Current state of Open Banking in the UK There is increased momentum in consumer adoption of Open Banking year on year: within the UK, the number of open banking users has surpassed 7 million for the first time, with 1.2 million of the 7 million active open banking users in the UK being first-time users. […]
In this video and the latest in our Fintech Feature series, listen to Ian Hogg talk about how FastPAYE are helping employers to support their employees’ financial wellbeing. We also discuss how FastPAYE are tackling the cost of living crisis, and how to use data insights and nudges to engage customers at the right time.
In this video, listen to Harry Weber-Brown CEO of TISA Digital explain the importance of Digital ID within the financial services and beyond.
Listen to Will Billingsley, Co-founder and CEO of ApTap, on how Woodhurst’s SHIFT Open Finance Community has acted as a vital sounding board when driving their personal financial management tool to market.
In this video, Luke Casey, Director and Co-Founder of Woodhurst gives a brief overview of how Woodhurst nurtures new technologies, through their Fintech Incubator initiative. Luke interviews Jim Fell, CEO and Founder of Credit Canary, an emerging fintech looking to solve loan delinquency through data layers, who explains how Woodhurst helped him with his initial […]
Remittances are forms of cross-border payment flows, which typically move from developed economies to emerging markets. As the lifeblood of millions of families worldwide, they are often a central form of support provided by migrants who recurringly send a portion of their finances earned from working abroad back to their home countries. In 2021 alone, […]
It’s not news that more and more banks are realising the value of partnering with fintechs, but as a fintech, how do you make sure you maximise your chance to prove your concept and ensure it really sticks? Preparing for a bank PoC can be difficult, not just from the perspective of the fintech, but […]
As Woodhurst’s latest intern, I had the privilege of attending the UN Global Compact debate on Nature vs Technology as part of their Climate Action Summit. Set in the Shard amongst the clouds, this fiery debate saw team ‘Nature-Based Solutions’ challenge novel ‘Green Technologies’ on which approach was the most effective solution for addressing climate […]
Can fintechs become the new champions of sustainability? Sustainability is no longer just a ‘buzzword’ for the millennials – it has ignited ESG conversations across multiple industries, most recently as financial service products diversify. Accessible through Open Banking, providers can obtain a customer’s transaction data and, using new product features typically known as carbon or […]
fena aims to democratise Open Banking access for payments and data with affordable and easy to integrate solutions. They offer data and payment connections to the Open Banking ecosystem with a suite of APIs, SDKs, plug’n’play extensions and apps, and build software solutions on top of Open Banking APIs. We spoke to Gosia Furmanik, the […]
