Open APIs

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Nordic API Gateway signs Svea Finland for account-to-account payments

As the EU directive, PSD2, is set to simplify the payment ecosystem across Europe, payment service providers are starting to look into the opportunities of providing new account-to-account payments to let merchants initiate instant payments from the customers’ bank account to the merchants’ bank account.

/retail

Finleap connect partners with SIA to deliver new Open Banking services in Europe

finleap connect, the full-stack open banking platform of Europe’s leading fintech ecosystem finleap, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with SIA, a leading European hi-tech company in the payment services and infrastructures sector, controlled by CDP Equity, to deliver new Open Banking services to European banks, financial institutions and fintechs.

/markets

SmartStream unveils API suite

SmartStream Technologies, the financial Reference Data Utility (RDU) solutions provider, today announces the launch of its Application Programming Interface (API) suite – for quicker access to services providing accurate data, with improved customer service, operational efficiency, greater agility and competitiveness.

/retail

Aus budgeting app Frollo brings Open banking to Android

Leading Australian fintech company, Frollo, launches Open Banking on Android with their new budgeting app.

/wholesale

Wells Fargo leads $20m Series A for cash management startup Trovata

Trovata, a US startup specialising in automating cash reporting and forecasting through wholesale, multi-bank API data aggregation, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Wells Fargo Strategic Capital.

/regulation

Konsentus acquires Open Banking Europe

Konsentus has acquired Open Banking Europe, the operator of a centralised PSD2 directory supporting bank data sharing initiatives, from EBA Clearing subsidiary Preta.

/devops

Open Banking year three: Insights from the CMA9

The UK banking industry had its hands full in 2020 as institutions had to respond to lockdowns and other restrictions on business activity designed to curb the spread of Covid-19. What effect did this have on the ongoing adoption of Open Banking? In Finextra’s annual review, we look at how Open Banking has grown, what still needs to improve and what will happen next.

/retail

The third anniversary of Open Banking in the UK: A cause for celebration?

Three years on from the implementation of Open Banking in the UK and the technology is reaching maturity, with close to 300 third parties in the ecosystm and almost three million users among the populace.

/regulation

Visa and Plaid terminate blockbuster merger

Visa and Plaid have terminated their merger agreement after the US Justice Department filed suit to block the combination over competition concenrns.

/payments

CES 2021: Stripe and Plaid reveal Covid-19 ‘pressed fast forward’ on digital payments acceptance

As Andrew B. Morris from The Fintech Agenda, LLC highlights at CES 2021, the dark clouds of Covid-19 had a silver lining for the fintech industry. Unicorns Stripe and Plaid supported the global shift to a contactless economy, helping businesses deliver products and services to consumers who had collectively formed new daily habits for everything. Ginger Baker and Erika Wool explain what's next for the payments giants.

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Aryza Group takes over Anchor Computer Systems

The Aryza Group have today announced the acquisition of Anchor Computer Systems, a move that will strengthen Aryza’s already dominant position within the financial services and insolvency market.

/payments

ACI Worldwide and JCB roll out Web API

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time digital payment software and solutions and JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCB), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan's only international payment brand, today announced that JCB has completed the successful global rollout of its JCB Web API Service, including its Web API-based dispute function.

/startups

Biconomy raises $1.5m to simplify Web3 experience

Biconomy, a startup that helps blockchain developers provide a simplified onboading and transaction experience for Web3 projects, has raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round led by Eden Block and joined by Fenbushi Capital, Binance and DACM.

/people

TrueLayer appoints Jamie Morton as UK country manager

TrueLayer, the leading technology company building financial infrastructure that’s open to everyone, has announced that Jamie Morton has joined the firm as UK Country Manager.

/cloud

Future-proofing payments technology with cloud migration

Consumer expectations, behaviour and payment preferences are and will continue to evolve at an accelerated rate.

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VibePay launches Open Banking powered dashboard

VibePay, which powers account to account payments between consumers, friends and businesses, today announces the launch of its UK business dashboard - the next step on its mission to make account to account payments the default way to pay and get paid.

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Sorted selects Salt Edge to simplify daily accounting tasks for freelancers via Open Banking

Sorted, Germany-based accounting app for freelancers and self-employed, teamed up with Salt Edge, a leader in developing open banking solutions, to get instant access to banking data – making the ongoing accounting processes more efficient and preparing for tax season with confidence.

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Citi to provide in-app lending with Grab

Citi, the largest pan-regional credit card issuer, and Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading super app, have expanded their partnership in consumer lending with the launch of the bank’s first API-enabled lending capability with Grab in Asia Pacific.

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Finicity signs data access deal with Brex

Finicity, a Mastercard company and leading provider of open banking solutions, announced today that it has signed a data access agreement with Brex, a company that is reimagining financial systems so every growing business can realize their full potential.

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Dyme to take subscription app EU-wide with Tink integration

Leading Dutch subscription app Dyme has partnered with Tink for open banking technology, to take its money saving service across Europe.