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National Registers
A list of the National Registers of all European Markets, with links to each Register included.
EBA Fraud Discussion Paper – Analysis
This report is a summary and analysis for OBE Members of the EBA Fraud Discussion Paper based on close reading…
The Risk of Only Checking eIDAS Certificates
Despite its name, Open Banking does not make financial information widely accessible to anyone. Accessing banking information is only possible…
Global National Competent (NCA) Authority Codes List
This publication focuses on the regulatory-driven markets, all of which have approved competent authorities that authorise and supervise market players.
Beyond Open Banking: The Berlin Group Open Finance Consultations
With open finance hotly discussed, one of the prominent areas of activity is the Berlin Group’s Open Finance workstream.
Delivering Corporate APIs as part of Open Finance
This article looks at corporate APIs from the perspective of increasing market demand, and frustration around what is available, and…
Open Banking Exchange Europe Notes on the EBA Obstacles to PSD2
Our notes on the topic cover authentication procedures, mandatory redirection, multiple SCAs, re-authentication, account selection, and more.
Open Finance: Who has the right to access Application Programming Interfaces?
Open Finance is generating a wave of innovation and investment while providing fundamental changes to how financial products and services…
The Challenges and Best Practices of eIDAS Renewal
Many eIDAS certificates are reaching their 2-year term of expiring, this creates a problem for TPPs and banks. This article…
From Open Banking to Open Finance
Open Finance is a trending topic around the world. For the past two years, Europe has talked about Open Banking…
Updated PSD2 Certificate Standard, Ready for Open Finance
There are three Open Finance cases where there are demands for certificates that are standardised but where PSD2 compliancy is…
Open Banking Enabled Services
Open Banking Enabled Services are the services offered to End Users which rely fully or partially on Open Banking.
Delivering Brexit: New Year Changes to the European & UK Open Banking Environments
At midnight on New Year’s day 2020 UK banks, payment institutions and electronic money institutions lost their right to offer…
Chaos or Continuity? To Revoke or Not to Revoke PSD2 eIDAS Certificates during Brexit Cutover
The EBA has stated that following Brexit, eIDAS certificates will be revoked. If true, this will cause problems for UK-to-UK…
The Impact of Brexit on European Open Banking
What happens to PSD2 requirements on Access to Account when the UK leaves the EU?
EBA Opinion on Obstacles Under Article 32(3) of the RTS on SCA and CSC
Directive (EU) 2015/2366 on payment services in the internal market (PSD2) requires Member States to ensure that customers have the…
OBE Europe Supplementary Comments for eIDAS Review
Over the last few years, OBE has worked with QTSPs, financial institutions and solution providers to ensure the smooth operation…
Open Banking Exchange Europe Supplementary Comments for eIDAS Review
From our experience with facilitating secure communications supported by qualified certificates, we wish to highlight several points for eIDAS review.
PSD2 APIs and Payload Signing – Towards a European Security Profile
This article describes a problem that emerged with the PSD2 APIs, and covers the work that Open Banking Exchange Europe…
EBA Publication of NCA Abbreviations for Inclusion in eIDAS Certificates for PSD2
At the end of July 2019, the EBA officially published a standardised list of the names of the competent authorities.
How Many TPPs in Europe?
A few weeks before PSD2 Access to Account comes into force people are asking how many TPPs there actually are,…
PSD2: To Delay or Not to Delay? That is the Question
The TPP community is increasingly pushing for a delay to the regulatory deadline of 14th September 2019.
PSD2 Access to Account. Are We Nearly There Yet?
As any parent with young children knows, the favourite question on a road trip is “Are we nearly there yet?”…
PSD2 XS2A: Granting Access, Certificates and Registers
This post covers what is required when it comes to granting access, certificates and registers, in particular the checks and…
PSD2 & Open Banking Exchange Europe: Navigating into 2018
As we start a new year, and as PSD2 comes into effect, I wanted to give you a short message…
Update on PSD2 – Introducing Open Banking Exchange Europe
This post covers a general update on PSD2, along with a bit of background on the Open Banking Exchange initiative,…
PSD2 XS2A State of Play
Keeping up with the various discussions can be a full-time job, this article tries to give a snapshot of the…
What are Open, Interoperable API’s for PSD2?
This post looks at the PSD2 text and then digs into what I think is meant by the words “API”,…
Scheming about Standards for PSD2 Access to Account
This article covers the increasing number of conferences, where the impact of PSD2 has been discussed. At the same time,…