Open Banking Blog

Stories, insights, and advice that will transform banking and finance for good

April 29 2025

The point is: Open Finance makes financial services smarter, more personalised, and a lot more useful....

March 25 2025

Every year, businesses lose billions to a problem that shouldn’t exist.  Customers don’t cancel their subscriptions, their payments do. A card expires. A bank flags a transaction as fraud. A Direct Debit fails because there aren’t enough funds that day....

March 21 2025

At the center of the open banking shift is the API standard, which dictates how institutions should share data in a structured and secure way....

February 28 2025

John needs to sign up for a new budgeting app. Instead of creating yet another password, he sees an option to log in with Google. He clicks it, Google verifies his identity, and within seconds, he has access. No new...

January 31 2025

In a nation where over 41 million Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) contribute nearly half of the GDP, it’s perplexing that less than 11% have access to formal credit. In 2016, the Central Bank of Nigeria established the National Collateral Registry to enhance...

January 2 2025

Nigeria’s digital payment ecosystem is at a crossroads. While digital payment adoption is growing, with over 60% of the population engaging in online transactions, many Nigerians still face persistent barriers: transaction failures, delays in receiving one-time passwords (OTPs), and security...

December 31 2024

Imagine a world where access to credit isn’t just a privilege for the fortunate few but a foundational layer of everyday life—like clean water or electricity. Now, hold that thought and ask yourself: why is it that in a country...

November 30 2024

While countries around the world are adopting open banking in their unique ways, the UK and the US stand out as leaders with very different approaches....

November 30 2024

One could say NIBSS was built for this pivotal moment in Nigeria’s financial history. Back in 1993, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bankers’ Committee brought in NIBSS to solve a massive problem—Nigerian banks couldn’t talk to each other....

November 29 2024

Most business owners in Nigeria are sitting on opportunities they don’t even know exist. While everyone is busy talking about “scaling up” or finding the next big import deal, there’s a quiet revolution happening right under our noses—open banking.  The...

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