Open Banking news and trends

Dwolla and Visa Partner on Account Verification for Pay-by-Bank
B2B Payments // May 16, 2024

Dwolla and Visa have partnered to make it easier for mid- to enterprise-size businesses to use pay-by-bank to pay and get paid. With this collaboration, Visa’s open banking solutions are integrated into Dwolla’s account-to-account (A2A) payment technology, the companies said in a Thursday (May 16)...

VantageScore Unveils Credit-Scoring Model That Includes Alternative Open Banking Data
Financial Inclusion // May 15, 2024

VantageScore unveiled a new credit-scoring model that uses both traditional credit data and alternative open banking data. The combination gives lenders a predictive lift of up to 10% compared to the VantageScore 4.0 credit score, which itself gives an 8% lift over conventional scoring models, the company said in...

Mexico-Based Aplazo Raises $70 Million for Omnichannel Payment Platform
Payment Methods // May 13, 2024

Aplazo has raised $70 million in equity funding, including a $45 million Series B, to continue building its omnichannel payment platform. The Mexico-based company will also use artificial intelligence (AI) to better understand the needs of consumers and merchants and to enhance risk decisions, Aplazo...

Experian Launches Open Banking-Powered Solution to Expand Access to Credit
Loans // May 09, 2024

Experian has launched a solution designed to further inform lending decisions and expand access to credit. The new Cashflow Attributes uses open banking insights from more than 900 income, cash flow and affordability attributes that lenders can use in their decision-making, the global information services...

Interviews & Exclusives
CFPB Rule 1033 Will Hasten Shift to Open Banking in US

May 07, 2024
Back in October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) made public a new rule about data and data sharing. And it wasted no time signaling the intent behind it. In a press release issued Oct. 19, the CFPB said Rule 1033 “would accelerate a shift toward open banking, where consumers would have control over data about their financial lives and would gain new […]

Can Open Banking Increase Consumer Trust in New Payments Tech?

May 03, 2024
Open banking is empowering consumers and the businesses they work with to adapt amid uncertainties, Trustly founder and CEO Alex Gonthier writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of...

FI Execs Curb Their Enthusiasm for Open Banking

April 11, 2024
Open banking, the legal framework permitting secure data sharing amongst financial institutions (FIs) and third-party FinTechs to enhance the products and services they offer consumers, has proven to be popular...

NCR Voyix Says Open Banking Will Gain Wide Embrace in the US

April 03, 2024
Shadi Saifan, vice president of engineering at NCR Voyix, told PYMNTS in an interview that bridging the gap between the promise of open banking and making that promise a reality is...

Quick Reads
Dwolla and Visa Partner on Account Verification for Pay-by-Bank

May 16, 2024
Dwolla and Visa have partnered to make it easier for mid- to enterprise-size businesses to use pay-by-bank to pay and get paid. With this collaboration, Visa’s open banking solutions are integrated into Dwolla’s account-to-account (A2A) payment technology, the companies said in a Thursday (May 16) press release. This integration will bring advanced account verification capabilities […]

VantageScore Unveils Credit-Scoring Model That Includes Alternative Open Banking Data

May 15, 2024
VantageScore unveiled a new credit-scoring model that uses both traditional credit data and alternative open banking data. The combination gives lenders a predictive lift of up to 10% compared to the...

Mexico-Based Aplazo Raises $70 Million for Omnichannel Payment Platform

May 13, 2024
Aplazo has raised $70 million in equity funding, including a $45 million Series B, to continue building its omnichannel payment platform. The Mexico-based company will also use artificial intelligence (AI)...

Experian Launches Open Banking-Powered Solution to Expand Access to Credit

May 09, 2024
Experian has launched a solution designed to further inform lending decisions and expand access to credit. The new Cashflow Attributes uses open banking insights from more than 900 income, cash...