Banking Data news and trends

Markaaz CEO: SMBs Need a ‘Golden Record’ of Truth to Access Lending
SMBs // October 10, 2024

If information is power, the lack of information creates a vacuum, especially in small business banking. As to what’s needed? Call it a single source of truth, a worldwide registry and roster of small business information, some of it self-supplied, that offers a real-time and...

PNC and Plaid Partner on Secure Sharing of Banking Data
Banking // September 20, 2024

PNC Financial Services Group and Plaid have partnered to allow the bank’s customers to more securely share their data with third-party financial apps and services. With the companies’ new bilateral data access agreement, PNC customers will be able to safely and securely permission their financial...

What to Know About Rule 1033 as Open Banking Continues to Evolve
Digital Banking // September 17, 2024

Open banking — relatively well-entrenched in Europe, nascent here in the United States — is taking shape largely by directive, through regulations and standards that give a roadmap to how financial data is permissioned by consumers and shared with financial services providers. At the center...

UK’s Open Banking Headwinds Point to Pitfalls of Innovation Through Regulation
Banking // February 05, 2024

Open banking is set to change the world. But viewed through the lens of what’s happened so far, and through the lens of the United Kingdom’s experience, the road to transformation in payments and financial services appears long and bumpy. Differing Approaches And, as ever,...

Interviews & Exclusives
Markaaz CEO: SMBs Need a ‘Golden Record’ of Truth to Access Lending

October 10, 2024
If information is power, the lack of information creates a vacuum, especially in small business banking. As to what’s needed? Call it a single source of truth, a worldwide registry and roster of small business information, some of it self-supplied, that offers a real-time and holistic view of a company’s fortunes and challenges. Markaaz CEO […]

What to Know About Rule 1033 as Open Banking Continues to Evolve

September 17, 2024
Open banking — relatively well-entrenched in Europe, nascent here in the United States — is taking shape largely by directive, through regulations and standards that give a roadmap to how...

UK’s Open Banking Headwinds Point to Pitfalls of Innovation Through Regulation

February 05, 2024
Open banking is set to change the world. But viewed through the lens of what’s happened so far, and through the lens of the United Kingdom’s experience, the road to...

Sparkle COO Says Open Banking Builds Trust by Putting Consumers in Control of Their Data

April 19, 2023
After years of advocacy, open banking is now live in Nigeria, the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to adopt the regulation. The launch marks an important milestone for the country’s...

Quick Reads
Banking Trade Associations Sue CFPB to Block Data Sharing Rule

October 22, 2024
The Bank Policy Institute and the Kentucky Bankers Association filed a lawsuit Tuesday (Oct. 22) challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) final rule on data sharing that was unveiled on the same day. The plaintiffs assert in the lawsuit that the rule jeopardizes the security and privacy of consumer financial data, they said in […]

PNC and Plaid Partner on Secure Sharing of Banking Data

September 20, 2024
PNC Financial Services Group and Plaid have partnered to allow the bank’s customers to more securely share their data with third-party financial apps and services. With the companies’ new bilateral...

CFPB Data Rules Don’t Go Far Enough, TCH and BPI Say

January 02, 2024
Two financial industry groups say proposed consumer financial data rules don’t go far enough. The Clearing House Association and the Bank Policy Institute submitted recommendations to the Consumer Financial Protection...

Revolut Starts Open Banking Service For UK Customers

February 11, 2020
Revolut has announced a new Open Banking feature that will allow customers to access all their bank accounts on a single app. The move will make everything easier and more...