Latest Open APIs News: Finextra Research

Live: EBAday2018, day two

Payments professionals from across Europe are gathering in Munich this week for EBAday 2018, hosted by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra. We're liveblogging events here.

13 June 2018

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NatWest taps Open Banking for cardless online payments

NatWest has teamed up with the Carphone Warehouse to trial an online shopping system that lets customers ditch their debit and credit cards and pay directly through their bank account.

12 June 2018

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Euro Banking Association calls for collaboration on B2B data sharing; sets out strategic goals

The Euro Banking Association is advocating the creation of an industry-led coalition to drive digital consent management and data exchange standards in the B2B space, as Europe prepares for a new era of Open Banking under PSD2.

12 June 2018

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Revolut launches in Russia

Digital banking startup Revolut is entering the Russian market after inking a deal giving it access to the payment infrastructure of local player Qiwi Bank.

07 June 2018

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Live: Swift Latin American Regional Conference - day two

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Latin American Regional Conference 2018, in Miami. This event will focus on important issues affecting the financial industry in the region, and how the financial community can seize the opportunities that are emerging.

06 June 2018

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Goldman Sachs joins funding round for card issuing outfit Marqeta

Open API card issuing and processing platform Marqeta has raised $45 million in a funding round led by Iconiq Capital and joined by Goldman Sachs.

05 June 2018

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Live: Swift Latin American Regional Conference - day one

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage of the Swift Latin American Regional Conference 2018, in Miami. This event will focus on important issues affecting the financial industry in the region, and how the financial community can seize the opportunities that are emerging.

05 June 2018

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Mastercard seeks to break down trust barriers in Open Banking

Mastercard has unveiled a suite of services to help banks and fintechs navigate the Open Banking terrain.

05 June 2018

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UniCredit acquires minority stake in PFM outfit Meniga

UniCredit has acquired a minority stake in personal financial management software house Meniga for EUR3.1 million.

05 June 2018

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Deutsche Bank on the lookout for 100 partners for API programme

Deutsche Bank is pushing ahead with its ambitious API programme, putting a call out for 100 enterprises to help it develop its data interface.

05 June 2018

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Citi corporate bank joins UK Open Banking framework

Citibank is to join the UK's Open Banking framework to provide an aggregated payments collections service for its business clients, tapping the APIs of the country's largest nine banks.

04 June 2018

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First nine startups selected for EBAday2018 Fintech Zone

Finextra and the Euro Banking Association have announced the first nine early stage startups selected to exhibit their products and ideas to banking heads from across Europe at the EBA's flagship payments and transaction conference EBAday2018.

04 June 2018

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ING opens developer portal

ING has opened its internal developer portal to coders from corporate clients and fintech startups, providing access to simulated APIs for testing and developing new products.

25 May 2018

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European payments chiefs to gather in Munich for EBAday2018

A host of board directors, chief financial officers and payments and technology heads from Europe's leading banks have confirmed their participation in the conference programme for the thirteenth annual EBAday, taking place this year in Munich between the 12th and 13th June.

25 May 2018

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Canada's NorthOne raises $2m for SMB mobile banking platform

Canada's NorthOne has raised $2 million in seed funding to build a mobile-first, API-enabled banking platform for startups and small businesses.

24 May 2018

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Live: Temenos Community Forum (TCF), Dublin, day one

Key banking decision makers to the tune of 1200 have descended on Dublin to discuss the future of Fintech and digital banking for Temenos' annual conference. We're live-blogging proceedings here.

23 May 2018

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UK payments community calls on Open Banking to do more to enable access for fintechs

A UK payments industry trade body is calling on the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) to force banks to do more to enable access for fintech firms.

22 May 2018

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Digital banking transformation creating new systemic risks

Digital banking transformation programmes are creating a new wave of operational and systemic risks for which the industry is ill-prepared, warns UK Finance.

21 May 2018

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Danske Bank invests in personal finance app Spiir

Danske Bank has made a multi-million krone investment in Danish account aggregation and budgeting app Spiir in preparation for the advent of Open Banking under the EU's new Payment Services Directive (PSD2).

16 May 2018

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Australian Government pushes back against bank delaying tactics on Open Banking

The Australian Government has pushed back against attempts by the country's top banks to stall the introduction of Open Banking reforms, setting a one-year timetable for the move to data sharing with third party providers.

10 May 2018