FPF Releases Infographic to Explore Implications of Open Banking Data Flows and Security for Individuals
Today, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a global non-profit focused on privacy and data protection, is pleased to release an infographic, “Open Banking And The Customer Experience,” visualizing the US open banking ecosystem. FPF’s open banking infographic is supported by over a year of meetings and outreach with leaders in banking, credit management, financial data aggregators, and solution providers to comprehensively understand the developing industry of open banking. Open banking involves customer-permissioned data transfers between organizations holding data and entities that provide financial products and services (e.g., wealth management, payments, and loan access). Open banking is organized around four main steps, including (i) signing up and initiating a service; (ii) authenticating identity; (iii) authorizing data sharing; and (iv) provision of the product or service. Open banking can be a catalyst for greater competition by enabling new products and services that depend on