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Danish platform Billy looking to transform accounting at SMEs

Danish accounting platform Billy is harnessing Open Banking to get access to SMEs’ data from banks and transform the way they perform their accounting.

13 May 2020

News/retail

Covid-19 pushes back Canada's open banking review

Canada is putting the latest stage of its Open Banking review on ice because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to reports.

07 May 2020

News/payments

Open Banking player LuxHub secures EUR7.4m from founder banks

Luxembourg-based open banking startup LuxHub has raised EUR7.4 million from its founder banks - Banque Raiffeisen, BGL BNP Paribas, Post Luxembourg, and Spuerkeess.

05 May 2020

Research/Open banking

A Panorama of the Changing Banking Landscape in EMEA

30 April 2020 1186 downloads

News/identity

Digital ID player ForgeRock raises $93.5m

Digital identity outfit ForgeRock has raised $93.5 million in a Series E funding round led by Riverwood Capital.

21 April 2020

Company update/retail

TruNarrative partners AccountScore

TruNarrative, the global RegTech company has announced a new partnership with AccountScore, to integrate Open Banking connectors into the TruNarrative platform.

16 April 2020

News/startups

Visa invests in Railsbank

London-based open banking and regtech platform Railsbank has topped up its Series A funding round with investments from Visa and Japanese VC Global Brain.

08 April 2020

Company update/people

I2C names Tracy Seng EVP, head, global client success

I2C, a leading provider of payment and open banking technology, today announced the appointment of banking veteran Tracy Seng as EVP, Head of Global Client Success at i2c, responsible for leading account management, program management and advisory services to help clients grow their business and deliver bottom-line revenue and profitability.

30 March 2020

News/payments

Crif acquires PFM firm Strands

Italian credit bureau and outsourcing company Crif has acquired personal financial management outfit Strands for an undisclosed sum.

30 March 2020

Company update/payments

Hungary's Billingo to digitalise billing services with Salt Edge data aggregation

Billingo, the second-largest online invoicer in Hungary joined hands with Salt Edge, a leader in developing open banking solutions, to become the very first online biller in the country to offer a range of opportunities fuelled by bank data aggregation, without having their own PSD2 licence.

25 March 2020

News/covid-19

Self-isolating fintech coders build app to support 5m freelancers over Covid-19 income loss

A team of self-isolating entrepreneurs from London's fintech sector have built a proof of concept which aims to support the UK’s five million self-employed in the Covid-19 economic crisis.

24 March 2020

Company update/startups

Accounting fintech Billy first in the Nordics to receive bank data sharing licence

The fintech ‘Billy’ is the first digital accounting platform in the Nordic countries to be certified by the authorities to get access to customers' banking data.

23 March 2020

Company update/payments

TrueLayer works with Anna Money on Open Banking application for QR Codes

TrueLayer, a leading provider of financial APIs, has expanded its partnership with business current account and digital admin assistant ANNA Money.

19 March 2020

Research/Open banking

The Irish Banking Ecosystem, Interconnection and the Speed of Change

16 March 2020 413 downloads

News/Open banking

Barclays app now lets customers make payments from accounts with other banks

In a UK high street first, Barclays now lets customers make payments from current accounts held with other banks from within its app.

11 March 2020

Company update/payments

Elavon and Nuapay team on open banking

Elavon, a global payments leader, has announced a collaboration with Nuapay, the London-based subsidiary of payments pioneer Sentenial, to provide selected open banking solutions to Elavon customers.

10 March 2020

News/regulation

Transformative regulation finds its feet in 2020

The true benefits and complexities of transformative regulation across financial services is set to become reality in 2020, as firms work to prepare and implement systems to meet compliance standards while maintaining a competitive edge.

06 March 2020

Company update/payments

I2C expands presence in Middle East and Africa

i2c Inc., a leading provider of payment and open banking technology, today announced it is expanding its presence in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) due to high demand in the region for its solutions.

03 March 2020

News/Open banking

Nationwide delays business banking account launch

Nationwide Building Society has put back the launch of its business account to later in the year as it continues testing of its mobile app and builds an Open Banking-powered switching tool.

03 March 2020

News/Open banking

Quality over quantity: A vital motto for Open Banking expansion

Notching up eye-watering numbers of APIs is not a valuable metric for success. A creeping, deep-rooted growth strategy is vital for successful expansion in Open Banking says Rune Mai, CEO and co-founder of Nordic API Gateway.

26 February 2020