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June 30 2019

Nigeria has signified a strong desire to become the first country in Africa and the second in EMEA—after Bahrain—to officially adopt an Open Banking standard, which defines how financial data is created, shared and accessed – a system which also...

June 23 2019

KPMG, a professional services company and one of the Big Four auditors in the world, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Open Technology Foundation (OTF), to promote a standard Application Programming Interface (API) for in the financial services sector...

June 4 2019

The Central Bank of Nigeria has prioritised Open Banking in the development of the Payment Systems Vision PSV 2030 as it considers the concept as one of the top global trends and new practices in payments that have been deployed...

March 19 2019

To chart a new course for the financial services industry in Nigeria and the African continent, Sterling Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s forward-looking financial institutions, has formally committed to the development of the Application Programming Interface (API) standard for financial...

December 28 2018

As moves to establish open banking API standards in Nigeria intensifies, PwC Nigeria, Heritage Bank, and Global Accelerex have joined the list of companies who are currently supporting Open Banking Nigeria (OBN). In separate announcements, the companies have pledged their...

August 2 2018

Mobile technology company, Africa’s Talking, has joined the league of technology companies partnering with Open Banking Nigeria in the development of Open APIs for the Nigerian financial industry. Africa’s Talking provides communication APIs for SMS, USSD, voice, etc. to help...

June 24 2018

As the effort to establish open banking API standards in Nigeria intensifies, Open Vector, one of the world’s most competent Open API consulting companies, has released a detailed report on Open Banking Nigeria. The report written by Open Vector for...

June 24 2018

Abstract This study, commissioned by open Banking Nigeria (OBN) analyses the current situation in Nigeria with respect to open banking and what might be learned from other open banking initiatives notably in the UK and Europe. The key finding is...

April 29 2018

As the banking system moves to deliver quality services to consumers in the 21st century driven by new technological advancements, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared its interest in Open Banking System which grants bank customers easy access...

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