Latest Open APIs News: Finextra Research

Stripe joins Rapyd's $40m Series B round

Rapyd, a 'fintech-as-a-service' platform that enables businesses and consumers to pay or be paid however they choose for local and cross-border e-commerce transactions, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Stripe and General Catalyst.

13 February 2019

News/Open APIs

Token to build connectivity hub for Mastercard Open Banking push

Mastercard has selected Token.io to provide the connectivity layer of its forthcoming Open Banking hub, which will connect merchants, retailers and other regulated third parties to financial institutions in Europe for data and payment transactions.

13 February 2019

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Nordic neobank Lunar Way raises EUR13m

Danish neobank Lunar Way has raised EUR13 million in a funding round led by Seed Capital and joined by Greyhound Capital, Socii Capital and individual investors.

12 February 2019

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Industry challenges around IBOR Transition

Andrew Kouloumbrides, CEO, Xceptor and Bruce Laing, Partner, IBOR Transition lead, Baringa, speaks about the industry challenges around IBOR Transition, what Financial Institutions have done up to date to meet these challenges and what to expect next.

11 February 2019

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FinTech, RegTech & The Role of Compliance

Stacey English, Head of Regulatory Intelligence, Thomson Reuters, speaks about how regtech is changing compliance, the challenges firms need to overcome to be able to implement new technology like regtech, what impact regtech will have on compliance functions in practice and how engaged compliance and boards are in the assessment and adoption of new technology.

08 February 2019

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Lloyds app now lets customers see accounts from other banks

Lloyds Banking Group has joined the Open Banking scrum, enabling customers to see their current accounts from other providers from within its app.

07 February 2019

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Sweden's Tink aims for pan-European coverage with €56 million in funding

Swedish PFM platform Tink has completed a a €56 million investment round and rolled its business out to five new European markets as it prepares to take advantage of Open Banking rules.

07 February 2019

Company update/Open APIs

FreeAgent to offer accounting software feed through Open Banking

Innovative fintech company FreeAgent has become the first UK accounting software to offer direct bank feeds via the Open Banking platform - giving customers even greater security and visibility over their business finances.

06 February 2019

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Big banks back Bud in $20 million funding round

Open Banking outfit Bud has raised $20 million with the support of Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ANZ, Banco Sabadell and Investec, as well as Lord Fink, the former chief executive of hedge fund Man Group, and 9Yards Capital.

04 February 2019

Company update/Open APIs

Open Banking body publishes operational guidelines

The Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) is pleased to announce the publication of its Operational Guidelines and accompanying Checklist.

01 February 2019

Company update/Open APIs

Banco BNI Europa picks NDGIT for open banking push

The European challenger and innovative bank in Portugal, Banco BNI Europa, became recently a strategic customer of NDGIT, provider of the first API platform for banking and insurance in Europe.

31 January 2019

Company update/Open APIs

The ID Co taps Open Banking for real-time lending decisions platform

Scottish based FinTech The ID Co. has today announced the launch of DirectID Insights.

31 January 2019

Company update/Open APIs

Cross River and Railsbank form transAtalantic alliance

Cross River Bank (“Cross River”), a leading innovator and provider of banking services for financial technology companies, and Railsbank Technology Limited (“Railsbank”), a leading UK-based open banking and RegTech technology services platform, today announced that they have entered into a partnership arrangement that will provide Railsbank the opportunity to offer a variety of API-powered, banking and payment processing services across the U.S.

31 January 2019

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Trust, Identity and Security around Open Banking

John Knuff, Vice President of Global Ecosystems, Equinix, speaks about trust, identity, and cross-border payments, and how open banking, PSD2 and fintech partnerships are changing the financial ecosystem.

30 January 2019

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Testing in a customer experience context

George Stein, Business Development UK, XMLdation, speaks at NextGen Banking Nordics about trends in the payments and API space, whether testing is becoming more relevant and how this relates to the customer experience.

30 January 2019

News/Open APIs

Santander opens third party marketplace to Raisin

Santander Spain has opened its API marketplace to its first fintech firm, pan-European savings platform Raisin, enabling customers to register their details with the startup with a simple button press.

30 January 2019

Company update/Open APIs

Token appoints new CTO

Turnkey open banking platform provider, Token.io, today announces that Gaurav Kohli has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

29 January 2019

News/Open APIs

TrueLayer launches Open Banking-based payments API

TrueLayer has launched an Open Banking and PSD2-based payments API, giving businesses and consumers an alternative to card payments and bank transfers.

29 January 2019

Company update/ai

Envestnet | Yodlee buys Abe AI

Envestnet | Yodlee (NYSE: ENV), a leading data aggregation and analytics platform powering dynamic, cloud-based innovation for digital financial services, recently acquired Abe AI which enables Yodlee's new Conversational AI.

28 January 2019

Company update/devops

Wirecard opens API management and developer portal

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, has unveiled its new API Management and Developer Portal, designed to make it even quicker and easier for customers to integrate the Wirecard digital platform into their environments as well as enhance and expand their existing installations.

28 January 2019