Open Banking Insights

Open banking, PSD2, and Open Finance, written by the team building Europe's connectivity infrastructure. Industry analysis, customer stories, technical deep dives, and product updates from people working in the space every day.

Enable Banking Changelog | May 2026

This month brought a new deferred payment submission flow that lets your application run checks for fraud prevention or internal compliance before a payment is finalised at the ASPSP. UI widgets also migrated to a new origin, with a January 2027 deprecation timeline worth knowing about.

You'll also find eight new integrations, five extended with new capabilities (card accounts in Italy, decoupled auth in Sweden, PIS at Svea Bank), reliability improvements across more than fifty ASPSPs, and a couple of brand consolidations in the Polish and Spanish markets.

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CCD2 Compliance Starts with Data, Not Policy

Most CCD2 discussions focus on policy: which products are in scope, what disclosures are required, and how affordability assessments should be structured. What gets far less attention is the infrastructure underneath those assessments — and why getting that right is the part that actually determines whether you're compliant.

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CCD2 Explained: What Lenders, BNPL Providers, and Fintech Companies Need to Know

CCD2 expands the regulatory perimeter for consumer credit significantly, and raises the bar on how creditworthiness assessments must be conducted and documented. This FAQ covers the questions we hear most often, from which lenders are affected and what BNPL providers need to do, to how open banking data supports compliant affordability assessments and what good data infrastructure looks like in practice.

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Enable Banking Changelog | April 2026

In April, we added Czech translations to the consent UI, a refreshed open banking integrations list that surfaces pan-European banks across every country they serve, and wider card account support across Italy.

You'll also find six new integrations, reliability and performance improvements across more than fifty ASPSPs, and a note about catching us at the Nordic Fintech Summit.

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Enable Banking Changelog | February 2026

This month’s open banking updates focus on platform security, dependency hardening, localisation improvements, and expanded integration coverage. Highlights include an updated eIDAS broker, CVE-related upgrades across backend systems, improved Polish language handling, operational SumUp transaction fetching, and several new European bank integrations.

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Build the Future of Finance

Get a front-row seat to the future of fintech with Enable Banking’s XTM traineeship. Learn from industry leaders, work on real projects, and explore Open Banking in practice.

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How We Built an AI Chatbot for Navigating Our Documentation

At Enable Banking, we built an internal AI chatbot that lets our team talk to our documentation. Using a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) setup, we taught AI to fetch the right answers from our docs, fast, accurate, and with real business value. Here’s how we did it, what we learned, and why we believe AI can make internal knowledge tools both smarter and more human.

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Enable Banking Changelog | September 2025

September’s Enable Banking Changelog introduces major updates for TPPs and developers. Explore our new TPP Infrastructure-as-a-Service documentation, which outlines how to operate under your own authorisation with full PSD2, GDPR, and DORA compliance. We’ve also expanded our Market Specifics section to cover all EU countries — including Norway, Romania, Malta, and Luxembourg — and launched a new smart certificate management tool to simplify renewals. Plus, new integrations with Artea (LT) and Banca Widiba (IT) are now live.

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Four Surprising Ways Open Banking is Changing Business and Finance

Open banking is quietly transforming industries far beyond personal finance apps. Already powering hyper-personalised loyalty programs, smarter KYC, faster SME lending, and real-time accounting, it’s delivering real value across the Nordics and beyond. But the next wave is even more surprising; reshaping recruitment, insurance, treasury management, and more. This article explores both today’s proven applications and tomorrow’s unexpected opportunities, and invites readers to join Sarah Häger’s webinar, Beyond the Obvious: Five Surprising Open Banking Use Cases, for a deeper look.

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Scaling SME Financing with Speed and Smarts: A Conversation with CapitalBox’s Julija Varneckienė

CapitalBox is on a mission to make SME financing faster, smarter, and more human. Open Banking is a key part of the story. In this partner spotlight, Julija Varneckienė (COO) shares how real-time access to business account data has helped them cut onboarding times from days to minutes, reduce fraud, and deliver a more respectful, modern customer experience. She also talks about the value of working with Enable Banking, and what the future of SME lending looks like.

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AI, Identity & Fraud: iDenfy’s Vision for a Safer Digital World with Robert Kotov

Identity theft and fraud threats are more sophisticated than ever, but so are the solutions. In this interview, Robert Kotov, Head of Partnerships at iDenfy, explores how the company uses AI, biometrics, and open banking integrations to stay ahead. He highlights how their hybrid human-machine approach improves accuracy and trust, how industry-specific challenges are tackled, and why anticipating fraud’s next evolution is critical. With stories from real-world implementations and a vision for the digital ID future, this is a must-read for anyone serious about security, compliance, and seamless onboarding.

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