PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The pandemic is reshaping banking. The conversation came against a backdrop where, as noted in a recent PYMNTS Tracker , a majority of Americans did their banking online last year. As more banking has shifted online, an increasing amount of that online activity is occurring across mobile conduits. Convenience matters, too.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Earlier this year, the European digital bank had taken on Ireland, France and Italy. In a press release, Revolut said the latest expansion would bring open banking to its users in Germany. Revolut said its new open banking offer was developed with TrueLayer , a London-based financial technology (FinTech) company.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

As banks look to streamline access to finance or make it easier to safely share financial information with apps, Barclays Business Banking and Wells Fargo are joining forces with FinTechs on digital initiatives. PYMNTS rounds up the latest partnerships and initiatives below. Barclays & Propel.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) is introducing an open banking policy to advance digital innovation in the financial services sector. Saudi Arabia’s central bank said the plan is for open banking to go live in the first half of 2022.

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DECEMBER 8, 2019

As a way to prevent unfair competition, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) said in a report on Sunday (Dec. 8) that there should be “vigilant monitoring” of Big Tech’s move into financial services. Firms like Google, Alibaba and Facebook could be forced to share data with banks and FinTech firms.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Bank is shifting away from screen scraping in favor of direct data connectivity, but it's not the only financial institution (FI) embracing the data strategy. Bank Nixes Screen Scraping With Akoya. Visa Links With Codat For SMB Bank Data Sharing. Atom Bank Links With Codat, Too.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

We’re being a bit tongue in cheek, but the fact remains that digital-only banking is getting a wider embrace – especially in Europe, as the pandemic surges yet again. Open banking, of course, allows financial data to be shared and synthesized across everyday financial life, making banking by app far less of a novelty than it once was.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Businesses and consumers alike are increasingly tapping new digital offerings for their financial needs as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic shifts banking practices. Moving to cloud-supported infrastructure is one way these banks could shore up their products and keep customer interactions seamless. Around The Cloud Banking World.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

Open banking’s impact on small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) continues to proliferate as traditional financial institutions (FIs) embrace the opportunity to unlock data for third-party platforms. ’s experience is quickly influencing the way SMB lenders approach open banking in other markets like the U.S. .’s

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

As Open Banking spreads further into the small business (SMB) financial services market, accounting and lending platforms are taking advantage. bank sets its data sharing rules for FinTech firms. JPMorgan Sets FinTech Data Deadline. Simply Completes First Open Banking Funding. Plus, a major U.S. As the U.S.

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JUNE 3, 2020

Daniel Kjellén, co-founder and CEO of Tink, said in the announcement , “As Europe’s leading open banking platform, we are looking forward to continuing to support PayPal as they extend and enhance their services across the whole of Europe.”. This is where the market is heading.”. Tink has been on the move this year. million euros ($17.2

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APRIL 8, 2020

financial institutions as they scrambled to apply for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Bank of America received criticism for initially only allowing existing small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to apply. Small businesses overwhelmed U.S. Funding Circle.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In France, Treezor , a banking as a service platform, said this week that has deployed the Thales SafeNet Data Protection On Demand solution for what is being billed as “safety across the entire payment chain, from tier one banks and neo banks to crowdfunding organizations,” as noted in a release. In the United Kingdom.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

We have deep dives on faster worker pay as well as cloud banking and news on WhatsApp’s payment functionality in Brazil. The Bank of China is one of over 12 commercial banks that lent to the German payment through a facility, and the move could present a mortal danger to Wirecard. Top News . Mastercard Inc.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Small businesses are a growing target for bank-FinTech collaborations and data integration initiatives as financial service providers explore new use cases for open banking. Based in Silicon Valley, Plaid said it has so far enabled integrations with 15,000 banks across the U.S. and Canada.

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APRIL 2, 2020

Every interaction tells banks what customers actually want, meaning FIs just need the right tools to interpret this data. One of the most powerful tools in the financial sector is data analytics. Big Data analytics reached a market valuation of $29.87 What is Data Analytics? Data Analytics Behind the Scenes.

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MAY 1, 2020

million in annual turnover — had been approached by its bank repeatedly in both January and February for a loan, but the company hadn’t needed the capital. A lot of banks and lending institutions are turning companies down for a loan or funding, yet they’re never given an explanation as to why,” said Keller. Open Banking in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Today in B2B payments, European banks grow wary of small business loans, and Xero collaborates on API bank connectivity. SMB Loans Pose Potential Big Risk for European Banks. Euro area banks have cut back on lending, as the pandemic continues to threaten the economy. Xero, Nedbank Team on API-Enabled Bank Feed for SMBs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Xero , a global small business cloud accounting platform, is working with South Africa’s Nedbank to give small- to medium-size business (SMB) clients a digital, application programming interface (API)-enabled bank feed to access financial data, according to an ITWeb report.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Whether driven by regulation or market competition, the financial services sector in several jurisdictions is progressing toward open banking, interconnectivity and a freer flow of data between customer accounts and third parties. and multinational banks.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

Digital accounting platform Receipt Bank has acquired analytics firm Xavier to help boost services for accountants and bookkeepers, according to a press release. Xavier, which works to automate checking of complex financial data and can detect errors in business data, can also offer easily understandable health scores, the release states.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

The former head of technology at Barclays, Mark Hipperson, is launching a digital bank called Ziglu that will serve both crypto and fiat accounts, according to a report by Cointelegraph. challenger bank. The bank has applied to the U.K.’s s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to be able to issue money. In other U.K.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

An application program interface (API) ecosystem is growing to transform the financial services (FinServ) sector, and small business (SMB) banking won’t be left out of the shift. APIs offer third-party FinTech firms new opportunities to make use of valuable data stored within traditional bank accounts. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Late last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said it will look to issue advance notice of proposed rulemaking on “open banking” by the end of this year. The path ahead for open banking, at least here in the U.S., In other words, there may be a range of potential new rules coming into play in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The problem can be traced back to data: as organizations scale, either through organic growth or M&A, they’re taking on more financial management platforms and opening more bank accounts, leading to fragmented storage of financial data. Open banking is not a regulatory requirement in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2020

Digital bookkeeping platform Receipt Bank notched approximately $73 million in equity and debt in a Series C funding round, according to an announcement by global investment bank Harris Williams. The funding will be used to continue growth in Australia, Europe and North America, in addition to building on Receipt Bank’s product suite.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

There may not be an Open Banking mandate in the U.S., but that doesn’t mean the payments and financial services market isn’t embracing data sharing and integration. PYMNTS looks at some new collaborations between banks and FinTech firms below. Yet, outside the U.S., Tide Integrates With QuickBooks.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Use of alternative finance (AltFin) sources among small business (SMB) owners is on the rise, but still has a long way to go before it poses a legitimate threat to traditional banks’ market dominance. Mercator Advisory Group data released earlier this year found that 27 percent of small businesses in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

digital ID system is now available at five Canadian banks in a mobile app, according to a report by Bloomberg. The move will help the banks take a big step forward in identity verification, using blockchain technology to give customers the ability to prove their identity digitally so they can confidently access their accounts.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

The API seems to be on everybody’s lips, a catchphrase or buzzword for a sea change in banking that has the potential to upend the way we do business across any type of interaction. APIs are most readily recognizable as having been codified in the Open Banking concept that debuted in the U.K. About Time For Real Time?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

s open banking platform Tink raised €90 million in an investment round co-led by Dawn Capital, HMI Capital and Insight Partners, Tink announced on Monday (Jan. The startup’s platform links over 2,500 banks and 250 million users across Europe. Customers include PayPal, Klarna, NatWest, ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas Fortis, Nordea and SEB.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The branding will reflect the financial institutions and not Google. Our approach is going to be to partner deeply with banks and the financial system,” Google VP of Product Management Caesar Sengupta told WSJ. “It survey indicated that 58 percent of respondents said they would trust financial products from Google.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

Banks and FinTechs continue to discover new opportunities in unlocking corporate clients’ financial data, with banks embracing data integration for their own product development initiatives, and FinTechs finding new ways to collaborate with each other. AccountantsWorld Unlocks Payroll Data for FinTechs.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

For proponents of open banking , the regulatory initiative seen in the U.K. While policymakers target protection and customer ownership of data, one of the most prominent selling points for open banking is the ability for data to move seamlessly between once-siloed platforms. But in jurisdictions like the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Despite any possible reservations early on, large financial institutions (FIs) now appear to be going all in on Open Banking, with plans to introduce new revenue streams as a a result. The report, “It’s Now Open Banking, Do You Know What Your Commercial Clients Want From It?,” ” published Wednesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

Last year, a report by Citigroup estimated that 30 percent of bank jobs could be replaced by robots between 2015 and 2025, with Citi concluding that “FinTech is forcing banking to a tipping point.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

In this week's roundup of bank-FinTech collaboration and open banking initiatives, Citi embraces the unlocking of account data to third-party FinTechs, while WEX weighs in on opportunity for banks to take advantage of partnerships. Plus, one FinTech offers a new spin on the open banking model to drive financial inclusion.

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