Ahead of Open Banking and API Melbourne we chat to Eduardo Martinez Barrios, Open Banking Product Head from Santander UK about:

• How they up-scaled their legacy systems to accommodate for open banking
• Overcoming the challenges they faced to ensure successful project delivery
• The value of open banking for businesses and their consumers

Ahead of Open Banking and API Melbourne we chat to George Lucas, CEO and Managing Director of Raiz Invest and Marcus Cann, CIO at MOGO about:

• The implications of open banking on the Australian finance sector
• Understanding data safety in an open banking world
• Staying competitive in the open banking market

Ahead of Open Banking and API Melbourne 2018, we share what four major banks on our agenda are doing to prepare for open banking including. Read the following article to learn more about how:

• BankVic are Ensuring Core Banking System and API compatibility
• Santander UK are Up Scaling Legacy Systems to Sustain API's and Micro Service Deployments
• AMP Bank are Overhauling Legacy Systems and Up Skilling their Data and Analytics Department
• Ubank are Developing New Platforms to Sustain the Open Banking Initiative

Ahead of the Open Banking Summit 2018 we chat to Google’s head of Customer Solutions & Innovation (APAC), Scott Thomson. Scott, who has worked with enterprises across Asia Pacific and the US to help them drive innovation and unlock value from data and machine learning for more than a decade, shares his insights into the technologies disrupting the financial services sector and delves into how banks can adapt and leverage these innovations to stay ahead of the competition.

Ahead of Open Banking and APIs Sydney 2019, we bring you a highlights reel from our fantastic Open Banking Sydney 2018 event. 

Ahead of the Open Banking Summit 2018 we chat to Ben Stokes, Head of Digital Experience and Engagement at CUA. In this article Ben chats to us about how CUA is focusing on the opportunities, not challenges, created by open banking that will allow them to optimise the member journey. 

Ahead of Australia’s first strategic Open Banking Summit 2018 we chat to Erik Fenna, Chief Information Officer at customer-owned P&N Bank, WA's largest locally owned and managed bank. In this article Erik explores the threats and opportunities open banking poses to traditional financial institutions, and further delves into how banks can work with government regulators to shape Australia’s financial future.

With open banking yet to be rolled out in Australia though there remains a general lack of understanding about the true power of the initiative. To help fill some of the knowledge gaps we look to the United Kingdom, where open banking has been in place since January 2018. 

Discussing the rollout and implementation of open banking at HSBC UK is Georgios Miltiadous, Head of Open Banking Delivery, who shares HSBC’s journey and where they’re at one year on. 

Ahead of the Open Banking Summit 2018 we look at these strategies in more detail and explore how Australia’s biggest banking and financial sector businesses are preparing themselves for the open banking revolution.  

With open banking yet to be rolled out in Australia though there remains a general lack of understanding about the true power of the initiative. Will Open Banking be instantaneous and seismic – like a switch being flicked? Or will the transformation be more gradual; with customers hesitant to transition towards the open and unknown?

To help fill some of the knowledge gaps we look to the United Kingdom, where open banking has been in place since January 2018.