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Open Banking Around the World: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why It Matters

Open Banking Excellence

When the UK’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, imposed its Retail Banking Market Investigation Order in 2017, it helped set the tone for the UK’s regulatory approach and lay the foundations for the market to grow. While the U.S. Take the UK, for example. That hasn’t really happened.

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Deep Dive: Mastercard’s Shift - From Plastic to Platforms

Finextra

In essence, it provides the rails and rules that allow money to move securely between parties worldwide. For instance, Mastercard acquired Vocalink in 2017 to enter the ACH and real-time payments space (today it directly participates in or powers multiple domestic bank transfer schemes). Please read our Privacy Policy.

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AI Becomes the Banker: 21 Case Studies Transforming Digital Banking CX

Finextra

Overall, about 78% of organizations worldwide report using some form of AI in at least one business function in 2024, a huge increase from just 20% in 2017. Market Impact: Banking Industry Leads in AI Adoption A McKinsey survey indicates that AI adoption is now mainstream across industries. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services.

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Balance, Alibaba team on BNPL for biz clients

Payments Dive

Published July 2, 2025 By Tatiana Walk-Morris post share post print email license An Alibaba Group sign is displayed at the its booth at CES 2017 on January 5, 2017 in Las Vegas. small and mid-sized merchants on the Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba, according to a Thursday press release.

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Deep Dive: Wise – Building a World of Money Without Borders

Finextra

It reached its first £1 billion transferred (cumulative) in 2014, and by 2017 was profitable with over £1 billion being moved every month through its platform – a rarity in fintech. The concept resonated: by 2014, having raised a $58 million Series C to expand globally, TransferWise launched in the US and Australia.

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Payments regulation roadmap: Q3 2025​

The Payments Association

Willem Wellinghoff Chief compliance officer and UK chair, Ecommpay “The incoming FCA CASS/Safeguarding rules will require significant preparation from payment firms, with stricter audit obligations and a tighter compliance framework. However, other proposals, such as the end-state safeguarding rules, could throttle some business models.

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Deep Dive: How Shift4 Is Building a Global Commerce Platform

Finextra

A major turning point came in 2017: the company (briefly renamed Lighthouse Network) acquired a Las Vegas-based payment gateway called Shift4 Corporation , a veteran player in hotel and restaurant payments, and adopted the Shift4 name for the combined entity. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. Please read our Privacy Policy.