Tagged: open banking

June 16, 2022 @ 2:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Plaid has officially opened an office in Toronto, Canada as it aims to expand its presence in the market. Simultaneously, Plaid announced an agreement with RBC to access data. According to a blog post: “The agreement will – for the first time – bring about… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 11:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LHV UK, a banking services provider to more than 200 Fintech and crypto firms, is pleased to announce its Confirmation of Payee (CoP) service is currently live for all its direct clients. Introduced in July 2020, CoP is a fraud prevention system that’s led by… Read More

June 13, 2022 @ 7:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax, one of the UK’s big three credit reference agencies, is entering a partnership with Fintech Paylink Solutions in order to automate its digital affordability solution using Open Banking data and APIs. Paylink Solutions provides innovative tech across the financial services and utilities sectors. Its… Read More

June 13, 2022 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sentinels, a Fenergo company and Europe’s intelligent transaction monitoring platform, has been appointed by payments fintech kevin. “to handle transaction monitoring compliance.” The relationship means kevin. now “detects suspicious transactions in real-time while ensuring compliance with local anti-money laundering (AML) regulations.” kevin.’s account-to-account (A2A) payment… Read More

June 12, 2022 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bud, an Open Banking Fintech established in 2015, recently completed its Series B round totaling $80 million. Bellis Phantom Holdco ltd, an indirect affiliate of investment funds managed by TDR Capital LLP, is reportedly the largest investor and has been followed by SEI investments along… Read More

June 7, 2022 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Open Banking provider TrueLayer has been selected by CMC Markets to enhance client payments in the UK and Europe. CMC Markets is a trading platform with offices around the world and more than 300,000 clients. Users may trade forex, indices, commodities, shares and treasuries through contracts… Read More

June 7, 2022 @ 9:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Open banking platform Tink has signed a strategic partnership for open banking technology with Revolut, a popular neobank. Tink’s payment initiation services (PIS) technology is expected to allow Revolut users across Europe to easily move money into their Revolut accounts. PIS enables users to connect… Read More

June 6, 2022 @ 6:58 am By JD Alois  |  

OpenPayd, a banking as a service (BaaS) provider, and Yapily have announced a partnership to deliver payment solutions for businesses in the UK and across Europe.  According to the two companies, Yapily’s open banking platform will be incorporated into OpenPayd’s embedded finance offering, creating a… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 10:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tarabut Gateway, which claims to be the largest Open Banking platform in the MENA region with a market presence in Bahrain, the UAE and KSA, recently announced four new key banking partnerships in KSA. As part of its expansion in Saudi Arabia, and the developments… Read More

June 2, 2022 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be Europe’s “leading” open banking platform, and Thunes, a Singapore-based fintech company and a “leader” in global cross-border payments, recently announced their partnership “to streamline and improve the payment experience of consumers in the UK and Europe.” Thunes is building “a… Read More

June 2, 2022 @ 1:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trustly, the international payments platform for digital Account-to-Account transactions (A2A), has announced the acquisition of the UK-headquartered Open Banking Payments platform Ecospend. Ecospend’s UK A2A product and full bank connectivity will complement and “enable Trustly to deliver a … product in the UK, and further… Read More

May 30, 2022 @ 11:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be Europe’s leading Open Banking platform, has announced a collaboration with digital bank Zopa, which has gone live with account-to-account payments for its Smart Saver savings account. Zopa’s Smart Saver was launched in February with a focus on “helping consumers at… Read More

May 30, 2022 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Nordigen notes that they are pleased to announce their partnership with Lenders “to help with the further optimization of the loan comparison services.” Lenders is a globally-accessible consumer loan comparison platform. Their insightful analysis offers customers with quick, dependable and cost-effective loans… Read More

May 29, 2022 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has released the findings and recommendations of a review by Kirstin Baker, which is one of its independent non-executive Directors, “to identify lessons from Open Banking for the CMA’s approach to designing, implementing and monitoring remedies in its market… Read More

May 26, 2022 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

CRIF, a provider of credit information in Europe, has partnered with invoice financing provider Penny to allow UK SMEs to have their invoices paid instantly, according to a company statement. The new partnership combines Penny’s instant payment services with CRIF’s credit scoring solution. The companies… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Yapily has partnered with B2B buy now – pay later (BNPL) provider Two, according to a statement from the company. Yapily, an Open Banking provider, explains that when a business chooses to pay with Two online using Yapily Data, Two can instantly retrieve the buyer’s… Read More

May 24, 2022 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tranch, a London-headquartered Buy Now Pay :ater (BNPL) platform for SaaS sellers and professional services providers, is ready now to come out of stealth, having secured £3.5 million in capital via a pre-seed equity and debt funding round. The investment round has reportedly been led… Read More

May 22, 2022 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be one of Europe’s “leading” open banking platforms, recently announced that The Credit Thing has successfully “implemented its recurring payments API and made the first consumer Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) transactions in the UK.” The Competition and Markets Authority has mandated… Read More

May 20, 2022 @ 3:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Open Banking Fintech Volt has introduced a product aimed at helping merchants save on excessive debit card (interchange) fees by encouraging shoppers “to seamlessly switch to an open banking payment AFTER choosing to pay with a debit card at the checkout.” After recognizing the banking… Read More

May 20, 2022 @ 2:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ophelos, the technology firm building “fairer” debt resolution for businesses and their customers, announces it has partnered with Plend, an “ethical” consumer lender using Open Banking “to provide affordable loans to those struggling with access to credit.” Both pending B-corporations, Plend and Ophelos are closely… Read More