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Open Banking in the GCC: picking up pace

Serena Sebastiani from PwC Middle East shares insights into the Open Banking state of affairs in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.

Open Banking, Open Finance, Open Data Economy, regulation

The state of Open Banking in Central and Eastern Europe – Finqware interview

Finqware, Open Banking, Europe, Romania, Central Eastern Europe, banks, API

ForgeRock announces Open Banking and PSD2 Accelerators

ForgeRock has announced the Open Banking Accelerators for the banking and payment ecosystem, including TPPs, to jumpstart compliance with UK and Open Banking standards.

ForgeRock, Open Banking, PSD2 Accelerators, digital identity, TPPs, API, security, privacy, consent, compliance

Culture, not fintechs, is the real challenge facing banks

Erik Zingmark, Nordea: If banks want to retain their central role in the game, they need to start seeing digital not just as channels, tools and services but as the core of future banking culture

Nordea, Erik Zingmark, expert opinion, fintech, banking, regulation, PSD2, APIs, blockchain, instant payments, online banking, mobile banking, Scandinavia

Don Ginsel, Holland FinTech: With the coming of PSD2, we see regulations popping up as a clear disrupting force

Both banks and new service providers making use of bank data need to align on things like communication standards, security and authentication to make PSD2 work

fintech, banking, PSD2, regulation, Open Banking, financial institutions, interview, Don Ginsel, Holland FinTech

PSD2 accelerates retail banking fragmentation in Europe – report

The EU’s Directive on Payment Services 2 (PSD2) is set to accelerate the fragmentation of Europe’s retail banking industry following the global financial crisis, a new report reveals.

PSD2, Europe, EU, retail banking, Open Banking, fintech

PSD2 `Access to Account` (XS2A): four strategic options for banks

Vincent Jansen & Mounaim Cortet, Innopay: PSD2 XS2A is reforming the existing payments business and banking executives should become very much aware of the way they are being challenged

INNOPAY, payment technology, PSD2, Access to account, XS2A, strategic options, banks, card scheme, online payments, retailers, payment gateway, integration, regulation, Europe

Douwe Lycklama, Innopay: "PSD2 Access to account (XS2A) - forcing a marriage between banks and Fintech, romance still to be discovered"

At first sight PSD2 seems to be about payments, but it is a banking wide topic with a transformational impact across banking silos

Douwe Lycklama, INNOPAY, interview, PSD2, Access to account, XS2A, banks, fintech, online payments, merchants, ecommerce