

An Australian open banking fintech startup is using card purchase data and AI technology to alert people if they have visited a Covid exposure site.

13 October 2021

News/people

Crosswell promises to learn from past mistakes at the OBIE

Charlotte Crosswell, the new chair of the UK's Open Banking Implementation Entity, has pledged to "learn from past mistakes" as she takes over from former incumbent Imran Gulamhuseinwala, who quit his post last week after an independent investigation found that leadership failures at the OBIE "allowed a culture of bullying and intimidation".

11 October 2021

News/people

OBIE chief resigns following bullying investigation

The chair of the UK's Open Banking Implementation Entity has quit after an independent investigation found that leadership failures at the OBIE "allowed a culture of bullying and intimidation".

01 October 2021

News/security

Money 20/20 EU: Navigating the trade-off between trust and value propositions

Amsterdam: Finextra is on the ground at Money 20/20 Europe, attending a host of sessions to provide you with key highlights from the most popular sessions throughout the conference.

23 September 2021

News/regulation

Money 20/20 EU: ‘A listing is for life, not just for Christmas’

Amsterdam: Finextra is on the ground at Money 20/20 Europe, attending a host of sessions to provide you with key highlights from the most popular sessions throughout the conference.

22 September 2021

News/payments

Money 20/20 EU: Will Europe prevail in the new dawn of payments?

Amsterdam: Finextra is on the ground at Money 20/20 Europe, attending a host of sessions to provide you with key highlights from the most popular sessions throughout the conference.

21 September 2021

News/regulation

UK fintechs call for smart data right to drive open finance

A coalition of UK fintechs has signed an open letter calling on the government to fast track a 'smart data right' that enables consumers to control their data, opening up the potential of open finance.

21 September 2021

News/payments

Stripe opens London fintech development office

Stripe is opening a fintech development office in London that will focus on open banking, embedded finance and bank partner integrations.

20 September 2021

News/retail

JP Morgan's UK digital bank ready for launch

JP Morgan is set to open the virtual doors to its long-awaited UK digital retail bank next week.

17 September 2021

News/inclusion

TomoCredit raises $10m for credit-building card

TomoCredit, the US startup behind a credit card designed to help first-time borrowers build credit history, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Kapor Capital and KB Investment, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Kookmin Bank.

16 September 2021

News/retail

Yolt to close consumer app to focus on open banking tech platform

ING Bank-backed Yolt is shutting down its consumer-facing smart money app in order to focus on its open banking technology platform.

08 September 2021

News/inclusion

India launches Account Aggregator system

India's big banks have taken the open banking plunge, launching an Account Aggregator (AA) data sharing system.

07 September 2021

News/retail

Mastercard expands open banking reach through Aiia acquisition

Mastercard has agreed to buy Danish open banking technology outfit Aiia. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

07 September 2021

News/payments

Only 14% of UK consumers ‘completely understand’ Open Banking - Ecommpay

Ecommpay, payment service provider and card acquirer, has released new data as part of its whitepaper entitled, ‘Beyond the pandemic: The outlook for Open Banking’.

06 September 2021

News/sustainable

Worldline partners ecolytiq on CO2 footprint calculation service

Payments outfit equensWorldline has joined forces with Berlin-based fintech ecolytiq to help European banks provide their customers with data on their environmental footprints.

31 August 2021

News/startups

National Bank of Canada takes majority stake in data sharing startup Flinks

National Bank of Canada is paying C$103 million for a majority stake in Flinks, a Montreal-based data aggregation startup.

27 August 2021

News/retail

NatWest launches app to help renters spilt shared bills

NatWest has developed an app called 'Housemate' that helps renters living in shared housing split and pay their bills.

24 August 2021

News/sustainable

Acacia uses open banking to help Aussies build wealth in sustainable way

Australian startup Acacia is emerging from stealth mode with the launch of it money management app that uses open banking and data analytics to give user insights into their financial and environmental arrangements.

18 August 2021

News/retail

JP Morgan Private Capital and AmEx invest in Plaid

Open banking platform Plaid has topped up its Series D financing round with investments from JP Morgan Private Capital Growth Equity Partners and Amex Ventures.

17 August 2021

News/regulation

Canada sets 2023 target for open banking regime

Canada's government has paved the way for an open banking regime in the country by the beginning of 2023.

06 August 2021