OP Financial Group與總部位於矽谷的加密貨幣軟件提供商Token合作。

Token表示，該協議將使芬蘭銀行“在歐洲開放銀行市場中進行創新，並通過未來的支付解決方案產生新的收入來源”。

OP Financial Group, the Finnish banking group, has partnered with Token, a Silicon Valley-based crypto-payment software provider, to integrate the fintech’s technology into its services.

Finnish Banking Group Op Financial Group與總部位於矽谷的加密付款軟件提供商Token合作，將金融科技的技術集成到其服務中。

The agreement will enable the bank “to innovate in the European open banking market and generate new revenue streams via future payment solutions”, according to Token.

根據Token的說法，該協議將使銀行“在歐洲開放銀行市場中進行創新，並通過未來的支付解決方案產生新的收入來源”。

Steve Kirsch, the fintech’s founder and CEO, explains: “Token is developing a global open banking ecosystem based on an open and secure payments and information API.

金融科技的創始人兼首席執行官史蒂夫·基爾希（Steve Kirsch）解釋說：“代幣正在基於開放且安全的付款和信息API開發全球開放銀行生態系統。

“Through our platform, OP Financial Group will have access to a fully operational API banking infrastructure which, when combined with the transformative attributes of programmable money, has the power to change the way the world transacts.”

“通過我們的平台，OP Financial Group將有權獲得全面運營的API銀行基礎設施，該基礎設施與可編程資金的變革性屬性相結合，有權改變世界交易的方式。”

Masa Peura, director new business at OP Financial Group, says the partnership will help the bank “to get an early foothold in a new era for payments”.

OP Financial Group的新業務總監Masa Peura表示，該合作夥伴關係將幫助該銀行“在新時代的付款時代獲得早期的立足”。

But in the short-term, “we are investigating interesting market opportunities with Token that put us in the driving seat and prepare us for the enactment of PSD2”, Peura adds.

但是，在短期內，“我們正在使用令牌來調查有趣的市場機會，這使我們登上了駕駛席位，並為我們準備PSD2的製定做好了準備。”

The partnership with Token also falls in line with OP’s new way of working with start-ups in general, says Kristian Luoma, head of OP Lab, the banking group’s programme that works with fintech start-ups.

與Fintech初創公司合作的Banking Group計劃負責人Kristian Luoma說，與Token的合作關係還與OP與一般初創公司合作的新方式一致。

“We are looking for interesting use cases that we can build together quickly. We prefer to test and learn in small increments with promising start-ups in order to innovate faster,” Luoma explains.

Luoma解釋說：“我們正在尋找可以快速共同建立的有趣用例。我們更喜歡用有希望的初創企業進行少量增量測試和學習，以便更快地進行創新。”

“Working with Token allows us to deliver better experiences to our customers faster than we could ourselves.”

“使用令牌可以使我們能夠比自己更快地為客戶提供更好的體驗。”