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Opening Doors for Open Banking in the GCC

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The emergence of Open Banking, a paradigm allowing consumers to consent to third parties to get access to financial data through standardised APIs, is playing a pivotal role in forging the future of finance worldwide. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the Open Banking phenomenon is evolving at a rapid pace, with certain countries embracing the imperative far more aggressively. As we analysed in our report published earlier this year in partnership with Spire, Open Banking in the GCC region has the potential to unlock a broader range of open finance use cases – personal finance management, payments initiation, wealth management, BNPL, and alternative credit scoring for consumers and automated accounting, payments acceptance, cash flow forecasting, alternative SME financing, and automated tax planning for MSMEs. GCC Regulators Drive Open Banking Initiatives in the RegionIn the GCC, regulators have been quick to acknowledge the potential of Open Banking to drastically transform traditional banking services in the region. The watchdogs have undertaken a structured approach by carefully examining the already existing legislative frameworks for Open Banking in the UK, Europe, Australia and parts of the world. The growth of FinTech ecosystems in the GCC has been a major driver behind the establishment […]

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