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April 23, 2025
Haboo Money Teams up With Griffin to Launch ‘Save-As-You-Repay’ Wallet
Open Banking Expo
“UK fintech haboo money has partnered with bank for fintechs Griffin to offer a “save-as-you-repay” wallet designed to give borrowers more control and flexibility over loan repayments, through the use of variable recurring payments (VRP) and behavioural “nudges”. The new save-as-you-pay wallet from haboo provides borrowers with flexible repayment options, by replacing direct debits with […]
April 22, 2025
VantageScore Expands New Open-Banking Credit Score for Lending to Underserved Borrowers
VantageScore
“VantageScore announced the expansion of their groundbreaking VantageScore 4plus pilot program for lenders launched in partnership with Credit Builders Alliance. The pilot leverages the industry leading VantageScore 4.0 credit score with open banking data to deliver the new VantageScore 4plus credit score model.”
April 4, 2025
Pizza Brand Papa Johns Partners With Truelayer To Offer Pay by Bank
Open Banking Expo
“Pizza brand Papa Johns has chosen European Pay by Bank network TrueLayer to rollout Pay by Bank as a payment method for its UK customers, enabling them to pay directly from their bank accounts. The introduction of Pay by Bank, using TrueLayer’s Open Banking technology, removes the need for Papa Johns’ customers to enter card […]
March 27, 2025
Cutting Chargebacks to (Almost) Zero on Online Payments
Atoa
“In the bustling world of online payments, chargebacks have been a persistent pain for businesses. These payment reversals—when a customer disputes a charge—can lead to lost revenue, endless admin, and major headaches. But thanks to open banking and Payment Initiation Services (PIS), the idea of “zero chargebacks” is quickly becoming more than just wishful thinking.”
March 26, 2025
Episode 259 - Using Real-Time Merchant Intelligence to Enhance Transaction Visibility, with Oban MacTavish, Spade
In this episode, Oban MacTavish, CEO and Co-founder of Spade, joins Glenbrook's Drew Edmond to explore payments optimization by focusing on merchant data, and how issuers make decisions about card transactions.
March 21, 2025
Tink Hits 10,000 Merchant Milestone for Open Banking Payments
Tink
“We are excited to announced that 10,000 merchants have now chosen Pay by Bank via our Payment Service Provider (PSP) partnerships. Tink also recently hit a new €100M peak in a single day for its payment initiation services (PIS) across Europe, marking a tipping point in demand for Pay by Bank.”
March 17, 2025
Mastercard Open Banking Collaborates With Virgin Money on Account Aggregation
Open Banking Expo
“A new partnership between UK-based Virgin Money and Mastercard will enable the bank’s customers to view their credit card and current account balances and transactions from other banks in one place on the Virgin Money Credit Card app. Mastercard’s Open Banking technology is behind the account aggregation solution, which is designed to make it easier […]
March 14, 2025
Open Banking 2025 Thoughts & Trends
Finicity
“As we head into the new year, we are highlighting a few topics that are top of mind for Mastercard Open Banking, and how we see the Open Banking landscape evolving over the next 12-24 months.”
February 28, 2025
OneKey Payments Launches First Pix Using Biometrics for ‘Bets’ in Brazil
Games Brazil
“OneKey is introducing Pix using biometrics in partnership with Belvo, a leader in Open Finance integrations in Latin America, to help companies recover conversion rates and cost-benefits that may have been impacted by the new regulations. This is the first technology that allows payments via open banking using facial recognition, offering a safer, faster and […]
February 19, 2025
Canadians Divided on ‘Appeal’ of Pay by Bank, Says Payments Canada
Open Banking Expo
A study by Payments Canada has found that Pay by Bank “appeals” to fewer than one-third of Canadians, with its appeal increasing among newcomers to the country and gig workers.
February 12, 2025
Episode 256 - Banking on Fintech, with Anthony Sharett, Pathward
In this episode, Anthony Sharett, President of Pathward, joins Glenbrook’s Bryan Derman to share insights on the evolving partner banking space, the importance of risk and compliance frameworks, and Pathward's mission of financial inclusion. Tune in as they also discuss potential policy and regulatory changes due to implications of major discrepancies in the banking-as-a-service arrangement between fintech platform Synapse and its banking partners.
February 7, 2025
Open Banking 2025 Thoughts & Trends
Finicity
“As we head into the new year, we are highlighting a few topics that are top of mind for Mastercard Open Banking, and how we see the Open Banking landscape evolving over the next 12-24 months.”
February 6, 2025
ACI Worldwide Extends Fintech Partnership Ecosystem to Fight APP Fraud in Europe and the UK
Business Wire
“ACI Worldwide has announced the extension of its fintech partnership ecosystem through an alliance with Banfico, a leading fintech specializing in regulatory technology, global account verification and Open Banking solutions.”
February 4, 2025
Payments Canada Opens Public Consultation on Expansion of Membership
Open Banking Expo
“Payments Canada membership eligibility is set to expand to include payment service providers, as defined in the Retail Payment Activities Act, that perform retail payment activities; credit union locals that are members of a central or a cooperative credit association; and finally, to clearing houses of designated clearing and settlement systems.”
February 3, 2025
Yapily Inks Deal to Power Adyen European Merchant Services With Open Banking Technology
Retail Technology Innovation Hub
“Open Banking platform, Yapily, has agreed on a partnership with Adyen. It will use the features to “streamline onboarding and strengthen account verification, giving merchants across Europe a more seamless, secure experience. Additional Open Banking driven services, including creditworthiness assessments for loan decisions and beyond will be explored.”
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