Open Banking Exchange

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On Tuesday 21 March, OBE held a Public Webinar to discuss Open Finance in the Middle East & North Africa Region, along with guest speakers from the IFC, Accenture, J.P. Morgan and Tarabut Gateway.

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Building Open Ecosystems

Together

Experts in understanding and building standards and frameworks, Open Banking Exchange (OBE) provides subject matter expertise and advisory services to enable open banking and open finance globally.

About Us

Impartial Strategic Advice

Our consultancy and advisory team work with central banks, regulatory authorities and scheme managers to help build market infrastructure development and operations.

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Trusted Networks and Relationships

Our expertise in managing cross-industry, multi-stakeholder working groups, comes to life through our community led OBE Membership Programme.

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Our
Approach

OBE helps regulators, self-regulated organisations (SROs) and national communities implement effective and interoperable open solutions based on jurisdiction neutral technology frameworks.

Our collaborative environment, enables market players to come together, exchange experiences and solve problems via guidance, standards and tools, turning vision into operational reality.

Unparalleled Industry knowledge & proven Track Record

OBE builds upon experiences gained and lessons learnt, enabling open and secure ecosystems to be developed across the globe.

Trusted

OBE leverages the wealth of experience and past achievements of Open Banking Europe.

Impartial

OBE maintains a neutral position in the market via trusted networks and relationships across the globe.

Market Experts

Experience working with central banks and regulatory authorities in the context of market infrastructure development and operations.

Community Led

Proven expertise in managing cross-industry, multi-stakeholder working groups with design decisions made with stakeholder agreement.

What Sets us apart

Deep understanding of the open banking and open finance global landscape.

Proven track record in guiding nations to adopt various open finance standards and best practices.

Unparalleled industry knowledge and consultancy expertise.

Community of 500+ partners and customers.

Well-placed to advise governments on how to create a successful open banking blueprint.

Passion to help people by increasing competition in the financial sector and promoting financial.

Why We
Are Trusted

“Participating in the OBE initiative not only contributes to solving a substantial element of PSD2, but also has been beneficial on clarification of many related topics of this regulation.”

Raiffeisen Bank

“Open banking has created an innovation engine for next-generation financial experiences. We're excited to be at the forefront of this innovation and join Open Banking Exchange to help build understanding of how open banking can help empower more consumers and businesses around the world.”

Mastercard

“Participating as a QTSP Member in the OBE initiative gives us access to important information and resources for us to provide PSD2 certificates required to enable the vision of PSD2.”

Buypass

“OBE plays an important role in facilitating networking between financial entities and certification service providers. We value the way the initiative accommodates the needs of banks and intermediaries with a range of quality certification services, within a secure context.”

Arubapec

“OBE provides us with an overview of PSD2 issues from a variety of perspectives, ranging from QTSPs through NCAs to PSPs and other interested parties. Together, we can quickly respond to the challenges posed by new market and regulatory demands, which include new updates to standards and achieving required compliance and interoperability.”

Fina

“OBE the initiative of bringing together PSPs and QTSPs has been fundamental for the takeoff of open banking under PSD2. Multicert proudly endorses the OBE programme as a way to move forward with the business, technical and compliance challenges of PSD2 at industry level.”

Multicert

“Microsec, as a QTSP, is dedicated to contributing to the security and trust in electronic transactions across Europe, through our high-quality PKI solutions, qualified trust services and our active participation in standardisation (as a full member of ETSI) and industry forums. Through the OBE initiative, we can support the success of PSD2 with our eIDAS-related expertise and proactive problem-solving attitude.”

Microsec

“The OBE initiative fills in important pieces in the PSD2 puzzle, highly appreciated by EVRY.”

EVRY

“Managing the risks of unauthorised access is key for the banks in the post-PSD2 era. Through our partnership with OBE, Crosskey can offer premium risk mitigation services to the customers of our Open Banking platform.”

Crosskey

“OBE has identified and successfully initiated workaround required infrastructure for PSD2 that will benefit all European payment service providers including SEB.”

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

“The OBE initiative is a great way of solving common challenges in a harmonised PSD2 ecosystem.”

DNB

Public Webinar: Open Finance in the Middle East & North Africa Region

21 March 2023

This public webinar explored what makes the MENA region a powerhouse of rapid innovation, how open banking has powered economic diversification and how the region has learned from the pitfalls of its open banking predecessors. You can now watch this webinar on demand.

Public Webinar: Rolling out Open Finance Around the World – Challenges & Solutions

11 October 2022

Open finance has the potential to expand access to financial services driving innovation and broader