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Carlos Figueredo

Open Banking - Comments on CMA Year 2 Report

Last week, the CMA released a report on the status of open banking after 2 years in place in the UK. This blog will reflect and challenge the comments from the blog “Open Banking year two: Insights fr...

24 Jan 2020
Open Banking
Carlos Figueredo

Open Banking - An opportunity for UK banks

The appearance of open banking created an immediate concern within the banks as they would now have to share customer data, competition from challenger banks, etc. Even though it is a well-known state...

14 Jan 2020
Open Banking
Carlos Figueredo

Open Banking - Big Tech’s in Banking? Nothing New.

Open Banking – Big Tech’s in Banking? Nothing new. There was a very strong article last week titled “Big Tech’s Invasion of Banking” which illustrates how Silicon Valley is waking up to the benefits o...

06 Jan 2020
Open Banking
Carlos Figueredo

Open Banking - A Challenge for the U.S.

In a December 20th article titled, “Without Open Banking regulation, banks and fintechs clash in the US” (*), we get a taste of the first issues that are arising in the U.S. of trying to work in a som...

30 Dec 2019
Open Banking
Carlos Figueredo

Open Banking - A 2019 Summary

Open Banking – A 2019 Summary Open Banking has been regarded by the financial sector as the most revolutionary movement since the credit card. In 2017, none of us involved in the creation of open ban...

23 Dec 2019
Open Banking
Carlos Figueredo

Will Top UK Banks Finally Open Their 'Data' Eyes?

It is no secret for those of us involved in UK open banking from its start that top UK Banks have and continue to drag their feet to truly meet open banking/API performance expectations as confirmed b...

06 May 2019
Open Banking
Carlos Figueredo

When Open Banking is more than a Compliance Checkbox. A Nigeria Perspective

(Due to my travels to various countries advising and speaking on open banking, I will be publishing a series of posts on this subject and how it is being embraced globally.) Background In 2016, I wa...

30 Apr 2019
Open Banking
Carlos Figueredo

Open Banking. Some regions have one thing right but banks in general still have one thing very wrong

Last month I spoke at the Nordics NextGen conference in Stockholm. The topic was open banking and PSD2 with a truly great panel, moderator and a full house of intertactive 400+ attendees and my fi...

14 Dec 2017
Open Banking
Carlos Figueredo

What has SIBOS in Toronto taught us about Open Banking?

It’s no surprise to anyone in the financial community that SIBOS is by far the most relevant global networking event of the year. Not only was Toronto a great city to host it this year but open bankin...

06 Nov 2017
Open Banking
Carlos Figueredo

PSD2 - Time for banks to join in or lose out

It is no secret that the PSD2 regulation will open up the playing field to Fintechs and to the creation of AISP’s (Account Information Service Providers) and PISP’s (Payment Information Service Provi...

21 Aug 2017
SEPA and European Payments
Carlos Figueredo

PSD2 Solutions - Who to choose in today's fintech crowded world?

There are numerous articles related to PSD2 as to what it is and what it will mean to the various parties involved but there are also countless firms stating that they offer PSD2 solutions, which in t...

13 Aug 2017
SEPA and European Payments

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