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Volt bags $23.5m in Series A funding round

EQT Ventures led the fundraising, in which existing investors Augmentum Fintech and Fuel Ventures also participated.

Tink teams up with Germany’s Novalnet AG

Through the partnership Tink and Munich-based Novalnet AG will launch an Open Banking-enabled payments solution in the UK and Germany initially.

UK and Nordics ‘leading the way’ on Open Banking

A new report by Mastercard has concluded that the digital infrastructure of Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the UK means they are well placed for Open Banking compared to the rest of Europe.

BlackRock backs ex-Barclays CEO’s fintech

10x Future Technologies has raised $187 million in a Series C financing round co-led by funds managed by BlackRock and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

Credit Kudos unveils new decision engine

Assembly has been designed to help save lenders hours in manual underwriting and help them make faster lending decisions.

Vivid Money rolls out top-up feature with Yapily

The new Open Banking-enabled feature will be available in Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

Crypto investing platform closes $4.5m crowdfund

Change said that 50 private investors took part and that it will use the funding to expand into other markets in Europe and Asia.

Insight: Transforming access to SME finance

Chirag Shah, CEO of Nucleus Commercial Finance, writes about the potential for Open Banking to change the way SMEs access finance.

US fintechs, banks cite data security as biggest Open Banking challenge

A new study by Envestnet Yodlee found that 66% of financial services providers plan to launch Open Banking initiatives within the next 18 months, and phase out screen scraping.

BIS opens Innovation Hub in London

It is the fourth Innovation Hub Centre opened in the past two years, with plans to launch centres elsewhere in Europe and in Canada.