Latest Open APIs News: Finextra Research

Finextra's top research reports of 2023

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded whitepapers, sentiment papers and surveys over the course of the past year. These reports are Finextra-led and cobranded, based on editorially balanced, independent, referenced desk-based and online research.

28 December 2023

News/payments

Finextra's top impact study reports of 2023

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded impact study reports over the course of the past year. Our impact study reports are how-to, best practice guides that support those in the financial industry in their utilisation and optimisation of particular technologies, as well as providing an outlook at future trends to watch.

27 December 2023

News/retail

TD inks data access deal with Plaid

TD has struck a North American data-access agreement with Plaid, enabling the bank's customers in Canada and the US to share their financial data with third-party providers.

18 December 2023

Company update/payments

US Faster Payments Council publishes new real-time payment APIs report

The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today published the Real-Time Payment Application Program Interfaces (APIs) report in its Faster Payments Knowledge Center.

13 December 2023

News/cloud

PwC forms alliance with Starling's Engine SaaS platform

PwC has signed on as a strategic implementation platform for Starling Bank's Software-as-a-Service platform, Engine.

07 December 2023

Research/Open APIsSentiment Paper

Payments: The key to unlocking new ecosystems and why merchant services are on the up

06 December 2023 690 downloads

Research/Open APIsEvent Report

Sustainable Finance Live - Sustainable Cities: Enabling positive change through innovation and collaboration

05 December 2023 101 downloads

Company update/payments

EPC publishes business conditions for SPAA's default remuneration model

The European Payments Council (EPC) has published the business conditions for the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme, marking a significant step forward in the development of open banking in Europe.

24 November 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Agile digitalisation for future-focused issuers

Jos Veendrick, the Regional Head for Continental Europe at TSYS, a Global Payments company, assesses the challenges issuers face with legacy technology and the growing demand for convenience and personalisation in digital transactions. Our discussion covers cloud-based services and API-centric approaches, addressing industry needs and anticipating future growth in the digital payments landscape.

22 November 2023

News/wealth

Barclays invests in WealthOS

Barclays has led a £2 million seed funding round for WealthOS, a cloud-native and API-driven core wealthtech startup.

22 November 2023

Research/Open APIsWhite Paper

UK Open Banking API Performance 2022-2023

07 November 2023 651 downloads

Finextra TV/markets

How investing in partner ecosystems and generative AI technologies puts real-time client needs first

Wissam Khoury, EVP of Treasury and Capital Markets at Finastra, discusses how Finastra's approach to delivering end-to-end solutions meets client banks' demands for increased efficiency and cost reduction, especially in an increasingly uncertain market. Emphasising the value of returning the power of innovation to clients through cloud-based technologies, extensive partner ecosystems and Gen AI, Wissam analyses the approach of leveraging open APIs and third-party solutions to ensure long-term sustainable growth for clients and communities.

06 November 2023

Research/Open APIsWhite Paper

How can the future state of information technology combat fraud and money laundering?

02 November 2023 393 downloads

Company update/payments

Dwolla Connect gets open finance integrations

Dwolla, a leading account-to-account payment services provider, announced the expansion of its latest solution, Dwolla Connect, by integrating it with the open finance ecosystem.

30 October 2023

News/payments

UK fintech Railsr secures $24m in funding

Railsr, the UK-based embedded finance startup, has pulled in $24m in its latest series of fundraising.

30 October 2023

News/payments

Fiserv opens the door to embedded finance

Fiserv is making a move into embedded finance, making capabilities from its merchant acceptance, banking, and card issuing businesses available to others through a set of APIs.

20 October 2023

News/people

Plaid appoints first CFO

Open banking platform Plaid has hired former Expedia executive Eric Hart as its first chief financial officer, filling a critical role ahead of an anticipated IPO.

18 October 2023

Company update/payments

Ecommpay unveils suite of open banking products

Ecommpay, a leading international payments service provider and direct bank acquirer, launches Open Banking Select - the latest addition to Ecommpay's integrated Open Banking payment suite. It offers greater control and scale over payment routing options, a consistent user experience, and all the features of Open Banking Advanced. By introducing Open Banking Select, Ecommpay becomes the first and only payment provider to orchestrate card payments and Open Banking transactions via a unified proprietary platform.

16 October 2023

Company update/retail

Backbase launches Integration Platform-as-a-Service

Backbase, a leading Engagement Banking Platform provider, is thrilled to announce the launch of Grand Central, its groundbreaking Integration Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS).

11 October 2023

News/payments

Orum launches first product built on FedNow

Payments API provider Orum has built a product on top of the new FedNow rail to instantly verify bank accounts.

11 October 2023