Latest Open APIs News: Finextra Research

Company update/cloud

G+D APIs get pCI-DSS certification

Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) enables banks to offer their customers personalized digital services in a phygital ecosystem.

04 August 2022

Financial software provider Savana raises $45m

Savana, a financial software player that helps banks and fintechs go digital, has raised $45 million in a Series A funding round led by growth-stage investor Georgian.

02 August 2022

News/startups

Digital bank Grasshopper raises $30.4m

Grasshopper, a US digital bank serving SMEs and entrepreneurs, has raised $30.4 million.

01 August 2022

News/cloud

Microsoft and Nexi collaborate to innovate across the European payments landscape

Nexi has announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to digitise payments solutions and secure cloud-based infrastructures across the European market.

29 July 2022

News/payments

Swift could face challenge in new era for cross-border payments - EIU

The Russian invasion of Ukraine will cause disruption to cross-border payment systems and could, in conjunction with technological advances, challenge the dominance of the Swift network, predicts a paper from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

29 July 2022

Company update/retail

Airbank chooses Klarna open banking platform

Klarna Kosma, Klarna's financial technology platform for banks, fintechs and innovative retailers, today announced its collaboration with Airbank, a digital financial management platform for businesses.

26 July 2022

Company update/inclusion

Pockit and Youtility announce partnership

Integrating Youtility’s platform allows Pockit customers to compare and save on household subscriptions helping to save hundreds of pounds each year. The ongoing cost of living crisis is projected to worsen throughout 2022, particularly in October when energy bills are expected to rise by 40% to c. £3,300, plunging 30% of UK homes into fuel poverty. Helping Pockit customers to reduce their spending will help users build financial resilience and potentially avoid the need to rely on expensive overdrafts or payday loans.

22 July 2022

Company update/retail

OneConnect launches digital banking suite, OneCosmo

OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd (OneConnect, NYSE: OCFT, HKEX: 6638), the leading technology-as-a-service (TaaS) provider and an associate of Ping An Group, today announced the launch of OneCosmo, a one-stop omni platform for all-in-one digital banking solutions jointly developed with Brazil-based technology company Pismo, one of the fastest growing banking Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firms.

22 July 2022

News/crypto

Plaid adds crypto strings to its bow

Plaid has announced that major crypto exchanges including Binance.US, Gemini, Robinhood, and SoFi, are now available on their network. Support for additional platforms, including Blockchain.com and BitGo is planned for later this year.

15 July 2022

Company update/payments

Monneo launches BaaS API

Monneo, the complete end to end payment ecosystem provider, is leading the way for Banking as a Service (BaaS) as it launches a new application programming interface (API).

13 July 2022

Company update/wholesale

GTreasury launches ClearConnect API suite

GTreasury, a treasury and risk management platform provider, today announced the launch of ClearConnect.

12 July 2022

Company update/retail

Brits want dashboards that consolidate view of retirement savings pot - survey

Over 90% of UK consumers with a retirement saving pot have said they would consider using a digital dashboard to get a consolidated view of their total pensions, savings and investments according to a new report by TISA (The Investing and Saving Alliance) and EY.

09 July 2022

Company update/payments

TrueLayer and Chip to collaborate for faster payments

TrueLayer, Europe’s leading open banking platform, and innovative wealth-building app Chip, today announced their collaboration, delivering an improved customer experience through dramatically faster account payments.

06 July 2022

News/payments

Visa and Mambu partner for global debit processing

Mambu has announced its partnership with Visa to utilise Visa DPS, one of the largest processors of Visa debit transactions globally.

06 July 2022

News/regulation

Plaid proposes prioritisation of TPPs for PSD2 review

Open banking platform Plaid has made clear their position around PSD2 in a blog outlining their proposal to the Payments Service Directive (PSD2) review.

06 July 2022

Company update/payments

DelfinGroup integrates Nordigen's open banking platform

To further expand on the ongoing successful collaboration since 2016, AS DelfinGroup has incorporated Nordigen's open banking platform to add to their technological toolkit and streamline their loan origination and credit assessment procedures.

05 July 2022

Company update/payments

TotallyMoney adds Drafty to its platform via API

TotallyMoney, the credit app which helps everyone move their finances forward, has added credit provider, Drafty to its service via API integration.

05 July 2022

News/payments

Paytrail and Mastercard hit monthly open banking milestone

Paytrail and Mastercard’s partnership through Aiia - an open banking platform, is now enabling more than one million open banking payments each month.

04 July 2022

Company update/startups

Galileo to power Flyp gamified mobile banking platform

Galileo Financial Technologies, a leading financial technology company owned and operated independently by SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), today announced that its API-enabled financial technology powers Flyp. Flyp is a banking app and digital wallet, with gamified rewards, challenges, and quests to attract, engage and retain customers.

28 June 2022

Company update/people

Embedded finance startup Monite appoints Alex Akimov head, API

Embedded finance startup Monite has appointed Alex Akimov as Head of API, formerly also Head of API of Adyen, in the latest move in its platform scaling strategy.

27 June 2022