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Tarabut Gateway raises $32 million for Saudi push

Tarabut Gateway, a Bahrain-based open banking platform, has completed a $32 milion Series A fundraise, which includes a first invesment in the nascent Middle East open finance scene by Visa.

03 May 2023

Company update/retail

Ozone API arrives on Temenos Exchange

Ozone API, a leading provider of standards-compliant open banking API technology today announced that the Ozone API software solution is available on Temenos Exchange partner ecosystem of integrated fintech solutions.

26 April 2023

Company update/retail

Younited taps Tink for affordability assessments

Younited, a leading European instant credit provider, has joined forces with Tink, Europe’s leading open banking platform, for accurate affordability assessments.

26 April 2023

Company update/people

Stefano Paoletti, ex-Ozone and Token, joins Yapily as SVP sales, UK

Open banking platform Yapily has appointed Stefano Paoletti as SVP of Sales, UK, to fuel breakthrough growth in the region.

24 April 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Keeping up the momentum with Open Banking

Helen Child, CEO, Open Banking Excellence (OBE), speaks at Innovate Finance Global Summit 2023, discussing the progress made in Open Banking and how we can keep up with momentum and maintain the UK's global lead.

21 April 2023

News/startups

Australian pay by bank startup Waave raises $4.7 million

Waave, an Australian open banking startup for account-to-account payments, has closed a $4.7 million seed round backed by Menulog managing director Morten Belling and e-commerce investor Paul Greenberg

20 April 2023

Research/Open banking

Embracing Technology to shape the Future of Digital Banking

20 April 2023 602 downloads

News/payments

IFGS 2023: OBIE responds to JROC open banking roadmap

Exploring the data driven future of fintech at Innovate Finance Global Summit, panellists covered new developments across open banking, open finance, and digital identity.

19 April 2023

News/startups

Triver raises £7 million to provide SMEs with instant capital

Triver, a London-based startup that uses open banking data and AI to provide short-term working capital to SMEs, has raised £7 million in seed funding.

19 April 2023

News/devops

IFGS 2023: Andrew Griffith MP announces AI and open finance ambitions for UK

Economic secretary to the Treasury, Andrew Griffith MP, spoke in a keynote speech outlining the government’s ambitions for the fintech industry during day one of the Innovate Finance Global Summit 2023.

18 April 2023

Company update/retail

Finastra integrates Fusion digital banking platform with Plaid

Finastra today announced that Plaid, the leading open finance provider, is now integrated within Finastra’s Fusion Digital Banking platform.

17 April 2023

News/regulation

UK regulators deliver roadmap for future of open banking

Financial regulators in the UK have laid out their plans for the future of open banking.

17 April 2023

Company update/people

Marc Kuzak, ex-Plaid, joins Yapily as new VP of legal

Open banking platform Yapily has appointed former Plaid Senior legal counsel, Marc Kuzak as Vice President of Legal, to lead the company’s legal function and work closely with the product team to deliver new products that meet the diverse regulatory requirements of Yapily’s growing European client base.

17 April 2023

Company update/people

Lord Chris Holmes to join Ecospend as an adviser

Ecospend, the UK’s leading Open Banking technology provider recently acquired by Trustly, today announces the appointment of Lord Chris Holmes of Richmond MBE, as an adviser to support the company as it grows in the UK and overseas.

17 April 2023

News/startups

Yonder secures £62.5 million in Series A funding

Rewards credit card startup Yonder has secured £12.5 million in equity and a £50 million credit line to scale operations.

17 April 2023

Finextra TV/retail

Enhancing growth in merchant services

Speaking at Merchant Payment Ecosystem 2023, Kevin Baker, Head of Merchant Services EMEA, Bank of America, and Chris Jameson, Head of Product Management EMEA, Global Transaction Services, Bank of America, discuss how to improve merchant services for both customers and clients by leveraging data, APIs, and open banking.

14 April 2023

Company update/payments

Plaid introduces instant payouts

As the world becomes increasingly digital, consumers expect real-time, on-demand experiences.

13 April 2023

Company update/wealth

Ecospend Joins Pimfa WealthTech programme

Ecospend, the UK’s leading Open Banking provider recently acquired by Trustly, has joined PIMFA WealthTech, the digital marketplace and industry network created to drive innovation and enhance collaboration between WealthTechs and wealth management firms, to provide a proof of concept “Pay-by-Bank” solution to its members.

13 April 2023

Research/Open banking

The Future of Fintech in the UK 2023

13 April 2023 686 downloads

Company update/cloud

Moneyhub's open banking APIs now available via AWS Marketplace

Moneyhub, the award-winning Open Data platform for Open Banking, Open Finance, and Open Data applications has announced its APIs are now available through the Amazon Web Services (AWS) marketplace, the managed software catalogue that allows businesses to easily access, install and invoice software from trusted vendors.

05 April 2023