Latest Open APIs News: Finextra Research

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

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HSBC launches Connected Money app

HSBC has taken another step into the open banking era through the launch of its Connected Money app, enabling customers to see account information from all their providers in one place.

09 May 2018

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Brexit, cyber-resilience, Open Banking to the fore at Swift London forum

The Swift Business Forum London recently took place at the city's Tobacco Dock. With a record 1,300 registrations, the key themes of the day included innovation in financial services, community collaboration, and cyber resilience. And of course, being hosted in the UK, Brexit and its potential impacts also came up in discussion

02 May 2018

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Wealthify joins Starling marketplace

Starling Bank has added digital investments from Wealthify to its in-app marketplace, enabling customers to open investment accounts with as little as £1.

25 April 2018

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Yes Bank boosts digital lending through Paisabazaar API integration

India's Yes Bank has moved to smooth out its digital lending processes through an API-based integration with Paisabazaar, a marketplace for loans and cards.

24 April 2018

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Sweden's Tink rolls out API developer platform

Swedish PFM platform Tink has launched an API developer portal providing access to financial data from more than 300 banks in a single API.

18 April 2018

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Open Banking ends managed roll out, paving way for new services

The UK's Open Banking initiative has completed its three-month managed roll out programme, leaving regulated firms free to start offering related services.

17 April 2018

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Australian fintech firms call for competition watchdog to police open banking roll-out

Australian fintech companies have called on the the Government to hold the line on the introduction of open banking reforms in the face of a hostile push-back from some of the countries top banks.

17 April 2018

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Westpac and CommBank hit back at Aus Open Banking plans

Australia's big banks have begun a rearguard action to stave of the introduction of a new Open Banking regime, calling for an extended deadline as high costs and security issues take their toll.

13 April 2018

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CreditLadder recruits Monzo and Starling

Monzo and Starling Bank have joined a raft of incumbents to integrate with rent recognition platform CreditLadder to help tenants to improve their credit history with rating agencies.

28 March 2018

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