Open Banking Expo Unplugged · 2026-05-18 · 25 min
In this episode, Saba Shariff, senior vice president, chief strategy, product and innovation officer at Symcor, elaborates on some of the key points she made during her Opening Keynote at Open Banking Expo Canada on March 5, 2026. She explains what momentum looks like in practice and the Consumer-Driven Banking experiences that will change consumer behaviours positively. She also discusses the need to build trust into the system from the start, and points to some of the lessons learned from the UK, Brazil and Australia. Saba also considers the impact on Canada’s small businesses as Open Banking use cases are rolled out.
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