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The FCA’s Open Finance Roadmap Is Really Promising, but the UK Has Ground to Make Up
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.
Global Interoperability in Open Finance: 18 Months On
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…
Chris Michael
What is Open Banking? The Complete Guide for 2026
Open banking facilitates the secure sharing of financial data. Read our comprehensive guide to learn everything Open Banking.
Colombia’s Open Finance Just Became Mandatory: What Decree 0368 Means for Banks
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.
Fabio Caldeira
Canada’s Consumer-Driven Banking Act Is Now Law: What It Means, What’s Still Missing, and What Banks Should Do Next
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.
Eyal Sivan
“Once It Really Takes Off, It’ll Be Unstoppable”: Why the U.S. Open Banking Market Is on the Brink
The U.S. open banking market has always moved on its own terms. But with JP Morgan now charging for API access, the commercial conversation has changed. Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, Ex-CEO of Virgin Money, joins Huw Davies to discuss data ownership, fairness, and why the U.S. won’t stay in its holding pattern much longer.
Shannon Bellringer
The Great Inversion: Why Your Customer is Now the CEO of Their Own Financial Ecosystem
The traditional banking model is dead. Today’s customers are CEOs of their own financial lives, assembling best-of-breed services through open finance. Banks face a critical choice: become a compliance-only utility and lose the customer interface, or build smart API strategies that make them indispensable components in customer-managed financial stacks.
Fabio Caldeira
10 Middle East & Africa Fintech Events You Should Know About in 2026
Discover the 10 must-attend open banking and fintech events across the Middle East and Africa in 2026. From Dubai Fintech Summit to Money 20/20 Middle East, find out where the region’s banks, regulators, and fintech leaders are gathering to shape the future of financial services.
Shannon Bellringer
The Anatomy of a Thriving Open Banking Ecosystem
If you’ve ever tried to explain how open banking works in Brazil to a regulator in Saudi Arabia, or map UK Open Banking terminology to Australia’s CDR framework, you know the problem: every market speaks a different language. So we built a solution: a visual map of the global open finance ecosystem that captures participants, roles, regulations, and standards across six continents in one accessible reference tool.
Robyn Winstanley
