Download Open Banking October Highlights (PDF) 188 regulated providers made up of 123 third party providers and 65 account providers, with 58 regulated entities that have at least one proposition live with customers. Commenting on the October highlights for Open Banking, Trustee of the OBIE, Imran Gulamhuseinwala OBE said: “It is great to see so many more third-party providers using Open Banking technology month on month, enabling SMEs and consumers to manage their finances more flexibly. Another encouraging development is the number of partnerships being created between newer and more established entities on the financial services landscape – the potential benefits of Open Banking for start-up businesses are myriad and now is an exciting time for younger businesses to begin harnessing the technology.” New Open Banking entities live with customers: American Express Payment, Services Limited, BudgetBakers s.r.o, Circit Limited, Tandem Bank Limited, Xero (UK) Limited Did you see? 4 November: The OBIE published the latest API metrics showing progress on how the banks are performing 31 October: Since the third version of the Open Banking Standard was launched in September 2018, the OBIE has seen a significant improvement in journey completion rates 25 September: Digital transactions, payments and fintech news outlet The Paypers launched the Open Banking Report 2019 Powered by Open Banking Skipton Building Society to use Experian open banking for mortgage applications Accounting app Coconut taps Open Banking APIs to automate bookkeeping Revolut launches first Open Banking foray with a new partnership with Intuit QuickBooks accounting platform Information correct as at 31 October 2019. Produced by Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE). – – – ENDS – – – For further information, please contact: press@openbanking.org.uk About Us Open Banking is a new, secure way for customers to take control of their financial data and share it with organisations other than their banks. Open Banking has the power to revolutionise the way we move, manage and make more of our money. For businesses, it is about making the management of cashflow and receiving payments cheaper and easier. Open Banking will make things simpler, faster and more convenient. Open Banking follows the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation into the supply of personal current accounts (PCAs) and of banking services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Open Banking was created to enable innovation, transparency and competition in UK financial services. It is tasked with delivering the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), data structures and security architectures that will enable developers to harness technology, making it easy and safe for individuals and SMEs to share the financial information held by their banks with third parties. Open Banking will bring substantial benefits. It gives customers and SMEs greater market choice and greater control over their money and associated data, along with better and easier access to new financial services providers in a secure environment. Notes to Editors: 1. Open Banking Ltd was set up by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) in September 2016 to fulfil one of the remedies mandated by the CMA following an investigation into UK retail banking. 2. The CMA’s investigation into the retail banking market (whose findings were published in August 2016) concluded that older and larger banks do not compete hard enough for customers’ business and that Open Banking should deliver a new, secure option for customers to be able to compare the deal they are getting from their bank. 3. Open Banking was created to enable innovation, transparency and competition to UK financial services. It is tasked with delivering the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), data structures and security architectures that will make it easy and safe for customers to share their financial records by January 2018. 4. The data provided by Open Banking will enable developers to harness technology that allows individuals and businesses to share their financial records held by their banks with third parties. 5. Open Banking is a private body; its governance, composition and budget was determined by the CMA. It is funded by the UK’s nine largest current account providers and overseen by the CMA, the Financial Conduct Authority and Her Majesty’s Treasury. 6. The 9 mandated institutions (referred to as the CMA9) are: Barclays plc, Lloyds Banking Group plc, Santander, Danske, HSBC, RBS, Bank of Ireland, Nationwide and AIBG.