Open Banking
Open Finance: SIX’s bLink Platform Could Act as the Trusted Central Authority
With open finance increasingly coming to the public’s attention in Switzerland, discussions on API standards are accelerating. In July, industry trade group Swiss Fintech Innovations (SFTI) released a whitepaper outlining key considerations to address in regards to data security and
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Open Banking Fintech Yapily Raises US$51 Million in Series B Fundraise
Yapily, a London-based open banking infrastructure provider, announced the first closing of its US$51 million Series B funding round led by Sapphire Ventures. Existing investors Lakestar, HV Capital and Latitude also participated in the round. With this new round of
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German Fintech Deposit Solutions Merges With Rival Raisin to Form Raisin DS
Deposit Solutions and Raisin have announced the completion of their merger to from Raisin DS, servicing banks and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic in the savings and investment market. The merger only needs to be registered in the
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Visa Inks Deal to Acquire Swedish Open Banking Platform Tink for US$2.2 Billion
Visa announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tink, a Swedish open banking platform, for 1.8 billion Euros (US$2.2 billion). Tink will retain its brand and current management team, and its headquarters will remain in Stockholm, Sweden. The
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Wise Goes Live on Temenos for Transparent, Real-Time Remittance to Banks Worldwide
Swiss banking software company Temenos announced that Wise, formerly known as TransferWise, is now live on Temenos MarketPlace. The Temenos MarketPlace comprises over 50 curated fintech solutions, enabling Temenos’ clients to innovate and differentiate quickly. The addition of Wise Platform,
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Swedish Fintech Tink Acquires German Open Banking Counterpart FinTecSystems
Sweden’s open banking platform Tink continues its expansion across Europe with the acquisition of FinTecSystems, a German open banking infrastructure fintech, powering over 150 banks and fintechs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The acquisition of FinTecSystems is conditional upon approval
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Das umfassende Open Banking Schweiz Dossier
Open Banking bedeutet die Verwendung offener, einheitlicher APIs (Application Programming Interface, zu deutsch: Programmier-Schnittstelle), mit denen Entwickler von Drittanbietern Anwendungen und Dienste rund um das Finanzinstitut erstellen können. Der Endkunde entscheidet, für welchen Service, den er nutzen möchte, diese APIs
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Adesso Schweiz to Support Hypothekarbank Lenzburg’s Open Banking Ambitions
Consulting and IT service provider adesso Schweiz has entered into a strategic partnership with Hypothekarbank Lenzburg to further develop and market open banking solutions in the Swiss market. Hypothekarbank Lenzburg had added an open interface architecture to Finstar, a core
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Finnova Introduces ‘Open Banking As a Service’ Solution
Finnova, a Swiss provider of banking solutions, announced that it is launching its ‘open banking as a service’ solution with the implementation of the Swiss NextGen Banking API. The as-a-service solution enables the simple, efficient and secure connection of third-party
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Hypi Lenzburg wird Partnerbank bei digitalem Altervorsorge Fintech Projekt
Das St. Galler Fintech-Unternehmen PSS AG lanciert für Menschen im Pensionierungsalter eine erste rein digitale Anlagelösung für das freie Altersguthaben aus dem Kapitalbezug und kooperiert dabei mit der Hypothekarbank Lenzburg als Depotbank und Onboarding-Partnerin. Mit dem Übertritt der geburtenstarken Baby-Boomer-Generation
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