Open Banking is the way forward and we fully intend to consume those APIs when they are ready. I wrote a blog article on this subject back in August 16.
Currently 9 of the larger UK banks are on-board with Open Banking, although not all of them have fully operational APIs just yet. We are on the Open Banking directory and are currently going through the FCA registration process, this is quite a complex and slow process, but we do hope to be ready by the end of Q2.
We will keep you posted on developments!