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Open Banking regulation, innovation and technology and it's potential to revolutionise the Financial Services Industry.
Banking is open for business Open banking is mutually beneficial for banks and consumers. It provides an opportunity for banking providers to retain and grow their customer base, by offering consumers...
The consumer credit industry is arguably more open to change and innovation than most across financial services, and therefore a beacon of opportunity for Open Finance. 15 million people in the UK do...
Retail banking has always been the poster child of innovation, while SME and commercial customers are typically left behind and often undeserved. SME customers arguably require the most support from t...
The open banking ecosystem is thriving. It is poised to dramatically transform how banks and their customers engage and operate, at a scale and pace not seen by a banking industry, best known for its ...
This is the second article from the series about the value of open banking and the rules it comes with. In the first article we have discussed the value of open banking and the benefits it brings to e...
Saving is a critical element of managing our personal finances, and it tends to be the method that most individuals rely on, with investments being more financially exclusive in many respects. In fact...
This month marks the third anniversary of Open Banking in the UK – or more specifically, three years since Open Banking became a compliance obligation for banks. Back in 2018, users of Open Banking pr...
This article is part of a series about the value of open banking and the rules it comes with. Open banking fundamentally changes the landscape of the modern financial sector, stimulating all types of ...
In July of this year, KBC bank (the 2nd largest bank in Belgium) surprised many people, including many of us working in the banking industry, with their announcement that they bought the rights to bro...
When Chancellor Rishi Sunak stood up in parliament to increase the stamp duty threshold to £500,000 until March next year, he intended to wake the UK’s property market from its slumber. The Covid-19 p...
As the world begins to slowly emerge from the COVID-19 lockdown, banks that have temporarily closed their retail premises and offices, pushing the majority of customers online, continue to reassess th...
COVID-19 has accelerated digital transformation across the financial services industry in a way that it was not wholly prepared for. It has placed fintechs much further ahead in the race to adapt and ...