Benny Boye Johansen

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Head of OpenAPI

Saxo Bank

Member since

21 Jun 2017

Location

Copenhagen

Bio

Responsible for the design and commercialization of Saxo Banks OpenAPI offering. I have been with Saxo Bank since 2004 in various roles, from developer, to department manager, enterprise architect and now Head of OpenAPI.

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30 years of experience in IT development, project management, product management, architecture or general leadership, mostly across the financial services industry and the hearing industry.
Co-author of several books on software development, and of several patents related to sound improvement.

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API Quality is more than meets the eye

As Saxo is working to create the vision for our next version of OpenAPI, we are looking for many sources of inspiration as to what needs to get improved. One initiative is a collaboration with the Department of Digitalization at Copenhagen Business School with the purpose to assess API quality and how different ways of working, different design me...

24 March 2023 Open Banking

The status of Open Banking in Europe - From inside the bubble

I've just come back from the Open Banking and APIs Forum in Amsterdam arranged by Fleming. It is a small event, but still diverse in participants and speakers across incumbent banks, neo banks, intermediaries, infrastructure firms and even the EBA was represented. My speaking slot "Add trading and investing to your core banking offering" ...

01 March 2020 Open Banking

Open Banking is here to stay - here is how to make the most of it

The current Open Banking offering provided by most banks stops at the lowest common denominator, providing access to a client’s current account and allowing for payment initiation and account aggregation. Many banks have seen such APIs as a threat and just a way to fulfill a regulatory requirement, as they have been very hard to monetise. They no...

12 February 2020 Open Banking

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Open Banking is here to stay - here is how to make the most of it

@Dinesh: That is exactly the point! Acquiring the capability to develop APIs at high quality in a sustainable manner is a key organizational skill, which requires much more than just technology and deep pockets (or as you succinctly stated it sustained negative ROI).

14 Feb 2020 13:45 Read comment