Q&A: GFT Canada’s Mauricio Deutsch on why security and convenience are key to Open Banking’s success

Mauricio Deutsch, banking and capital markets leader at GFT Canada, reveals what Canadian banks have to gain from embracing Open Banking and partnering with fintechs.

Insight: Bringing Open Banking to North America in 2023

Eyal Sivan, head of Open Banking at Axway, writes about the US and Canada’s respective routes to Open Banking and the role of a common standard, the FDX API, in getting there.

Q&A: GoCardless says Open Banking helps maximise every penny for charities

GoCardless’ Siamac Rezaiezadeh shares how they have been using Open Banking, and variable recurring payments in particular, to help charitable organisations improve their fundraising streams.

Insight: How can we make Open Banking better?

Lena Hackeloer, CEO of Brite Payments, on why tackling a lack of standardisation across banking APIs will unlock Open Banking’s full potential.

Q&A: Citizen’s Kate Marsden says Open Banking helps cut transaction costs for charities to less than 1%

With Open Banking the transaction cost number drops from 8% to less than 1% of the payment processed.

How can fintechs weather the financial storm?

Olga Shikhantsova, a partner at European venture capital fund Speedinvest, writes about why, no matter the macroeconomic outlook, there’s always an opportunity for fintechs to shake things up.

GoCardless boss celebrates shared vision of Nordigen founder

Chief product and growth officer at GoCardless, Duncan Barrigan, and CEO and co-founder of Nordigen, Rolands Mesters addressed delegates at Open Banking Expo UK last month.

Regulation risks smothering BNPL market

Upcoming UK regulation governing BNPL providers will help silence critics but must be carefully calibrated so as not to stifle the expanding market.