NEWS

Following the entry into force of PSD2, the EBA was mandated to develop Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on Strong Customer Authentication and Common Secure Communications. 

In response to new market needs, CBI has published, in cooperation with CBI Globe Participant Intermediaries, the document App-to-App Implementation Guidelines that contains a set of guidelines, best practices, and observations regarding possible implementation approaches for the "app-to-app" authentication experience. 

Join in the public consultation of the documentation: you have until the 15^th October, CLICK HERE!

We inform you that an Oracle 19c update of the CBI Globe Database has been scheduled from 04:00 a.m. to 06:00 a.m. of April 8th and will cause temporary unavailability of the Open Banking services. 

CBI has defined a plan for evolutionary changes that will be implemented on the CBI Globe Platform and will entry into force by January 2021. The ASPSPs connected to the CBI Globe platform will gradually enable the new functionalities during 2021.

The detailed technical specifications were published on CBI Globe API Portal, open to the Third Party Providers.

The specifications, including a list with the activation dates of the new functionalities for each End Point, will be available at this LINK.

On Thursday 8^th October 2020, from 9:00 am to 9:30 am (CET), CBI S.c.p.a. will hold the Webinar "The development of Innovative Open Finance services with CBI Globe". The presentation will be in English and will be followed by a Q&A session.

The Open Banking scenario has introduced new challenges and opportunities for Payment Service Providers. The webinar will provide an overview of the Open Finance paradigm at international level and highlight the offer of CBI to support banks, fintech companies and other intermediaries in the development of new value-added services.

The webinar will provide a focus on innovative use cases, including, for example, the so-called Check IBAN service.

Participation in the webinar is free and open. To participate CLICK HERE, you have to login (top right) or register on the website as an "Prospect Members".

Next July 2nd, from 9:00 am to 9:30 am, CBI S.c.p.a. will be held the Webinar "The development of Innovative Open Finance services with CBI Globe". The presentation will be held in English and will be followed by a Q&A session.

The Open Banking scenario has introduced new challenges and opportunities for Payment Service Providers. The webinar will provide an overview of Open Finance at international level and present the offer of CBI to support banks, fintechs and other intermediares in the development of new value-added services, with a particular focus on some innovative use cases, including for example the Check IBAN service.

The webinar is free and open. To participate, you have to login (top right) or register on the website as an "Prospect Members".

The webinar is free and open. To participate CLICK HERE, you have to login (top right) or register on the website as an "Prospect Members".

With reference to the measures adopted by the competent Authorities to contain the spread of COVID-19, we inform you that CBI S.c.p.a, with its outsourced suppliers, will guarantee operational continuity for the CBI Globe Service even in this emergency situation. In fact, the "Crisis & Communication" measures envisaged for large-scale events have been adopted with the supplier.

In particular, CBI s.c.p.a. invited all colleagues enabled for smart working to work remotely, encouraging the use of digital collaboration tools made available by the company.

The monitoring and operational management processes are guaranteed on an ongoing basis and there are no critical issues arising from a greater use of services with remote access.

The "Joint Statement", drafted by the representatives of the two European associations of the providers of new payment services regulated by the PSD2 (European Third Party Providers Association - ETPPA and Financial Data and Technology Association - FDATA) and called for, by the European Commission, has the objective to promote transparency initiatives between the parties involved in the competitive scenario originated on the basis of Directive 2015/2366 (so-called "PSD2").

Among the activities called for in this document, there is the publication of an information set that allows third parties operating in Europe to carry out tests on the regulatory APIs exposed by European banks.

In line with this transparency initiative, the parties called for the population of solutions such as, for example, the already active Register managed by the NISP (NextGenPSD2 Implementation Support Program).

In this regard, it is following its role as a community technical solution, that CBI has collected from its approximately 300 members, the data useful for the testing activity carried out by the Third Parties on the APIs exposed through CBI Globe. In particular the following information was collected: the contact persons of the CBI Globe ASPSP members, the links to access the test environment of the latter and the API specifications exposed by the platform. This data was collected by CBI and sent to NISP, which proceeded to publish these data on the publicly accessible NISP Test Directory.

Open Banking: CBI partners with Nexi to support banks and payment service providers in offering new fintech services in Italy and Europe.

To facilitate the journey of all Third Parties operating under the PSD2, CBI S.c.p.a. announces you that it is now possible for all the Payment Service Providers and Account Servicing Payment Service Providers that intend to operate in the role of Third Party to acquire PSD2 eIDAS Certificates through a dedicated page www.cbiglobe.com/Services/eIDAS-Certificates on this website.

The certificates are issued by Infocert S.p.a., one of the main Qualified Trust Service Providers at the European Level and fully compliant with the eIDAS Regulation (EU Regulation 910/2014) on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market, and are available for both production and testing environment.

We inform that all services offered through UBI Banca's OpenAPI will be unavailable due to extraordinary maintenance on the servers infrastructure in the following timeframes:

(1) From August 30th, 11.00 p.m. to August 31st, 06.00 a.m.

(2) From September 13th, 23.00 p.m. to September 14th, 06.00 a.m.

(3) From September 16th, 23.00 to September 17th, 06.00 a.m..

We apologize for any inconvenience and remain at your disposal for any clarification. 

We inform that all services offered through CREDEM's OpenAPI will be unavailable due to extraordinary maintenance on the servers infrastructure in the following timeframe:

(1) From September 15th, 4:30 a.m. to September 15th, 08.00 a.m.

The effective downtime will last 30 minutes.

We apologize for any inconvenience and remain at your disposal for any clarification.

CBI S.c.p.a. will organize webinars to illustrate the "CBI Globe - Global Open Banking Ecosystem" service, which will be released in production on June 1st, 2019 and that is already being tested from March 14th, 2019.

DATE AND REGISTRATION LINK:

May 7^th  10:30-11:30 √

June 28^th 10:30-11:30  √

July 23^th  10:30-11:30  √

Dario Delle Noci, Project Manager of CBI S.c.p.a., explains how to join CBI Globe for ASPSP and Third Parties.

The next videos will be about additional aspects related to the Service.

Alessio Castelli, Account Manager of CBI S.c.p.a., explains how CBI Globe, the Open Banking international platform facilitating the dialogue between Banks and Fintech, was born.

In the next videos will talk about other aspects related to the Service.

Consorzio CBI will organize webinars to illustrate the "CBI Globe - Global Open Banking Ecosystem" service, which will be released in production on June 1st, 2019 and that is already being tested from March 14th, 2019.

DATE AND REGISTRATION LINK:

April 5^th 10:30-11:30  √

May 7^th  10:30-11:30 -  √

From today, March 14, 2019, the sandbox , the CBI Globe test device available to the Third Parties for the development and test activities of the exposed interfaces for the use of the services provided by the PSD2, is online. The timetable, in line with the deadlines of the Regulatory Technical Standards on strong customer authentication and secure communication (Regulation 2018/289), will allow the Third Parties to test the solution 6 months in advance of the full entry into force of the legislation, scheduled for September 14, 2019.

Further information on this regard, together with a brief description of the technical specifications used by the CBI Globe multi-operator solution, are available on this website.

On 12 March, 2019, a new "Help Center" section, in which there is a Wiki containing a subset of information on the CBI Globe APIs and which, together with the FAQs , supports the onboarding phase of the Third Parties on the platform, was published on this website.

Please note that the www.cbiglobe.com website represents the main information point for both potential Third Parties and stakeholders who wish to learn about the characteristics of the service, and for the Third Parties already interested in the onboarding phase to obtain further insights on APIs and information and useful links to access the CBI Globe development area.

Consorzio CBI will organize a series of webinars to illustrate the "CBI Globe - Global Open Banking Ecosystem" service, which will be released in production on June 1st, 2019 and tested from March 14th, 2019.

The webinar will be an opportunity to illustrate the competitive scenario outlined by the PSD2, to describe the operating model of the CBI Globe API platform and to present the main benefits and functionalities of the service.

In fact, CBI Globe will enable its member Intermediaries to reduce the technical-functional impacts - and the related investments - deriving from the adjustments imposed by the Directive, thanks to the centralization of multiple services, including, for example: the recognition of the Third Parties, the management of disputes, the 1st level help desk and the management of the documentation and of the technological updates of the solution.

CBI Globe will allow all banks in the role of ASPSP (Account Servicing Payment Service Provider) to dialogue in a more efficient and effective way with the Third Parties, through the availability of a single point of access, and to offer its customers advanced payment solutions, even at a competitive level, in line with the current international market standards.

During the webinar will also be illustrated the procedures to join the platform and the project planning.

DATE AND REGISTRATION LINK:

8th March √

5th April √

Consorzio CBI will again take part to the Salone dei Pagamenti which will be held at the MiCo in Milan from the 7^th to 9^th of November 2018.

The Salone dei Pagamenti is the annual event that allows to explore all the themes related to technological innovation and trends that are revolutionizing the world of payments in one big event.

On the 8^th of November at 11:30 Consorzio CBI organized a session dedicated to the most significant innovation of this 2018: CBI Globe: the international platform to connect banks and fintechs, beyond the PSD2 .  

The “digital and regulatory evolution” that is heavily involving the payment services market will undoubtedly change the structure of the financial markets, representing a challenge and an opportunity that requires a strategic response from traditional intermediaries.

In order to actively respond to the fragmentation of the payments chain, Consorzio CBI and Nexi are implementing CBI Globe - Global Open Banking Ecosystem, a platform that will allow all members, even at an international level, to fulfill more easily the obligations imposed by the PSD2 regarding the telematic dialogue for the exchange of information and payments with Third Parties, also guaranteeing a higher level of consumer protection.

Thanks to CBI Globe, both banks and non-banking entities, including Fintechs, operating in the payments sector, can make the management of current accounts by customers easier and more efficient by offering both information and payment services, exploiting the business opportunities enabled by the same PSD2, to provide citizens and businesses with innovative services with high value-added. CBI Globe is therefore a concrete collaborative project between banks for the adaptation to the PSD2 guaranteeing at the same time to each member bank the construction of its offer in competition in the international payments market, without foreclosures for future developments.

Consorzio CBI has organized the 25th of September in Rome, the press conference to launch CBI Globe - Global Open Banking Ecosystem.

The goal of the event was to present the advantage of CBI Globe and the new brand.

The press conference was coordinated by Salvatore Maccarone, President of Consorzio CBI, and opened with the speechs of Salvatore Rossi, Senior Deputy Governor of Bank of Italy, and Giovanni Sabatini, General Manager of Italian Banking Association, who presented the new European legislation and the opportunities for banks in the new market scenario, also characterised by the entry of new Non-bank Operators.

The presentations of the new CBI Globe Service were followed by Liliana Fratini Passi, CEO of the Consorzio CBI, and Paolo Bertoluzzo, CEO of NEXI.

The event was closed by Stefano Favale, Head of Global Transaction Banking Intesa Sanpaolo.