As the clock counts down to when Financial Institutions (FIs) must be ready for external testing for PSD2 open banking it is interesting to see how ready, or not, all other parties are in the value chain. Most national competent authorities have nothing published about how and where they will provide updates on Third-Party Provider (TPP) registration and approvals and many still have to begin the process of even approving/registering TPPs with some EEA markets yet to even transpose the regulations to local law.