Latest Open APIs News: Finextra Research

Company update/cloud

Trade Ledger and Mambu target mid-market commercial lending

Trade Ledger and Mambu have partnered to transform bank and alternative finance lending to businesses. Trade Ledger will overlay its platform on the Mambu cloud banking platform to help lenders target the lucrative £1.2 trillion underserved mid-market commercial sector.

11 December 2019

News/Open APIs

HSBC inks global deal with Open Banking outfit Bud

HSBC has expanded its relationship with Bud, striking a global deal to access the startup's Open Banking aggregation, data intelligence and marketplace APIs.

11 December 2019

Company update/payments

Payoneer to buy open payment orchestration platform optile

Payoneer, the digital payment platform empowering businesses around the world to grow globally, announced today it has agreed to acquire optile, a Munich-based tech company that streamlines payment acceptance processes for merchants worldwide.

10 December 2019

News/Open APIs

Token spins off digital money unit

Open banking platform provider, Token.io, has announced the formation of M10 Networks, a new spin out company focused on developing digital money solutions.

10 December 2019

News/devops

YES Bank launches API marketplace

India's YES Bank has launched an online marketplace where startups from a host of sectors can pitch tools integrated with the lender's APIs.

10 December 2019

Company update/Open APIs

Coconut adds Open Banking feature

Today, Coconut, the smart accounting app designed specifically for self-employed people, has integrated Open Banking into its offering meaning millions of people around the UK can now make use of its powerfully automated bookkeeping and tax tools, regardless of where they bank.

09 December 2019

News/Open APIs

Tinkoff preps super-app

Russia's Tinkoff is beta-testing a new super-app, combining traditional banking services with lifestyle and leisure features and a marketplace for third party API-based in-app options.

09 December 2019

Company update/Open APIs

JPMorgan Chase inks data sharing deal with Envestnet | Yodlee

Envestnet | Yodlee (NYSE: ENV), a leading data aggregation and analytics platform powering dynamic, cloud-based innovation for digital financial services, and JPMorgan Chase have signed a data sharing agreement, providing the framework for the bank's customers to more securely and effectively share and use their personal financial information to improve their overall financial wellness.

05 December 2019

Company update/Open APIs

Tink moves on Portugal and Italy

Europe’s leading open banking platform Tink has ramped up its European expansion, boosting its physical and digital reach by launching its platform in Italy and Portugal, as well as opening new offices in Madrid and Milan.

05 December 2019

News/Open APIs

Yolt chief moves back to ING

Frank Jan Risseeuw, CEO of account aggregation platform Yolt, is moving across to ING to take charge of the Dutch bank's 'Model Bank' strategy.

05 December 2019

News/startups

Monzo and Bud vets launch platform for renters

A group of former Monzo, Bud and Apple staffers are tapping into the UK's Open Banking initiative to launch a platform for renters.

04 December 2019

Company update/retail

Rapyd raises another $20m

Rapyd, a global Fintech-as-a-service provider today announced that Durable Capital Partners LP, has made its first investment in Rapyd.

03 December 2019

News/Open APIs

SocGen releases real-time payments API for financial clients

Societe Generale is to give financial institution clients a helping hand on the road to instant payments, releasing an API for embedding in legacy back-end infrastructures to handle faster payments.

03 December 2019

News/Open APIs

South Korean banks prepare for live launch of Open Banking

South Korea is to move to a full-scale launch of Open Banking services later this month, having attracted 2.39 million users in a two-month pilot trial.

03 December 2019

News/Open APIs

Swift Operations Forum Europe 2019, Amsterdam - Day 2 report

With the accelerating pace of transformation in financial services, day two of SOFE 2019 explored the direction of travel financial institutions should embark on in order to thrive in this new world.

29 November 2019

News/Open APIs

Swift Operations Forum Europe 2019, Amsterdam - Day 1 report

Financial services innovation and how industry participants can keep up with ecosystem culture were two of the key themes on day 1 of the Swift Operations Forum Europe (SOFE) 2019.

28 November 2019

News/payments

P27 Momentum: Challenges for creating a pan-Nordic payment region

While banks, businesses and customers operate across the Nordics, infrastructure remains national. At NextGen Nordics: P27 Momentum, executive advisor at Nordea Johanna Lybeck-Lilja continues discussion on the pan-Nordic clearing system to be launched in early 2021 and reiterates that while the region has a long history of cooperation, the cross-border challenge has not been solved.

26 November 2019

Company update/Open APIs

Sibs releases Multibanco API

SIBS, a leader in payments processing and financial technological services in Europe, has already available on its SIBS API Market platform the MULTIBANCO services API, such as Payment Services, the online payment method most used by the Portuguese.

26 November 2019

Company update/Open APIs

Tandem taps TrueLayer for account aggregation

TrueLayer, Europe’s leading provider of financial APIs, has announced it is working with challenger bank Tandem.

26 November 2019

News/Open APIs

Shell-shocked TSB to shutter 82 branches and spend more money on IT

Fresh from a renewed attack of the gremlins on its IT infrastructure, the UK's TSB has pledged to become more digitally-focused, closing branches and investing £120 million on mobile and online channels over the next three years.

25 November 2019