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name: Open Banking Ltd (OBL)
domain: openbanking.org.uk
kind: publisher
relation: shaper
segment: online payment acceptance
descGrounded: 0.36
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# Open Banking Ltd (OBL)

A market-development body that publishes standards, guidelines, and directories for the open banking ecosystem.

**Route:** surfaced by the online payment acceptance lane's de-branded queries → shaper to stripe.com.

**Why it's on the map:** It defines the technical and security standards that Stripe and other payment providers must follow to operate in the UK open banking market, shaping the regulatory and infrastructure landscape.

**Receipts** (verbatim from its page this run):

> Everything required to participate in open banking and meet PSD2 and RTS requirements – including API specifications and security profiles

> Open Banking Directory

> Why open banking is safe Open banking standard Customer Experience Guidelines
