Open Finance news and trends

Dwolla Expands Platform With Open Finance Integrations
B2B Payments // October 30, 2023

Dwolla, an account-to-account payment services provider, has expanded its Dwolla Connect solution by integrating it with the open finance ecosystem.  This integration allows Dwolla Connect clients to securely transfer open finance data to the Dwolla platform, unlocking new capabilities like bank verification through trusted third-party providers,...

Plaid Appoints Former Visa SVP Cecilia Frew as Head of Open Finance
Personnel // August 25, 2023

Plaid has appointed payments and financial services executive Cecilia Frew as head of open finance. “In this role, Cecilia is responsible for overseeing Plaid’s evolving and dynamic relationships with financial institutions as we move into a new era of digital finance,” Plaid said in an announcement emailed to...

Plaid and Okta Partner on Secure Connections for Open Finance
Security & Fraud // February 15, 2023

Plaid and Okta have partnered to help financial institutions offer open finance more securely. By combining Plaid’s data network that connects financial accounts to apps and services with Okta’s identity solutions that enable secure access, the collaboration will make it easier for financial institutions to...

LatAm Open Finance Platform Syncfy Raises $10M in Seed Round
Investments // December 11, 2022

Latin American open finance firm Syncfy has raised $10 million to broaden its customer base. The funding — a seed round led by Point72 Ventures — comes amid a boom in the use of digital payments in Latin America. “The positive response we’ve received from...

Interviews & Exclusives
FinTechs Throw API Lifelines to Banks to Meet Commercial Client Needs

February 14, 2022
Commercial financial institutions (FIs) have come to rely on flexible digital banking as closures and social distancing accelerated existing trends. Sixty percent of decision-makers at FIs in the United Kingdom say their organizations have incorporated at least one new digital technology in the past year, for example. Across the industry and the globe, embedded finance […]

Quick Reads
TerraPay and Fabrick Team to Further European Cross-Border Payments

October 08, 2024
Italy-based open finance company Fabrick has launched a collaboration with money movement firm TerraPay. Initially focused on Fabrick’s home country, the partnership gives businesses access to a platform to help them streamline payment processes, lower operational costs and make sure they’re complying with regulators, the companies said in a  Tuesday (Oct. 8) news release. “It represents a significant milestone […]

Dwolla Expands Platform With Open Finance Integrations

October 30, 2023
Dwolla, an account-to-account payment services provider, has expanded its Dwolla Connect solution by integrating it with the open finance ecosystem.  This integration allows Dwolla Connect clients to securely transfer open finance...

Plaid Appoints Former Visa SVP Cecilia Frew as Head of Open Finance

August 25, 2023
Plaid has appointed payments and financial services executive Cecilia Frew as head of open finance. “In this role, Cecilia is responsible for overseeing Plaid’s evolving and dynamic relationships with financial institutions as we...

Plaid and Okta Partner on Secure Connections for Open Finance

February 15, 2023
Plaid and Okta have partnered to help financial institutions offer open finance more securely. By combining Plaid’s data network that connects financial accounts to apps and services with Okta’s identity...