Open Banking Services being Used by Over 2.5 Million UK Consumers and Businesses to Complete Payments: Report January 30, 2021 @ 8:07 pm By Omar Faridi Banking Circle, a financial infrastructure developer, notes that only a month into the new year, and partnerships are already beginning to emerge as “a strong theme underpinning the future of the industry.” Banking Circle also confirmed that they’ve teamed up with global provider of local payments infrastructure, PPRO. Banking Circle is now working closely with PPRO, which recently managed to achieve Unicorn status (valued at $1 billion or more as a company), in order to enhance their service offering, “supporting PSPs working with cross border e-commerce merchants.”