It’s no secret that I’m a strong believer in open banking and open finance. Lately, forum after forum, the conversation keeps circling the same tension: a huge gap in access to credit on one side, and the fear of a default-driven bubble on the other. And I keep coming back to the same question: what…
Open banking revenue models are the commercial frameworks banks use to generate income from their open banking infrastructure, beyond the regulated minimum of free API access for licensed third parties. Regulation sets the foundation. What a bank builds above that base, and how it prices it, is what determines whether open banking becomes a cost…
Los bancos argentinos llevaban tiempo esperando saber qué les exigiría concretamente el esquema de Finanzas Abiertas (Open Finance). Esa espera concluyó con la emisión del Decreto 353/2025 en mayo de 2025. En la práctica, este decreto ubica a la Argentina en la misma senda regulatoria que los regímenes de Open Banking a nivel internacional. Aunque…
The Next Phase of KSA Open Banking Under the leadership of the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continues to advance its Open Banking Framework as a core component of Vision 2030’s digital transformation agenda. Following the rollout of Account Information Services (AIS), the market is entering its next critical evolution: Payment…
Canada does not need to guess how consumer-directed finance plays out. It can watch. That is the country’s genuine advantage as it builds its Consumer-Driven Banking framework: every other major open banking market has already run the experiment, and each has left a different lesson Canada can improve on. The UK took over six years…
An Ozone API & Finerio Connect Article Ask three regulators to build the same thing, in the same region, in the same decade, and you get three different roads. Chile, Colombia, and Peru are all building toward Open Finance. None of them are doing it the same way, and none of them are on the…
An Ozone API & Finerio Connect Article The shift in Colombia’s regulatory framework from an optional model to a mandatory requirement was paramount in setting clear, unified expectations across the entire financial ecosystem. With Open Finance officially backed by law since April 2026, the market’s focus has now turned to the critical transition from legal…
An Ozone API & Finerio Connect Article Most Open Finance debates in Latin America still centre on what the rules will say, but not Chile. The Sistema de Finanzas Abiertas (SFA) is defined in law, its technical annex is published, and every deadline that matters is already counting down. What’s left isn’t interpretation, it’s execution….
An Ozone API & Finerio Connect Article Peru is a market in the region where the final rulebook hasn’t been shared yet, and that’s precisely what makes it different. Ozone API and Finerio Connect track Chile, Colombia, and Peru as three distinct paths to the same destination, and Peru has only recently finished allowing market…