Archive for March 2022
Klarna unveils dedicated Open Banking business unit
Klarna Kosma is a new sub-brand launched by the company, having first entered the Open Banking space in 2014 with its acquisition of SOFORT.
Read MoreRevolut names Glauber Mota as Brazil CEO
Mota joins Revolut from Latin American investment bank BTG Pactual and will help to build out the team in Brazil.
Read MoreInsight: Sorting fact from fiction in European Open Banking
Token’s Nikita Septucha writes about why it’s time to stop talking about Open Banking connections in terms of the number of bank APIs a provider can connect to.
Read MoreMastercard and Temenos join forces to accelerate Request to Pay in UK
Recent Mastercard report found one in 10 people in the UK often forget to pay their bills, resulting in late payments.
Read MoreDouugh agrees $20m discretionary funding facility with Long State Investments
Founder of Douugh says the “fully flexible strategic funding facility” will help the fintech achieve economies of scale.
Read MoreFeature: The journey from PSD2 to PSD3
What does the next iteration of the Payment Services Directive, PSD3, need to address and can it unify what some see as a fragmented Europe?
Read MoreCMA publishes recommendations for future of Open Banking in UK
The CMA has published its recommendations for the future regulatory oversight and governance of Open Banking in the UK.
Read MoreCentral Bank of Brazil launches Open Finance
Brazil’s National Monetary Council has approved a Resolution that officially launches the country’s Open Finance project.
Read MoreMazda Motor Europe partners with Mollie for payments
The Dutch fintech ‘Connect for Platforms’ product will power Mazda’s new marketplace platform.
Read MoreChetwood Financial acquires Yobota to boost BaaS proposition
Yobota CEO and founder Ammar Akhtar, who founded the core banking provider alongside Chetwood in 2016, will step down to “pursue new challenges”.
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