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Open Banking Expo Unplugged is a series of easy listening podcasts brought to you by the team behind Open Banking Expo Magazine. Digital knows no boundaries, with each episode winging its way to you on all things Open Banking, Open Finance and broader digital transformation within financial services from across the globe.Unplugged will bring you one-on-one interviews and carefully curated industry panels with thought leaders and digital disruptors working hard to bring about change in the digital financial services market.
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Key Open Banking takeaways from Canada’s Budget 2024
Brigit Carroll, policy lead, North America at Wise, returns to Open Banking Expo Unplugged to discuss the key announcements on consumer-driven banking from Finance Canada’s Budget 2024. She explains the importance of interoperability between Canada’s technical standard and the US, and reveals how expanding the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada’s remit will help to ensure continued momentum in the ecosystem. Finally, Brigit discusses the latest update from Payments Canada on Real-Time Rail.
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The global state of Open Finance
Ozone API’s co-chief executive officer Huw Davies and newly-appointed chair Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia join Ellie Duncan on Open Banking Expo Unplugged to discuss the global state of the Open Banking and Open Finance movement, from Latin America, to MENA and the UK. In light of Ozone API’s recent funding round, they reveal its plans for expansion into North America, and beyond, and Dame Jayne-Anne talks about her recent appointment as chair.
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How can the UK make the leap to Open Finance and beyond?
Open Banking Expo’s head of content Ellie Duncan is joined on this episode by Stephen Wright, head of regulation and standards, at NatWest’s Bank of APIs, and his colleague, business architect Nisha Rajasingham, as well as Nilixa Devlukia, chair of the Open Finance Association. The guests consider what is required for the UK to make the move from Open Banking to Open Finance, and what might be causing progress to stall. They also discuss Europe’s payment services regulation, and the outcomes from CFIT’s Open Finance Coalition.
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Can Open Banking and Real-Time Rail come together in Canada?
Open Banking Expo’s Ellie Duncan is joined by Brigit Carroll, policy lead, North America at Wise, to hear about the latest real-time payments developments in Canada. Brigit discusses the recent changes to the Payments Act, as well as what the ecosystem might expect from the Department of Finance’s Budget 2024 when it comes to RTR and Open Banking. She also explains how Canadian consumers and businesses can benefit from payments modernisation.
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Three milestones set to shape European payments in 2024
In this episode, Andrew Boyajian, vice president of product for payments and CX at Tink, identifies the three key milestones for European payments this year, starting with the main opportunities and challenges that European instant payment regulation is set to bring. Andrew also tells Ellie Duncan how the European Digital Identity Regulation, or eIDAS 2.0, will revolutionise payments. Do these regulations, together with the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme, herald an era of European payments harmonisation?
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What you need to know about Open Banking in the igaming industry
Stephen Winyard, director at Salt Edge, joins Open Banking Expo’s Ellie Duncan to discuss how Open Banking can address some of the challenges and pain points faced by the igaming industry. He explains the applications and use cases for Open Banking in this industry, including micro-transactions, duty of care, and fraud prevention. Stephen also reveals where there might be some untapped partnership potential.