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AperiData and PayPoint Scale Transformative Open Banking Powered Debt Advice Platform
Citizens Advice is one of the most valued organisations in the UK. It offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free to anyone – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. In 2022-23, it supported 457,000 people face-to-face nationally, more than double the previous year. Amid economic disruption and the soaring cost of living over the past few years, the charity has been facing exponential demand for its services.
AperiData and PayPoint Roll Out Award-Winning Open Banking Solution to Citizens Advice Bureaus Across the UK
AperiData, the real-time credit reference agency and Open Banking platform, today announces that together with its partner PayPoint, it is now streamlining debt advice support for Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Cambridge.
CFIT Forms Industry Coalition - ‘Fighting Economic Crime Through Enhanced Verification’
A new industry coalition will be formed to fight economic crime through enhanced verification, the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) has announced today. The coalition will bring together experts from a broad range of fields including finance, technology, policy, academia and others, to devise solutions for detecting fraud, protecting SMEs and bolstering defences against crime such as Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud.
CFIT Launches Open Finance Initiatives for Consumer, SME Benefit
Today, CFIT has announced two trial initiatives, following key recommendations set out in its Open Finance Blueprint Report and building on the ‘proofs of concept’ developed by its industry-wide coalition. These will provide better financial outcomes for vulnerable consumers and make access to finance quicker and easier for SMEs that are facing a £22bn funding gap.
CFIT to chair industry-led Open Finance Taskforce announced by UK Government
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Bim Afolami MP, has announced a new industry-led taskforce, to be chaired by the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT), that will endeavour to unlock the full potential of Open Finance. The taskforce will build on the foundational work done by CFIT’s industry-wide coalition on Open Finance, by providing recommendations to the UK Government on how financial data can be safely unlocked to improve SMEs’ access to credit.
Landmark CFIT Report Delivers Kalifa Review Recommendations on Open Finance
The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) today publishes a report setting out the full potential of Open Finance to deliver direct benefits for UK consumers and businesses. The findings show how better data-sharing can provide improved access to credit for companies and swifter, more effective financial advice for consumers.
Leveraging the opportunity of Open Finance
The UK's fintech sector may be world-leading, but it faces tough competition elsewhere. To maintain its competitive advantage, take the lead on global standards and open the door for UK firms to export and scale overseas, there is a critical need to continue to innovate. Open Finance represents one key battleground where the UK can seize first mover advantage.
Digital sandbox access announced at packed Newcastle FinTech North conference
The last couple of years have seen a lot of focus on regional Fintech growth across the UK. FinTech North have built a network that champions and celebrates fintech in the North of England. We’re talking Leeds, Manchester and of course, Newcastle, which is where I was last week (Thursday 20th July) for their annual conference.
CFIT starts to deliver on its Kalifa Review mandate
CFIT, the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology, today announced that its initial ‘Open Finance Coalition’ will demonstrate the power of leveraging financial data to deliver better financial outcomes to consumers and SMEs. It also announced the first coalition partners who have committed to progressing Open Finance in the UK, alongside the FCA regulatory support.
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