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City of London fintech body names Ezechi Britton as first CEO

He will work with Charlotte Crosswell, incoming chair of the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology.

Speaker line-up for first Women in Open Banking meet-up revealed

The new initiative, in association with American Express, will hold its inaugural gathering for members in March.

Moov Financial raises $45m in Series B round led by Commerce Ventures

The payment platform will use the proceeds to ‘refine’ and scale its platform, and grow payments use cases.

Open Banking Exchange hires Lauren Jones to global team

Jones, who is the former head of standards at Pay.UK, joins in the role of director, market development.

David Beardmore joins Raidiam from UK’s OBIE

Beardmore said he joins Raidiam as ecosystems development director “at a critical time” in the development of Open Data initiatives globally.

Ozone API appoints general manager for MENA

The Open API platform has also strengthened its security infrastructure with another senior hire.

Outgoing OBIE trustee calls for long-term vision for Smart Data ecosystem in the UK

Charlotte Crosswell made a number of recommendations for the future of Open Banking in the UK, in the ‘Trustee End of Implementation Roadmap Report’, including an end of June deadline for a new future entity.

BMW of North America chooses Stripe to power payments

The ‘BMW ConnectedDrive Store’ and the ‘My BMW App’ payments will run on Stripe.

TransUnion makes strategic investment in Bud

The new partnership will help TransUnion grow its Open Banking offering and will see TransUnion’s UK CEO join Bud’s board.

New Unbanx app gives consumers ownership of personal banking data

Irish fintech Unbanx has launched a free app that allows consumers to own, control and earn rewards from their personal banking data, using Open Banking.