The document details the methodology and structure of market reports created by ystats.com, emphasizing the use of secondary market research from reliable sources to provide objective data. It covers the global open banking market, including definitions, regional developments, and consumer preferences while showcasing various charts and data representations. The report aims to give insights into the state of open banking across different regions, highlighting trends, regulatory requirements, and consumer attitudes.

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GENERAL METHODOLOGY OF MARKET REPORTS
Secondary Market Research
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Definitions
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included at the bottom of the chart.
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answers were possible, which is noted at the bottom of the chart.
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METHODOLOGY OF THE CURRENT REPORT
Report Coverage
 This report covers the global Open Banking. In this report, Open Banking is defined as a banking practice that provides third-party financial service providers
open access to consumer banking, transaction, and other financial data from banks and non-bank financial institutions through the use of application
programming interfaces (APIs). The report offers insights into the state of Open Banking in different regions across the globe, recent and possible future
developments, consumer preferences, regulatory requirements and more.
 In addition to the global data, major global regions in worldwide Open Banking were covered in the report, including Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, Latin
America and the Middle East. Open Banking itself and data availability therefore varied by region and country.
Report Structure
 The report opens with a global chapter. It includes information on the global Open Banking market developments and projections, top market trends and market
players’ and consumers’ preferences.
 The rest of the report is divided by regions, with each regional section containing county chapters and/or regional information, where available. The regions and
countries are ranked by the state of Open Banking market development and includes related data points, such as the status of Open Banking legislation, service
providers, consumer attitude and other.
 Depending on data availability, the following types of information were included: overview of Open Banking market drivers, state of development, regulations,
Open Banking number of users and market values. Not all types of data mentioned were included for each section due to varying information availability.

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DEFINITIONS
 Open Banking (OB)
A banking practice that provides third-party financial service providers open access to consumer banking, transaction,
and other financial data from banks and non-bank financial institutions through the use of application programming
interfaces (APIs).
 Revised Payment Services
Directive (PSD2)
An EU Directive, administered by the European Commission to regulate payment services and payment service
providers throughout the European Union and European Economic Area.
 Application Programming
Interface (API)
A set of functions and procedures allowing the creation of applications that access the features or data of an operating
system, application, or other service.
 Third-Party Providers (TPPs) An external person or company who provides a service or technology as part of a contract
 Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS)
Describes a model in which licensed banks integrate their digital banking services directly into the products of other non-
bank businesses.
 Know-Your-Customer (KYC)
A standard in the investment industry that ensures investment advisors know detailed information about their clients' risk
tolerance, investment knowledge, and financial position.
 Berlin Group Standard
a pan-European payments interoperability standards and harmonization initiative with the primary objective of defining
open and common scheme- and processor-independent standards in the interbanking domain between Creditor Bank
(Acquirer) and Debtor Bank (Issuer), complementing the work carried out by e.g., the European Payments Council. As
such, the Berlin Group has been established as a pure standardization body, focusing on detailed technical and
organizational requirements to achieve this primary objective.
 STET framework
STET is a major European Automated Clearing House servicing the payment industry and providing processing services
for SEPA and domestic instruments such as direct debits, credit transfers, cards and ATMs transactions, cheques, bills
of exchange and other.
 Open Banking Implementation
Entity (OBIE)
A UK concept, which creates software standards and industry guidelines to drive competition, innovation and
transparency in retail banking.
The following expressions and definitions are used in this market report*:
Note: *the definitions used by the original sources might differ from the ones stated on this chart; the exact definition used by each source, where available, is included on the respective
charts

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (1 OF 3)
1. Management Summary
2. Global Market Overview
• Number of Cashless Transactions, in billions, by Region, 2020 & 2025f & 2030f
• Countries Where Open Banking Survives are Offered, incl. State of Development, June 2021
• Share of Financial Institutions that Currently Considering/Have Started the Process/Have Opened APIs, in % of Financial
Professionals, 2021
• Open Banking Structural Overview, November 2020
• Key Tenets of Open Banking, January 2021
• Open Banking Market Size Valuation, in USD million, 2020 & 2027f
• Number of Open Banking Users, in millions, 2020 – 2024f
• Share of Consumers Who Do not Use Open Banking, and Who Do not Use Financial Apps, in %, March 2021
• Impact of Open Banking on Organizations, in % of Financial Professionals, June 2021
• Impact of Open Banking on Organizations, in % of Financial Professionals, 2020 & 2021
• Consumer Attitude Toward Data Sharing in Open Banking, in %, March 2021
• Consumer Attitude Toward Banks’ Approach to Offer Open Banking, in %, March 2021
• Reasons to Join Open Banking after the COVID-19 Pandemic, in % of Consumers, March 2021
• Share of Banking Executives Who are Unsure How to Embrace Open Banking and Orchestrate Ecosystem, in %, 2021
• Share of Banking Executives Who are Unsure How to Embrace Open Banking and Orchestrate Ecosystem, in %, 2021
• Open Banking Funding Value, in USD million, 2018 - 2021
• Overview of Service Platforms in Open Banking, incl. Company Examples, April 2021
3. Europe
3.1. Regional
• Countries Ranking by Open Banking Ecosystem Development, June 2021
• Breakdown of Value Propositions of PSD2 Licensed Third-Party Providers’ Types, in %, September 2020
• Number of Third-Party Providers in Open Banking, September 2020 & March 2021 (1 of 2)
• Number of Third-Party Providers in Open Banking, September 2020 & March 2021 (2 of 2)
• Cash Preference for Shopping and Services Payments, in % of Respondents, 2018 & 2020
• General Willingness to Share Data in Exchange for Benefits, in % of Respondents, 2018 & 2020

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (2 OF 3)
3.2. Advanced Open Banking Markets
3.2.1. United Kingdom
• Overview of the Open Banking Developments, August 2021
• Number of Open Banking Users, in millions, January 2020 & April 2021
• Reasons Why Open Banking was Adopted, in % of Lenders, Q1 2021
• Out of 10 Score Given by Lenders for the Outcome of Using OB for Credit Decisions, and Income & Employment Verification, in %
of Lenders, Q1 2021
3.2.2. Germany
• Overview of the Open Banking Developments, August 2021
• General Willingness to Share Data in Exchange for Benefits Compared to the EU Average, in % of Respondents, September 2020
3.3. Developing Open Banking Markets
3.3.1 Regional
• Overview of the Open Banking System, by Country, incl. Improvements, June 2021
3.3.2. Turkey
• General Willingness to Share Data in Exchange for Benefits, in % of Respondents, 2020
3.3.3. Russia
• Overview of the Open Banking System, August 2021
• Summary of Banks Included in Open Banking, incl. Markets, AIS, and PIS, 2021
4. Asia-Pacific
4.1. Regional
• Overview of the Open Banking System, August 2021
4.2. China
• Summary of Banks Included in Open Banking, incl. Markets, AIS, and PIS, 2021
4.3. India
• Bank Customer Propensity to Share Data, in %, January 2021

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (3 OF 3)
4. Asia-Pacific (cont.)
4.4. South Korea
• Open Banking Transactions Value, in KRW trillion, 2019 & 2020
• Open Banking Number of Users, and Number of Use Cases, by Financial Institution, March 2021
5. North America
5.1. United States
• Ways Consumers Open New Accounts, by Type of Account, 2020
• Share of Adults Who Know What Open Banking is or Have Heard About It, in %, 2021
• Top Reasons Why Adults Feel that Growing Movement Toward Open Banking is not a Positive Development, in %, 2021
• Share of Adults Who Feel that Growing Movement Toward Open Banking is a Positive Development, in %, 2021
• Share of Adults Who Agree with a Central Principle of Open Banking, in %, 2021
5.2. Canada
• Preferences to Share Data with Big Banks, by Type of Data, in % of Banking Customers, 2021
6. Latin America
6.1. Regional
• Share of Fintech Professionals who Believe that Companies Should Get Ahead of Regulation for Open Finance Implementation, in
%, 2021
• Top Challenges for Open Finance in 2021, in % of Fintech Professionals, 2021
• Fintech Verticals that will Benefit the Most from Open Finance in 2021, in % of Fintech Professionals, 2021
• Value of Fintech Investment Activity, in USD million, and Breakdown of the Number of Deals, in %, by Country, 2020
6.2. Mexico
• Overview of the Open Banking Developments, August 2021
6.3. Brazil
• Overview of the Open Banking Developments, August 2021
7. Middle East and Africa
7.1. Regional
• Overview of the Open Banking System, August 2021

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1. Management Summary 10 – 13
2. Global 14 – 31
3.
3.1.
3.2.
3.2.1.
3.2.2.
3.3.
3.3.1.
3.3.2
3.3.3
Europe
Regional
Advanced Open Banking Markets
United Kingdom
Germany
Developing Open Banking Markets
Regional
Turkey
Russia
32 – 52
33 – 38
39 – 45
40 – 43
44 – 45
46 – 52
47 – 49
50 – 50
51 – 52
4.
4.1.
4.2.
4.3.
4.4.
Asia-Pacific
Regional
China
India
South Korea
53 – 58
54 – 54
55 – 55
56 – 56
57 – 58
5.
5.1.
5.2.
North America
United States
Canada
59 – 65
60 – 64
65 – 65
6.
6.1.
6.2.
6.3
Latin America
Regional
Mexico
Brazil
66 – 72
67 – 70
71 – 71
72 – 72
7.
7.1
Middle East and Africa
Regional
73 – 74

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Yes, we are currently
concidering/have started the
process/have opened APIs
78%
Other
22%
4 in 5 (78%) of global financial professionals are looking to use APIs to
drive or enable Open Banking in the next 12 months.
Survey: based on a survey of 785 professionals (at managerial level) at financial institutions and banks across France, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UAE, the UK and the
US, conducted in 2021; these financial institutions represent a gross total of just over USD 34 billion in turnover over the last 12 months, employ approximately 2.4 million
staff and have approximately 237 million client/customer/member relationships question asked: “What has been the impact of Open Banking for your organization?”
Source: Finastra, June 2021
Global: Share of Financial Institutions that Currently Considering/Have Started the Process/Have Opened
APIs, in % of Financial Professionals, 2021

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3.71
114.98
0
40
80
120
2019 2020
in
KRW
trillion
+3000%
In South Korea, the value of transactions via Open Banking has surged
since its launch in 2019 to reach KRW 115 trill. (EUR 86 bill.) in 2020.
South Korea: Open Banking Transactions Value, in KRW trillion, 2019 & 2020
Note: exchange rate used in the action title is the average for 2020: KRW 1 = EUR 0.000744
Source: Korea Financial Telecommunication and Clearings Institute, February 2021

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