Latest Open APIs News: Finextra Research

Tink selects OpenWrks aggregation platform

Swedish open banking outfit Tink has purchased the aggregation platform of UK firm OpenWrks in a bid to further expand its European presence.

21 September 2020

Company update/Open APIs

Finicity inks direct data agreement with Charles Schwab

Finicity, a leading provider of open banking solutions, announced today that it has signed a direct data agreement with Charles Schwab.

18 September 2020

Company update/Open APIs

Marketware and Datainventa team on academic offering

Marketware International, Inc. and Datainventa are pleased to announce their strategic alliance for a unique Academic offering to Colleges and Universities.

18 September 2020

News/wholesale

The fintech barbarians are no longer at the gate - they’ve been invited inside

The paradigm of challengers and incumbents should be revisited in the light of widespread collaboration between the two, according to Tony McLaughlin of Citi and Mike Massaro, CEO of Flywire.

18 September 2020

News/payments

ClearBank to offer multi-currency accounts via JPMorgan API

ClearBank is to offer clients the ability to create multi-currency bank accounts via a an API-based connection to JPMorgan.

17 September 2020

News/payments

Swift outlines strategy to expand beyond financial messaging

Interbank payment network Swift is to expand beyond pure-play financial messaging to offer member banks a range of transaction management services.

17 September 2020

Company update/retail

Salt Edge scores Nova Credit deal

Nova Credit, the premier cross-border credit reporting agency, has teamed up with Salt Edge, leader in developing open banking solutions, to get instant access to the banking data of newcomers from the UK and EU.

16 September 2020

Company update/Open APIs

Amadeus Capital Partners & Runa Capital invest in Polish fintech Kontomatik

Runa Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners and two individual investors have acquired 100% of shares in fintech, Kontomatik.

16 September 2020

News/identity

Alloy raises $40m for identity operating system

Alloy, the New York-based startup behind an operating system that helps banks and fintechs make better identity and risk decisions, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Canapi Ventures.

16 September 2020

Company update/payments

Italian utility Iren to offer Payment Initiation through SIA Open Banking platform

Iren, an Italian multi-utility operating in the electricity, gas and services sectors, has chosen SIA, a leading European hi-tech company in the payment services and infrastructures sector, controlled by CDP Equity, for the launch of advanced payment services thanks to the innovations introduced by the PSD2 Directive which has opened up the market also to corporates.

16 September 2020

Company update/Open APIs

CBI Globe extends Open Banking system reach to all Italian banks

CBI Globe - Global Open Banking Ecosystem, the innovative platform developed by CBI in order to help its members meet the PSD2 obligations, is now the first ecosystem enabling third parties to reach 100% of online current accounts in Italy.

16 September 2020

Company update/payments

Gala Technology selects Nuapay to enable Open Banking payments

Nuapay, powered by Sentenial, today announces it has been chosen by Gala Technology, a payment security solution specialist, to provide Open Banking payments to its partner network and direct merchants across multiple sectors including retail, hospitality, and financial services.

16 September 2020

News/regulation

Open banking regtech Konsentus closes funding round

Konsentus, a UK regtech startup focused on helping financial institutions be compliant with open banking requirements, has closed a multi-million pound pre-Series A investment round led by Conviction Investment Partners.

16 September 2020

Company update/Open APIs

SIX extends Open Banking suite with Luxhub collaboration

SIX continues to invest in Open Banking in Switzerland and will enter into a strategic partnership with LUXHUB, one of the leading European Open Banking service providers.

15 September 2020

Company update/Open APIs

Tesco Bank implements Pay by Bank tech for credit card debt repayments

Tesco Bank is to become the first UK bank to introduce new technology that allows its 2.6 million credit card customers to more easily manage and pay their balance.

15 September 2020

Company update/Open APIs

Yapily and Ozone API join forces for Open Banking push

Open banking leader Yapily has today announced a strategic partnership with Ozone API, the leading API standards-based platform, to enable banks and financial institutions to accelerate their adoption of open banking.

15 September 2020

Company update/retail

Lloyds Bank enlists ConnectedFi to speed up credit decisions

Lloyds Bank has teamed up with fintech software provider ConnectedFi to integrate its asset finance application programme interface (API) into ConnectedFi’s Asset Finance customer relationship management (CRM) platform.

11 September 2020

News/payments

HMRC puts £3 million Open Banking project out to tender

The UK tax authority has put out a £3 million tender for the provision of an Open Banking-based Payment Initiation and Account Information Service.

04 September 2020

Company update/Open APIs

Fiserv adds data sharing to account aggregation offering

Financial institutions can meet growing demand from consumers to access their account information when and where they choose with a new aggregation solution from Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions.

03 September 2020

Company update/Open APIs

TD enters into North American data-access agreement with Intuit

TD Bank Group (TD) today announced a new data-access agreement with Intuit, maker of TurboTax, QuickBooks and Mint, which lays the groundwork for customers to request that TD transfers their financial data for services they want to use, including personal financial management apps supported by Intuit.

03 September 2020