Latest Open banking News: Finextra Research

ACI Worldwide acquires A2A fintech Payment Components

ACI Worldwide has acquired Payment Components, a European provider of financial messaging and open banking technology for A2A payments.

23 hours

News/regulation

Judge temporarily blocks CFPB open banking rule

A US judge has granted a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks enforcement of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule.

31 October 2025

Company update/retail

Finlayer and Salt Edge bring open banking to SMBs in Romania

Salt Edge has partnered with Finlayer, a Romanian financial management platform helping small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) manage their finances more easily.

30 October 2025

Company update/payments

SBS brings open banking to UK building societies

SBS, the global financial technology company that more than 1,500 financial institutions rely on to digitally transform the way they operate, announced the launch of Core MSS7, the newest release of its Mortgage and Savings Suite for UK building societies and banks.

29 October 2025

News/regulation

American Fintech Council calls on CFPB to prohibit open banking data access fees

In the wake of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's decision to ditch its open banking rule, the American Fintech Council (AFC) has called on the regulator to preserve people’s right to access and share their financial data.

22 October 2025

Company update/Open banking

Salt Edge and Sola partnet to power instant payments across Europe

Sola, a European fintech infrastructure company building a next-generation payments and open banking gateway, has partnered with Salt Edge, a leading provider of open banking solutions, to enhance its payment capabilities and accelerate the adoption of alternative payment methods across Europe.

21 October 2025

News/payments

TrueLayer to acquire open banking rival Zimpler

London-based payments network TrueLayer is set to expand its presence in Europe after striking an agreement to buy Nordic competitor Zimpler.

21 October 2025

Company update/payments

Zilch and Plaid collaborate on open banking repayments

Zilch, the consumer payments platform powering the future of commerce, today announced it has partnered with Plaid to integrate open banking into the heart of its repayment experience.

21 October 2025

News/payments

Wise secures retail payments licence in UAE

UK-based fintech Wise has been granted approval by the Central Bank of the UAE to sell its money transfer and payments services in the Middle East market.

14 October 2025

News/regulation

FCA launches open finance accelerator

The UK's financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced details of its strategy and roadmap for promoting open finance.

13 October 2025

Company update/sustainable

Ant International partners with DANA for marine conservation initiative in Indonesia

DANA and Ant International, together with Konservasi International, today unveiled the Ocean Buddy initiative, an interactive in-app mini program to raise awareness and drive long-term public participation in marine conservation among DANA's 200 million users in Indonesia. The launch was announced at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress 2025 in Abu Dhabi.

10 October 2025

Company update/identity

Google taps Yapily to support bank account verification services for businesses in Europe

Yapily – Europe’s leading open banking infrastructure provider – today announces its strategic collaboration with Google to support the rollout of Google's bank account verification service as an option for business customers in Europe.

09 October 2025

Company update/ai

Prometeo launches agentic banking tech

Prometeo, the leading fintech infrastructure provider connecting global corporations with financial institutions across Latin America and the United States, today announced the launch of its Agentic Banking solution: a transformative infrastructure layer that enables large language models (LLMs) and other artificial intelligence agents to operate real-world financial actions autonomously.

08 October 2025

News/inclusion

Big Issue partners fumopay to let sellers accept open banking payments

Big Issue, a magazine sold by the homeless across the UK, is working with open banking provider fumopay to pilot a QR code-based way for vendors to take payments.

08 October 2025

Company update/retail

Moneyhub repositions to focus on B2B

Moneyhub, a financial data, categorisation and personalisation platform, today announced its strategic repositioning to concentrate exclusively on delivering enterprise-grade solutions for financial institutions (FIs).

07 October 2025

Company update/payments

Vobapay integrates Mastercard Open Finance

Vobapay, the technology partner for modern payment solutions with cooperative roots, and Mastercard are entering into a strategic partnership.

06 October 2025

News/retail

Monzo to consider reapplying for US banking licence - FT

UK-based neobank Monzo is reportedly set to resume its effort to break into the US banking sector.

06 October 2025

News/startups

Ukrainian fintech reaches unicorn status

Ukraine's financial services market is celebrating another unicorn after Fintech-IT Group, the tech company behind the one of the country's most popular online banking service, received an investment to push its valuation beyond $1bn.

06 October 2025

News/crypto

ECB taps Italian tech firms Almaviva and Fabrick to build digital euro app and infrastructure

The digital euro, issued and backed by the Eurosystem, aims to complement cash, enhance financial inclusion, and bolster Europe’s monetary sovereignty. The initiative is also seen as a strategic move to strengthen the EU’s technological autonomy and resilience against cyber threats and technical disruptions.

03 October 2025

Finextra TV/ai

Can Open Finance & Agentic AI Enable a Future of Financial Freedom?

Discussing the role of Agentic AI and Open Finance in the future of financial services, Jess Turner, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Open Finance and Developer Experience, Mastercard joined the FinextraTV studio at Mastercard's RiskX event in Rome. Turner explains the importance of creating a comfortable developer experience to enable solutions that give AI agents autonomy to act safely and securely with consumers towards a freer, open finance future. As part of this, she describes the key challenges to overcome from data governance to agentic discoverability and consumer consent.

29 September 2025