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Oct 2023
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Open banking, in which traditional banks release their data via application programming interfaces (APIs) to enable the development of new financial services for their consumers, has been one of the most significant disruptions in global payments over the past decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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