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ITV partners with Ecospend

ITV now gives its viewers the ability to ‘Pay by Bank’ for its ITV Win competitions featured on many hit shows.

Ecospend wins big at the Open Banking Expo Awards 2022


We are thrilled to announce our wins at this year’s Open Banking Expo Awards on 7th July 2022. As one of the biggest winners of the night with two awards, this great honour recognising our hard work and the long way we have come in a short amount of time could not have arrived at a better time!

Trustly acquires Ecospend, further strengthening position in the UK

Trustly, the leading global payments platform for digital Account-to-Account transactions (“A2A”) today announces the acquisition of the UK-based Open Banking Payments platform Ecospend.

ITV partners with Ecospend

ITV now gives its viewers the ability to ‘Pay by Bank’ for its ITV Win competitions featured on many hit shows.

£4 billion transacted in less than a year

Ecospend celebrates new milestone with £4 bn transacted via ‘Pay by Bank’, as well as a record-breaking over £200 million transacted in a single day.

Yoti and Ecospend enter into partnership

Leading digital identity network Yoti integrates Ecospend’s open banking products with its identity solutions and the Yoti app.

Toolstation taps Ecospend Open Banking payments technology

Toolstation is adding Ecospend’s Open Banking payments technology to its e-commerce offering.

Contis and Ecospend form two-way partnership

Ecospend, the leading UK provider of Open Banking technology, has today announced that it is partnering with Contis, the leading pan European Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider. Contis offers a range of BaaS products to its customers across a variety of sectors, including cloud-based, real-time accounts and payments solutions.

£2.4 billion processed!

Ecospend was chosen last year to build HM Revenue and Customs next-gen payments infrastructure and its other clients include utility and e-commerce platforms.

HMRC extends open banking payments to nine further tax regimes

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has extended its use of open banking to nine further tax regimes, including tax levied on property purchases (stamp duty), capital gains tax and gambling duties.

Most featured open finance providers of 2021

Open Future World is proud to announce our first annual rankings – recognising the organisations behind the most interesting open finance news headlines and opinion pieces.

Yoti and Ecospend partner to combine digital identity with open banking

“We’re delighted to announce that we have partnered with Ecospend to combine our reusable digital ID and suite of identity solutions with the power of open banking.”

London Mutual partners with Ecospend

Ecospend, a leading UK provider of Open Banking APIs, has today announced a partnership with London Mutual Credit Union that will enable ‘pay-by-bank’ functionality to its customers. The change will result in real-time money transfers, driving the credit union further towards its vision of achieving a friction-free experience for customers.

Sarah Lambers joins Ecospend as new head of solutions

Ecospend, a leading UK provider of Open Banking APIs, has today announced the appointment of Sarah Lambert as Head of Solutions.

HMRC open banking payments making history

HMRC recently made history by becoming the first tax authority in the world to integrate Open Banking into our systems. We introduced it as an alternative to paying tax with a debit card or corporate credit card. It has the potential to make it quicker and easier to pay tax for millions of people.

£1 billion in UK tax paid through open banking

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has reached a significant open banking milestone as the UK government integrates fintech solutions into its own operations.

Ecospend selected for Tech Nation’s Fintech 4.0 programme

“We are excited to announce the fourth group of fintech companies selected for the Fintech growth programme run by Tech Nation.”

Ecospend Announce Payment Partnership with Ecommpay

Open banking provider Ecospend have announced the first successful UK merchant integrations as part of its partnership with leading payments acquirer Ecommpay.

Paying your tax bill will soon be easier

Paying your tax bill just got a whole lot easier. The 11 million people who fill out self-assessment forms online will no longer have to find credit card details, passwords or unique tax references when paying the taxman.

The UK’s tax department has gone live with a further step in embedding open banking into its operations.

The partnership will bring Ecospend’s Open Banking innovative payments service to DNA Payments Group portfolio of 30,000 merchants.

The UK’s HM Revenue & Customs has introduced a ‘Pay by bank account’ option for people filing online self-assessment tax returns, with open banking’s advocates hailing the moment’s significance.

Julian Wilson began his career at Apple in the late 80s. Here he worked on projects such as the world’s first set top box, hybrid CD / internet games console and as part of the team who introduced Newton [arguably the forerunner to the iPhone].  

A look into the future of automated tax returns using open banking and real-time payments to simplify the process for both governments and their citizens.

The UK tax authority has handed a £3 million Open Banking contract to fintech startup Ecospend, with the aim of making it easy for taxpayers to submit payments direct from their bank accounts, rather than through debit or credit card.

London Mutual Credit Union has today announced that it is partnering with Ecospend, the leading UK provider of Open Banking technology, to offer customers the ability to ‘pay-by-bank’ across its range of products.

IBS Intelligence interviews Ecospend COO James Hickman

‘Pay by bank’ is one of the key services being offered by TPPs in open banking. One such company, UK-based Ecospend, recently announced its latest partnership, with London Mutual Credit Union.

My Digital and Ecospend open up banking services for the Quantum Workforce

Quantum Employment Design (QED) leader My Digital announces its collaboration with Ecospend Technologies Ltd, a pioneer in digital payment services and Open Finance

DNA Payments partners with Ecospend

The partnership will bring Ecospend’s Open Banking innovative payments service to DNA Payments Group portfolio of 30,000 merchants.

DNA Payments partners with Ecospend

The partnership will bring Ecospend’s Open Banking innovative payments service to DNA Payments Group portfolio of 30,000 merchants.