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  • user 3:35 am on June 22, 2018 Permalink | Reply
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    Open Banking framework comes to Australia 

    Countries across the world are gradually following in the footsteps of in the UK and PSD2 in the EU, given the vast future potential offered by these schemes. In , the federal government has agreed to implement the recommendations made by the Open Banking Review team chaired by Scott Farrell, for the regulatory under which an Open Banking regime would operate. And initially, the four major in Australia have been mandated to make banking data available to TPPs (third-party providers) by June 2019.

    It is designed to give customers more control over their information, leading to more choice in their banking and more convenience in managing their money—thus resulting in more confidence in the use and value of an asset mostly undiscovered by customers: their data.

    One could consider the UK’s Open Banking technical specification as an example approach. Specific API design principles—such as redirect-based authorization and authentication flow—have been taken as the starting point for setting data transfer and authentication standards in Australia, though these would be adopted only with appropriate considerations.

    Highlights of Australia’s Open API framework

    • The scope of data that must be shared by data holders includes customer-provided data, transaction data and product data (e.g., fees and charges).
    • Value-added customer data or aggregated data sets are not required to be shared.
    • The product range included in the scope is very broad across a large range of deposit and lending products for both retail and business customer segments.
    • Data transfer would be completely free of charge.
    • The data recipient can rely on the outcome of an identity verification assessment performed on the customer by data holders.
    • Tiered accreditation system for data holders and data recipients will be based on the risk of data sets and participants—and with regards to existing license regimes for accreditation—would reduce costs for many participants.
    • Multifactor authentication is considered a reasonable security measure. Any authentication measure adopted should be consistent with authentication requirements in direct interaction between the data holders and their customers.
    • Screen-scraping is not restricted, but the alternative access mechanisms will be made very efficient, which will make screen-scraping redundant.

    Contrary to PSD2 and UK Open Banking, Open Banking in Australia is part of the Consumer Data Right. The CDR will give consumers greater power to control their data—and banking is the first sector in which it will be applied. So, the focus of all the developments is to form a single, broader framework which is interoperable across sectors apart from banking. The Farrell Review has given special consideration to how Open Banking is going to work with existing laws and systems such as the Privacy Act, Competition and Consumer Act 2010, and Anti-Money Laundering law to avoid any uncertainty and ambiguity.

    Other differences include&;

    • Australia’s Open Banking use cases are limited in terms of functionality, as it allows only read access, which limits payments initiation/write-access functionality—unlike UK Open Banking and PSD2, where it is allowed. However, in terms of accounts in scope, Australia includes more accounts (such as lending accounts) while these are not included in UK and PSD2. These are differences in the scope of the use cases:

    • Introduction of Australia Open Banking is divided into phases, starting with four major Australian banks at the outset and the remaining Australian Deposit-taking Institutions (ADIs) to comply within the following year—unless the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) determines a later date for them. In this way, ADIs will be able to benefit from lessons learned through earlier phases. The UK’s Open Banking implementation is not divided and is open to competition for all nine major UK banks from the very beginning. PSD2 is applicable to all banks in the EU that offer online-accessible payment accounts.
    • Australia’s Open Banking framework recommends standardizing APIs for data transfer similar to UK’s framework, while PSD2 leaves it to banks to decide what kind of interface they want to use. For PSD2, initiatives such as the Berlin Group’s NextGenPSD2 aim to close this gap.
    • In Australia, all Open Banking standards (transfer, data, security, and customers’ and participants’ experience) will be set by a Data Standards Body. This is comparable to the UK’s framework with the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE); while in PSD2, standards are not centralized and are comparatively fragmented.
    • In Australia, Open Banking will be supported by multiple regulator models by the ACCC (competition and consumer issues, standards setting), OAIC (privacy protection), ASIC, APRA and RBA and other sector-focused regulators (advice as required). UK is regulated by CMA (for the nine largest banks) with standards set by the UK Open Banking Implementation Entity and regulated by EU’s PSD2 (for all UK banks). In PSD2, National Competent Authorities (NCAs) regulate and control the banks in their national markets with regards to PSD2 compliance.
    • Due to various legal complexities, Australian customers will not have the right to request deletion of their personal information under the Privacy Act, while in UK Open Banking and PSD2, it will be allowed under GDPR implementation.
    • Under the Australian regulation, third parties that participate in Open Banking will also be obliged to share their customer data, which is different from PSD2 and UK Open Banking.

    Australia has taken a very structured approach in planning for Open Banking to work with existing regulations and incorporating lessons learned. It has also addressed considerations such as customer education, dispute resolution, the ACCC breach reporting obligation and post-implementation assessment to make Open Banking more effective in Australia.

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  • user 12:18 am on June 4, 2018 Permalink | Reply
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    People Prefer Bots to Humans When It Comes to Money Matters 

    How much would you discuss with Erica, Nomi or Eno? And no, those aren’t , but virtual assistants provided by some of the largest in North America. Artificial intelligence has become a hot topic, and even more so in relation to chatbots and virtual assistants. But just how comfortable is a customer speaking to [&;]
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  • user 12:18 pm on October 30, 2017 Permalink | Reply
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    Users Prefer PayPal Over Apple Pay When It Comes to Digital Wallets 

    wallet adoption is slowly on the rise, and payments provider seems to be the most popular choice for . Users of the PayPal digital wallet far extend users of its closest competition, Pay, according to a Market Force Banking Study released yesterday. The study, which polled about 6,500 banking customers in August [&;]
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  • user 12:18 am on July 1, 2017 Permalink | Reply
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    A SoFi Mortgage Comes with Avocado Toast (Seriously) 

    Millennials out there are often caught between two big decisions: do they buy a home, or do they keep buying sweet, delicious ? Luckily for the potential millennial homebuyer, lender has found a way to merge these two completely exclusive purchases: a SoFi now with avocado toast. —for the entire [&;]
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  • user 12:18 am on April 21, 2017 Permalink | Reply
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    Credit Comes to the Roboadvisory World with Wealthfront’s Loan Service 

    Getting a line of from a bank is so passe &; try a wealth management with a -advisor. Wealth management company Wealthfront has just released its new Portfolio Line of Credit, an offering that will allow clients to borrow funds based off of their investment accounts. The mobile-based service &8212; which marks the [&;]
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  • user 12:18 am on February 25, 2017 Permalink | Reply
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    New PFM App Hip Money Comes to Market 

    In the long list of startup finalists competing at South by Southwest 2017 hides a brand new personal finance management app. Hip – a new app by Hip Pocket – adapts the millennial habit of “swiping” to help them save and pay down debt through a mobile app. Nebraska-based softwareRead More
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  • user 12:18 pm on September 28, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    Fintech Unicorn pain as the public/private valuation inversion comes to an end 

    Image source # 6 on our Predictions for 2016:  The strange we saw in 2015, when private companies were valued higher (on paper at least) than public companies, will end in 2016. The headlines will refer to Unicorpses.  This is happening now. It is happening in private unlessRead More
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  • user 12:18 am on August 9, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    Institutional vs. Crowdfunding: Why Institutions Trump “The Crowd” When it Comes to Raising Growth Capital  

    I am a big proponent of . Unfortunately, equity crowdfunding is still experiencing the growing pains of a nascent industry. That does not mean the promise of crowdfunding as a better, more efficient means of formation remains unfulfilled. I am yet hopeful the future is bright, particularly when itRead More
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  • user 12:19 am on July 21, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    Regions to ‘Refresh’ Digital Offerings as Avant Comes Online 

    Financial Corp. is using its upcoming deployment as an opportunity to &;refresh&; its . The bank&;s CEO, Grayson Hall, said yesterday during the company&8217;s earnings call that the Avant loan application service will go live next month. The Regions-Avant partnership was announced last April. &8220;[W]e&8217;re in the process evenRead More
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  • user 4:32 pm on May 18, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    ‘Blockchain Revolution’ Comes to Wall Street at Nasdaq Event 

    The authors of “ ” spoke this morning about their latest published work at an hosted by .
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