{"id":13047,"date":"2019-06-18T11:59:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T11:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=13047"},"modified":"2019-06-18T11:59:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T11:59:22","slug":"73-of-british-smes-don-t-understand-what-open-banking-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/73-of-british-smes-don-t-understand-what-open-banking-is\/","title":{"rendered":"73% of British SMEs don\u2019t understand what open banking is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A survey of 1,000 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) carried out on behalf of iwoca (a leading British FinTech) found that nearly three quarters (73%) were unable to identify what open banking is, indicating a severe lack of public awareness surrounding open banking and its benefits. iwoca announced that it will continue its work to finalize connections with banks, helping to maximize the impact of open banking. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open banking is an important tool for helping SMEs better manage their finances and provide quality services to consumers. It is important to note that SMEs are, themselves, an important part of the United Kingdom\u2019s economy, employing 16 million and having a combined turnover of more than GBP 2 trillion.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-13047 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Nordea Bank introduces artificial intelligence'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/nordea-bank-introduces-artificial-intelligence\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chatbot-e1501792996887-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-8019\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-8019'>\n\t\t\t\tNordea Bank introduces artificial intelligence\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='The FinTech skills crisis in the UK'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/the-fintech-skills-crisis-in-the-uk\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/the-fintech-skills-crisis-in-the-uk-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12726\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12726'>\n\t\t\t\tThe FinTech skills crisis in the UK\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Experts believe retail banking will move completely online within 20 years'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/experts-believe-retail-banking-will-move-completely-online-within-20-years\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/low-angle-view-of-skyscrapers_1359-1092-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-8865\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-8865'>\n\t\t\t\tExperts believe retail banking will move completely online within 20 years\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A survey of 1,000 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) carried out on behalf of iwoca (a leading British FinTech) found that nearly three quarters (73%) were unable to identify what open banking is, indicating a severe lack of public awareness surrounding open banking and its benefits. iwoca announced that it will continue its work to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,292],"tags":[287,141],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13047"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13048,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13047\/revisions\/13048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}