Open Banking Blog

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

August 26 2024

In Nigeria, the Open Banking Consent Management System (OBCMS) is the technological platform from which this consent is given. Uniquely, the OBCMS uses the Bank Verification Number (BVN) to verify end-user identities when they grant consent....

June 30 2024

The OBN team answers some of the most popularly asked questions about Open Banking in Nigeria...

May 2 2024

Hello Nigeria! - Rolling out Open Banking Capabilities (A KPMG Article)...

October 11 2022

by Victor Aboh Have you ever thought to yourself, “if only I could get this piece of data from a certain financial institution, I would make an application that solves a pressing customer issue”? Then, Open banking is here for...

November 2 2019

By Khadijah Abu and Yvonne-Faith Elaigwu Introduction Traditionally, most financial products and services were designed without consulting customers or truly understanding their peculiar needs. Product designs and features were rather focused on what technology can do – highlighting new features...

September 29 2019

The Paypers has launched Open Banking Report 2019, which strives to offer the freshest and most robust insights into the global Open Banking landscape. The 2019 report clarifies the role of key key-players in a post-September 14th world and assesses...

September 21 2019

Introduction Open banking is the outcome of direct and indirect push from change drivers such as technology, competition, customer expectations & preferences, and regulation in the financial services ecosystem. Redefining banking and other financial services, the open model provides a...

August 18 2019

Interswitch, Africa’s largest integrated digital payments and financial technology firm, and pioneer mobile payments firm, Paga have joined other forward-thinking stakeholders in Nigeria’s financial services industry to adopt Open Banking and champion its advocacy in Nigeria with the aim of...

July 27 2019

Ernst & Young (EY), a global professional services firm, has finalised arrangements with Open Banking Nigeria to develop and advocate for a standard Application Programming Interface (API) for the country’s financial services industry. The partnership will, in addition, transform the...

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...

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