The first half of 2026 has been busy; Colombia made open finance mandatory, Saudi Arabia issued its first commercial open banking licences, the UAE completed one of the most ambitious cross-border open finance experiments in the world, UKPI launched what it calls the first new UK payment scheme since 2008, and in Brussels, a decade-long…
The UAE built a fully operational national Open Finance API Hub in 12 months. The UK took nearly five years. Brazil took almost three. This guide examines the six building blocks, coalition model, and realistic delivery timeline that made that speed possible, and what regulators and central banks need to get right to do the same.
The FCA has published its Open Finance Roadmap, with key milestones beginning this year and a 2030 horizon. Banks, lenders, and fintechs face a significantly wider scope than open banking, with real commercial opportunity for those who prepare early. Here is what the roadmap says and what it means for your business.
The FCA has published its Open Finance Roadmap with specific milestones, credible use cases, and an honest acknowledgement that the UK is catching up, not leading. We break down what the plan gets right, where the real risks are, and what regulators worldwide should take from it.
At FDX Global Summit 2026, one theme dominated: banks are already moving on digital assets, but open finance doesn’t support them yet. Ozone API’s Co-Founder and CEO Chris Michael shares what it will take to close that gap, from solvable technical challenges to the case for global standards over market-by-market patchwork.
In September 2024, I published Global Interoperability, making the case that open finance would only deliver on its promise if the underlying plumbing was standardised globally, not just market by market. Eighteen months later, the landscape has changed considerably. More markets. More data. More urgency. Three arguments from that piece have aged particularly well, and…
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On April 7, 2026, Colombia formally mandated Open Finance participation for all supervised financial entities via Decree 0368. This article breaks down what the decree requires, what makes its consent and cost recovery models distinctive, and what financial institutions should be doing right now to stay ahead of the implementation timeline.
Canada’s Consumer-Driven Banking Act received Royal Assent on March 26th. Eyal Sivan, GM for North America at Ozone API and host of the Mr. Open Banking podcast, breaks down what the legislation actually settles, where Canada sits relative to other markets, and what banks and credit unions should be doing right now.