Latest Open APIs News: Finextra Research

Erste Group brings PSD2-ready digital platform to Slovakia

Having racked up nearly two million users in Austria and the Czech Republic, Erste Group is rolling out its PSD2-ready digital banking platform, George, in Slovakia.

15 January 2018

Company update/Open APIs

Banking app Emma gets FCA approval in time for Open Banking

London-based Emma Technologies LTD has been approved and registered with the Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2017 for the provision of payment services.

15 January 2018

News/Open APIs

Europe begins Open Banking era in subdued style

The EU's second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) took effect on Saturday 13 January, bringing with it the start of Open Banking, however the prospect of a sudden revolution is likely to be thwarted by unresolved technical and regulatory issues and a lukewarm reception from consumers.

15 January 2018

Company update/Open APIs

Danske Bank and TechStart NI launch open banking challenge

Entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland are being offered the opportunity to pitch for £60,000 of funding as part of a new competition launched today by Techstart NI and Danske Bank.

12 January 2018

Company update/Open APIs

RegTek.Solutions launches data quality assurance tool for SFTR

RegTek.Solutions, today announced the launch of Validate.Trade for SFTR, the only independent data quality assurance solution for ESMA’s Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR).

10 January 2018

News/Open APIs

Swift Institute challenges University teams to tackle data privacy under Open API

The academic research arm of interbank payments network Swift is calling on Australian-based students to devise new ways and means of protecting personal information in an open banking environment.

08 January 2018

News/Open APIs

Finextra's 2017 in review

As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2017, we take a look back at our most popular news stories, videos, and community engagement activities over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 2 January 2018.

22 December 2017

Company update/Open APIs

ForgeRock selected to provide reference bank application for compliance with Open Banking

ForgeRock, the leading platform provider of digital identity management solutions, today announced that it has been selected by the Open Banking Implementation Entity to provide a Reference Bank Application, which will be used by leading banks and third parties to build their own applications in accordance with Open Banking standards.

21 December 2017

News/Open APIs

Barclays begins preparations for Open Banking

With just a month to go until the arrival of Open Banking in the UK, Barclays has moved to take advantage with the publication of a primer for consumers on what the new rules mean.

20 December 2017

News/Open APIs

Retailers eye the potential of Open Banking

Large retailers are eyeing up the potential benefits of the forthcoming introduction of revised payment rules in Europe, with a sizeable proportion planning to tap directly into consumer account data to drive down transaction fees, tailor products, and create innovative loyalty programmes, according to research from Accenture.

18 December 2017

News/Open APIs

Open Up Challenge prize winners share the spoils

UK innovation agency Nesta has doled out £1 million to ten firms who participated in a contest to inspire the creation of new products and services using Open Banking APIs.

13 December 2017

Finextra TV/Open APIs

Enabling liquidity and virtual account management

Ilkka Korkiakoski, VP, Head of Tieto Transaction Banking, and Petri Syvänne, Head of Tieto Global Payment and CM Sales and Business Dev, talk at NextGen Banking Nordics about corporate banking and liquidity management in the context of PSD2, the nature of virtual account management and how the transaction banking business is likely to develop in the next two years.

11 December 2017

News/Open APIs

PSD2: Laying the regulatory foundation for a new age in payments

It will be regulation-led, but make no mistake: 13th January 2018 will see the start of a deep-rooted and long-term transformation of the European payments market. This is when PSD2, the new European Directive on Payment Services in the Internal Market, comes into force, and both financial institutions and fintech firms need to ensure now that they will be PSD2-ready, says Shahrokh Moinian, global head of cash products, cash management, Deutsche Bank

11 December 2017

News/Open APIs

Alior Bank to use Open API platform and accelerator to create fintech marketplace

Poland's Alior bank is stepping up its digital transformation strategy with the establishment of a fintech department, startup accelerator and Open API platform.

08 December 2017

Company update/Open APIs

API-first payout platform Payment Rails launches

Payment Rails, an API-first payout platform, today announced the official launch of the first truly global payout platform for sending payments to 220+ countries in 135+ currencies.

07 December 2017

Company update/Open APIs

Starling Bank partners with mobile invoice and expense platform Albert

Starling Bank, which was the first of the banking challengers to offer a mobile-only current account in the UK, has today announced its latest partnership with mobile invoice and expense platform Albert.

06 December 2017

Company update/Open APIs

Starling wins approval for marketplace app store covering full gamut of financial products

Starling Bank is the first mobile only bank to be granted approval from the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority to offer customers direct access to a wide range of financial products, including loans, insurance, mortgages, ISAs and other investment products, all from within its app.

05 December 2017

Company update/Open APIs

Live Oak Bancshares integrates with Ensenta multi-cheque API

Ensenta, a payments technology provider, announced today that Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. (“Live Oak”) (NASDAQ: LOB) is fully integrated with Ensenta’s Multi-Check API for Business Mobile to offer seamless multi-check remote deposit capture (RDC) capabilities to its small business customers.

30 November 2017

Finextra TV/Open APIs

Supporting integration to boost the ecosystem

Jarkko Leppälahti, CEO, XMLdation, talks at NextGen Banking Nordics about the value open banking brings to corporate banking, how the industry is delivering open banking and what ecosystem is needed for this to be successful.

30 November 2017

Finextra TV/Open APIs

A shift from consumer towards business oriented services

Johan Lundberg, Founding Partner & CEO, NFT Ventures, talks at NextGen Banking Nordics about the key trends that have driven change within the fintech scene during 2017, how the fintech scene will develop during 2018 and whether fintechs and banks are doing enough to effectively collaborate.

30 November 2017