Tag Archives: Adedeji Olowe

  • Open Banking Explained in 60 seconds

    If you were asked to explain the concept of Open Banking, how would you describe it in less than a minute? Watch Open Banking Nigeria Trustee, Adedeji Olowe, in 60 seconds simplify the term and why it has been important to drive and establish Open Banking standards in the last 5 years. Watch the video …

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  • The Paypers releases the Open Banking Report 2019

    The Paypers has launched Open Banking Report 2019, which strives to offer the freshest and most robust insights into the global Open Banking landscape. The 2019 report clarifies the role of key key-players in a post-September 14th world and assesses how the landscape has shifted within Europe and beyond, highlighting trends that should shape the …

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  • Nigeria to Pioneer Open Banking in Africa, Joins the UK, Others

    Nigeria has signified a strong desire to become the first country in Africa and the second in EMEA—after Bahrain—to officially adopt an Open Banking standard, which defines how financial data is created, shared and accessed – a system which also provides users with a network of financial institutions’ data through the use of a standard …

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  • PwC Nigeria, Heritage Bank, and Global Accelerex join Open Banking Nigeria

    As moves to establish open banking API standards in Nigeria intensifies, PwC Nigeria, Heritage Bank, and Global Accelerex have joined the list of companies who are currently supporting Open Banking Nigeria (OBN). In separate announcements, the companies have pledged their support towards the adoption of Open Banking Application Programming Interface (API) standards for the transformation …

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  • CBN to embrace Open Banking System

    As the banking system moves to deliver quality services to consumers in the 21st century driven by new technological advancements, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared its interest in Open Banking System which grants bank customers easy access to their data and opening the financial system to applications and other services. This was …

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  • Open Vector partners with Open Banking Nigeria

    As part of a global alliance, Open Banking Nigeria has entered a strategic alliance with Open Vector to jointly develop the Open Banking Nigeria API standards. Open Vector is a strategic change advisory firm specializing in providing Open Banking consulting and implementation services to senior and C-level banking executives worldwide. Speaking on the partnership, Ope …

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  • Open Banking Nigeria: Transforming Payments in Nigeria with Open APIs

    by Adedeji Olowe This is the email that birthed Open Banking Nigeria; just 2 minutes to midnight on June 1, 2017. Sent to those unfortunate to be my friends and so, are subject to never-ending streams of half-baked ideas and utter madness. It’s a very long read, be warned! **************************************** Good evening everyone, At one …

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  • Open Banking Nigeria: Organisation officially launches API Standards with Banks and Fintechs

    The concept of Open Banking has been gathering waves over the years but reached a watershed with the pronouncement of the PSD2. Beyond Europe, countries such as Australia, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, and Nigeria are at various stages of review, design or implementation of Open Banking. Open Banking is an initiative designed to enhance and …

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