Blackbullion uses open banking to speed up student funding and support financial education

Financial education platform Blackbullion offers an open banking-powered money management app to help students in higher education get to grips with their finances.

It also uses open banking eligibility checks, powered by data firm Bud, to speed up student funding via its Funds Management System.

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Vodafone partners with Moneyhub on open banking assessment for affordable mobile tariff

Vodafone’s VOXI For Now tariff offers discounted data, calls and texts for people receiving government benefits.

The mobile provider uses Moneyhub’s open banking powered eligibility checker to quickly assess customer’s finances and speed up access to services.

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Charity CAFOD adopts open banking to secure a digital fundraising future

CAFOD is using Wonderful’s open banking platform to allow donors to make direct donations to its relief programmes, offering a cost-efficient way for supporters to contribute with minimal dilution of funds.

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OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS

OBL Trustee Marion King commented: “October saw the Government put data at the centre of its Budget, the Data Use and Access Bill introduced to the House of Lords, and an OBL meeting with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, who indicated that the Data Bill is on track to pass before summer, next year.

These things combined give a clear signal of the direction of travel that the ecosystem needs, so it can innovate and invest with certainty. It also demonstrates a strong commitment to furthering the UK’s leadership in data innovation and regulatory frameworks, built on its approach to open banking.”

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OPEN BANKING – THE FUTURE OF FINANCE

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ECOSYSTEM

Find all the information and support your organisation needs to create personalised open banking-enabled services.

Account Providers

Forge links to a busy community of fintechs and other innovative firms – collaborating to deliver new value-adds, tailored to customers’ financial needs via their bank transaction data.

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Fintechs (TPPs)

Build your proposition with access to the expertise and tools of a world-leading open banking ecosystem – plus a Directory of participants which are ready to embrace your offering.

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Technical service providers

From security standards to support services, open banking gives you trusted credentials.

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Regulatory

Information and guides to help you navigate the world of open banking regulation, from the CMA order to PSD2 and beyond.

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OctoberAPI performance

99.64%

Average API Availability

350ms

Average API Response Time

99.54%

Successful API Calls (%)

99.83%

Average API availability – weighted

1747.3m

Successful API Calls Actual

0.46%

Failed API Calls

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BENEFITS

Explore the many practical ways that open banking can help you take control of your finances.

Consumers

Open banking is a secure way to help you understand your day-to-day finances, find cost-effective lending, and help tackle debt.

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Businesses

Open banking data and payments solutions can help businesses manage their finances, control cash flow and improve financial forecasting.

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