Open banking

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/retail

Banca Sella and Workinvoice form open banking partnership

Banca Sella (digital banking champion) and Workinvoice (Italian fintech pioneer) have partnered to jointly develop new, seamless digital financial services for corporates.

/regulation

Shearman & Sterling: 'Remove the straitjacket of statutory rules' for UK fintech

During a panel for UK Fintech Week 2021, Barnabas Reynolds, global head of financial services group, Shearman & Sterling emphasised that to build trust in the system and allow space for fintech innovation, that the focus of supervisory systems should be on risk and not unnecessary code or control.

/retail

Open Bank Project and API3 partner to unite banking and the blockchain

Open Bank Project (OBP) has formed a partnership with the API3 Foundation to deliver banking and open banking data oracles to the decentralised web.

/retail

Credit Karma taps Bud Open Banking platform to help members find better products

Credit monitoring and building platform Credit Karma has picked Bud's Open Banking stack to help its UK members find better financial products and make smart money decisions.

/startups

Fintern raises funds for UK consumer lending play

Fintern, a UK startup aiming to shake up the market for low-value consumers loans with the launch of credit technology that bypasses credit scores in making lending decisions, has raised £32 million in equity and debt funding.

/crime

How Curve got back on track after Wirecard fallout

In June 2020, the FCA acted overnight to freeze customer accounts across UK fintech firms including Curve, Pockit, Soldo, Anna Money and Holvi, after Wirecard Card Solution’s (WCS) parent company filed for insolvency in Germany.

/retail

Consumers still wary of Open Banking

Just over half of people have never heard of open banking and many who have still worry about sharing their data, according to a global survey from Mambu.

/payments

TSB launches bill management and utility switching service

TSB Bank is launching a bill management and utility switching service after a pilot found that users saved an average of £150 a year.

/retail

Cash Software picks ibanXS as PSD2 Open Banking platform

Dutch accounting software company “Cash Software”, part of the Visma group, has chosen ibanXS as their pan-European PSD2 / Open Banking platform.

/payments

EBAday 2021: Finding European synergy in the transition from Open Banking to Open Finance

Pioneering a defined strategy in 2020, the European Commission outlined its intention to adopt a legislative proposal for a new Open Finance Framework by mid-2022.

/cloud

How cloud enables banking transformation towards contextual finance

Companies adapting to the new normal brought on by the pandemic have been forced to undergo a digital shift toward contactless payments and a surge in online transactions. As a result, many are looking to Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) to enable innovative financial and payments services that can be embedded into digital apps and products. Further, the deployment of BaaS enables a faster time to market for more personalised propositions.

/regulation

ClearBank: Third of fintechs face regulatory scrutiny due to agency banking partners

Based on an independent survey of 100 fintechs across the Netherlands, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK, a report by ClearBank reveals a multitude of challenges fintechs experience at the hands of their agency bank’s shortcomings.

/sustainable

Sugi portfolio temperature feature shows users how cool their investments are

Green fintech Sugi has added a feature to its app that lets users check the temperature alignment of their investment portfolios.

/payments

EBAday 2021: The road to payments transformation

After the success of EBAday 2020, the event will again run in digital format on 28-30 June 2021 for its sixteenth year, welcoming a host of board directors, chief executive officers and payments and technology heads from Europe’s leading banks.

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Kynder to use Moneyhub Open Banking platform for micro-donation processing

New app Kynder has chosen market leading data and intelligence platform, Moneyhub, to support them on their journey to transform charitable fundraising.

/retail

FreshBooks chooses Salt Edge to bring digital makeover to accounting via open banking

FreshBooks, a leading accounting software available in over 160 countries, joined forces with Salt Edge, a pioneer in developing open banking solutions, to help their growing EU client base in managing business finance processes easier.

/regulation

The Kalifa Review’s five-point plan to bolster UK Fintech

The long awaited Kalifa Review of UK Fintech has been released, outlining a comprehensive plan to support and bolster the sector’s significant presence across the globe. Led by Ron Kalifa OBE, the in-depth review was launched almost a year ago as a component of Rishi Sunak’s first budget.

/security

Nearly half of firms want better regulatory support on data security and open banking

42% of financial services businesses want better support and guidance on data security in relation to open banking, according to the latest research by open banking provider YTS.

/startups

Middle East Open Banking outfit Tarabut Gateway raises $13m

Middle Eastern Open Banking platform Tarabut Gateway has raised $13 million in what it claims is the largest fintech seed round in Mena history.