Canadian Finance News
Fintech Startups

Open Banking Boon

June 20, 2021

Gary Schwartz

In the four years since Britain introduced #openbanking, the island nation has been the beneficiary of near half of all global FinTech investment.

“It wasn’t because there was political stability or a low-cost taxes, it was because there was certainty around the regulatory regime,” says my colleague Steven Boms, head of FDATA North America

Yes, certain data can be accessed in Canada but there is no framework to facilitate or nurture this process. There is no regime to allow for the safe and fluid movement of data. Without a clear structure and mandate, data innovation is squeezed between incumbent banks and data leviathans such as Amazon, Shopify and eBay (that have access to data through their large merchant communities.)

Open Banking allows for a dynamic marketplace and facilitates www.thefutureoflending.com .

CLA Membership

Never miss a finance update - become a CLA member.

One membership, two audiences: lenders get peer roundtables and verified standing, approved vendors get direct access to the network buying their services — both get policy advocacy that moves the industry forward.

Become a Member