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October 8, 2025
Episode 275 - The Criticality of Optimizing the Payments Experience, with Anne Hay and Mike Kaplan, PayNearMe
In this episode of Payments on Fire, Chris Uriarte welcomes Anne Hay, Chief Marketing Officer, and Mike Kaplan, Chief Revenue Officer, from PayNearMe to discuss the evolution and optimization of the payments experience.
October 2, 2025
MoneyGram and Plaid Expand Open Banking Partnership to Europe
PR Newswire
“MoneyGram and Plaid announced the expansion of their pay-by-bank partnership to Europe. Following its successful U.S. launch, the integration now enables MoneyGram customers in Europe to easily connect and authenticate their bank accounts through Plaid’s trusted open banking technology.”
September 19, 2025
Vipps MobilePay Selects Tink to Power Pay by Bank for P2P in Finland
Open Banking Expo
“Vipps MobilePay and Tink, A Visa Solution, have announced a new partnership under which Vipps MobilePay will use Tink’s Pay by Bank to power peer‑to‑peer (P2P) payments in Finland. Vipps MobilePay is the Nordics’ leading mobile wallet with more than 12 million users across Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Denmark, processing over one billion payments annually.”
September 18, 2025
dLocal Integrates Capitec Pay to Expand Real‑Time Open Banking Payments in South Africa
dLocal
“dLocal processes payments in South Africa for some of the world’s biggest brands. As a cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, dLocal has expanded its South African offering by integrating Capitec Pay. Developed by Capitec Bank, Capitec Pay allows users to make instant, secure payments directly from their bank accounts — no […]
September 12, 2025
EBANX Launches Integration with Capitec Pay, enabling Open Banking for Cross-Border e-commerce in South Africa
PR Newswire
“EBANX has announced the integration of Capitec Pay, South Africa’s leading open banking-based, real-time payment method. This move marks EBANX’s first open banking solution outside Brazil and makes EBANX one of the first global Payment Service Providers (PSPs) offering Capitec Pay for cross-border e-commerce.”
September 11, 2025
Transforming Payments: Paytently and Mastercard Unveil New Open Banking Solution
Open Banking Expo
“Paytently, the specialist payments orchestration platform, has launched Paytently Open Banking powered by Mastercard Open Finance, an account-to-account payment option at checkout that lets customers pay directly from their bank and helps merchants increase conversion rates and improve cash flow.”
August 25, 2025
Canada Moves Forward on Open Banking While U.S. Backtracks
The Logic
“Turmoil, confusion and animosity are roiling open banking in the U.S.—and some are concerned the same thing could happen in Canada if the country’s rollout of the idea faces more holdups. As it has in the U.S., open banking in Canada has faced repeated delays and pushback from big banks.”
August 22, 2025
Visa Shutters US Open-Banking Unit as Data Fight Heats Up, Bloomberg News Reports
MSN/Reuters
“Payments processor Visa has shut its open-banking business in the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The business gives fintechs easier access to customer bank data, helping them offer smoother sign-ups and money transfers.”
July 22, 2025
Equifax Australia and Mastercard Launch ‘Open Score’ to Improve Financial Inclusion
Open Banking Expo
“Equifax Australia and Mastercard announced a strategic relationship, bringing together data and analytics capabilities from Equifax alongside Mastercard Open Finance solutions to deliver innovative products to the Australian market to create greater financial inclusion. The first milestone is the launch of Equifax Open Score, a new bank transaction score designed to support the more than […]
July 21, 2025
JPMorgan's New Fintech Fees Spark Industry Backlash
Ainvest
“JPMorgan Chase now charges fintech firms for customer data access, breaking from free data-sharing norms via intermediaries like Plaid. Legal battles persist over CFPB’s Open Banking Rule, with banks arguing security risks while fintechs claim restricted competition and consumer choice. Critics warn data fees could stifle innovation and centralize financial control, shaping the future of […]
July 16, 2025
Episode 269 - Designing Digital Financial Services for Women is Designing for All, with Sonja Kelly, Women's World Banking Institute
In our third episode in a series to spotlight the latest in global developments in payment systems from a financial inclusion lens, Sonja Kelly, Global Head of Women’s World Banking Institute, joins Joanna Wisniecka to dive into design principles for inclusive digital financial systems and how all end users benefit when design considers the specific needs of women.
July 14, 2025
Lloyds Banking Group in Talks to Buy Digital Wallet Provider Curve
Sky News
“Britain’s biggest high street bank is in talks to buy Curve, the digital wallet provider, amid growing regulatory pressure on Apple to open its payment services to rivals.”
June 18, 2025
Episode 266 - Innovating Inclusive Financial Systems on the African Continent, with Sabine Mensah, AfricaNenda
In this episode, Joanna Wisniecka welcomes Sabine Mensah, Deputy CEO of AfricaNenda, a leader in financial inclusion, to explore Africa's dynamic path towards inclusive instant payment systems and the need for continued innovation and collaboration to enable access to financial services for all Africans on the continent by 2030.
June 4, 2025
Episode 265 - Solving the Authentication Conundrum, with Rocky Scales, IDgo
In this episode, Glenbrook’s Yvette Bohanan and Chris Uriarte are joined by Rocky Scales, CEO of IDgo, to explore how financial institutions and businesses can implement more secure and user-friendly authentication systems to counteract evolving threats from sophisticated fraud methods.
June 3, 2025
Deutsche Bank and Mastercard Partner to Power Merchant Solutions With Open Banking Payments
Mastercard
“Deutsche Bank and Mastercard are proud to announce a strategic partnership designed to accelerate the evolution of open banking and redefine the payment experience for merchants and consumers across Europe. The collaboration will elevate Deutsche Bank’s Merchant Solutions offering, particularly its Request to Pay (R2P) service, by introducing new levels of choice, flexibility, and efficiency […]
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