Yapily Connect UAB
General Information
Identification Code: 082978347295-79
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: Private
Registration Category: Companies & groups
Registration Date: 8/1/2022
Last Update: 6/10/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: Yapily enables better and fairer financial services for everyone. We’re focussed on building open banking infrastructure and tools to enable the next wave of innovation. We connect to thousands of banks using a secure open API enabling innovative companies to embed the power of open banking into their products and services.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Banking and financial services
- Competition
- Consumers
- Digital economy and society
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Fraud prevention
- Single market
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: PSD3, Open Finance (FIDA) and instant payments policies targeted. Some proposals include
A. Levelling the playing field
Harmonisation across member states of technical interfaces around availability, quality and performance - moving away from lowest common denominator application for ASPSPs
Access to data: different interpretations of what data should be made available via APIs eg. credit accounts not being classified as payment accounts in some Member States
Poor user journey (UX) for open banking transactions compared to other online banking channels
Challenges around different applications of SCA, adding friction to open banking payments
Lack of transparency/information provided by ASPSPs on payment transaction data and transaction history length
B. Definition and Scope
Broadening the scope of payment accounts to include savings, investments, mortgages and pensions (moving towards open finance)
Scope and definition of AIS and PIS need to be revised so as not to subject to the same AML requirements as other payment institutions
C. Supervision and enforcement
Lack of monitoring and supervision of APIs from existing standards bodies
Unsatisfactory application and enforcement of PSD2 rules at the local level by National Competent Authorities
D. Cross border payments
Ensuring that cross border payments are as seamless as domestic payments across SEPA area
Address issues around IBAN discrimination, which is still prevalent in the market
E. Creating an environment which stimulates innovation
Commercialisation of APIs / incentives for ASPSPs
Proposing that future reforms be enshrined in regulation rather than a directive to minimise fragmentation across Member States
II. OPEN FINANCE CONSULTATION (FIDA)
A. Scope and Data Access
Broadening the scope of data accessible by TPPs (beyond payment accounts to include all other financial data)
Giving data holders the ability to explicitly consent to TPPs sharing their data with any other third party firms
Ability for third parties to action/ make use of their data beyond access (eg payment initiation, moving funds between accounts)
B. Premium APIs/ compensation by third parties for data access
Mandating a core set of data beyond payment accounts but with the ability to charge premium / enhanced data provisions
Balanced approach to compensation for access to data by third parties
C. Apply learnings from PSD2 to open finance
Level playing field when it comes to performance and quality of APIs made available by data holders when compared to direct bank channels
Consistent approach by NCAs around scope and definition
D. Licensing and authorisation
AISP licenses should extend to cover access other types of financial data (beyond PSD2)
E. Open Finance Framework
Propose a mix of regulatory and commercial incentives for data access in open finance
Contractual schemes should be explored, which would allow for standardisation of contracts between TPPs and financial institutions
F. Standardisation of APIs
Mandatory use of standardised formats for APIs to promote market adoption - these should not be prescriptive but provide a framework for quality assurance
Industry stakeholders together with European standards bodies should develop a common API standards for open finance
Regulatory intervention is necessary to move to towards API standards for open finance
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Palangos g. 4-101
Post Code: LT-01402
City: Vilnius
Country: LITHUANIA
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EU Office
Address: Palangos g. 4-101
Post Code: LT-01402
City: Vilnius
Country: LITHUANIA
Phone: [object Object]
Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 1
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 1
Members F T E: 0.10000000149011612
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Organisation Members: Open Finance Association
Fintech Hub Association Lithuania