Latest Open APIs News: Finextra Research

FinTecSystems scores EUR4.5 million investment

FinTecSystems, specialist for digital credit assessments and banking API provider, completed its series B financing round with a transaction volume of 4.5 million euros.

30 November 2017

Company update/Open APIs

FIS opens gateway to APIs

FIS (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial services technology, today announced FIS Code Connect, its online gateway that allows FIS clients to access FIS application programming interfaces (APIs) for use in developing and testing innovative new solutions to better serve their customers, reduce costs and achieve their business goals.

29 November 2017

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Finding the friction and moving forward

Paul Francis Walvik Joynt, Engagement Director, NETS, talks at NextGen Banking the use cases and impacts of Instant Payments, what this means in the context of digitalisation and whether there are opportunities arising from interoperability and the wide spread adoption of Instant Payments.

29 November 2017

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Brexit demands a ‘Match Fit Economy’

Jim Wadsworth, UK Product Director, Vocalink, a Mastercard company, talks about a ‘Match Fit Economy’, what it is and what it has to do with payments, why Brexit is such an important moment from a payments perspective and what the future looks like for the UK payments market.

29 November 2017

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Data is at the core of AI improvement

Mattias Fras, Group Head of AI Strategy & Innovation, Nordea, talks at NextGen Banking Nordics about the hype around AI, what the industry is doing around this new technology and what will be the main challenges ahead.

28 November 2017

Company update/Open APIs

Salt Edge's Spectre API to be used by Societe Generale Expressbank

Société Générale Expressbank, the seventh largest financial institution in Bulgaria and part of Societe Generale group, has partnered with Salt Edge Inc. to employ Spectre API into the development of their new Digital Banking PFM Solution.

28 November 2017

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The promise of open banking

Gunnar Berger, Head of Open Banking, Nordea, talks at NextGen Banking Nordics about whether we will notice any difference in January 2018 around PSD2, what success in open banking will look like for banks, and how can they measure it, and whether customers will really benefit from open banking.

28 November 2017

News/Open APIs

BofE stress tests: Banks coud be underestimating the risks from fintech

Britain's banks may be overestimating their ability to limit the impact of fintech and open banking on future profit margins says the Bank of England.

28 November 2017

Company update/Open APIs

Cardlytics appoints UK strategy and innovation lead

Cardlytics, a purchase intelligence platform that makes marketing more relevant and measurable, has expanded its senior team with the appointment of Jed Murphy as the new UK Head of Strategy and Innovation.

28 November 2017

News/Open APIs

Commission sets deadline for banks to meet new payment standards

European banks and service providers have been given an 18-month deadline to adopt new security measures and provisions for customer data exchange as mandated by the EU's revised Payments Service Directive (PSD2).

27 November 2017

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Cloud for banks

Jonathan Charley, General Manager, FSI EMEA North, SAP, talks at Sibos 2017 about whether the banking industry has been slow to understand the benefit of migrating processing to the cloud, what the barriers and benefits of moving to cloud based solutions are and how this area of the industry will evolve in the future.

27 November 2017

Company update/Open APIs

Currencycloud appoints Tanya Ziv as chief compliance officer

Leading international payments platform, Currencycloud, has appointed Tanya Ziv as its new Chief Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO).

27 November 2017

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Building platforms through partnerships

Rob Hetherington, Global General Manager for Financial Services Industries, SAP and Steve Everett, Managing Director, Head of Product & Propositions, Global Transaction Banking, Lloyds Banking Group, talk at Sibos 2017 about the drivers behind the influx of digital transformation within the industry, which of the technologies are having the most impact and why partnerships are so important for banks to keep up with the pace of developing technologies.

24 November 2017

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High expectations in the corporate market

Falk Rieker, Global Head of Banking IBU, SAP and Oliver Bussmann, Founder and Managing Partner, Bussmann Advisory, talk at Sibos 2017 about the need for change in the world of corporate banking, what corporates can expect from their banks in the future, what will disrupt this sector and whether banks are doing enough to improve the services they offer.

24 November 2017

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Modernisation in South Africa

Chris Hamilton, CEO, BankservAfrica, talks at Sibos 2017 about the national payments system in South Africa, the modernisation programme being implemented, some of the challenges around open banking and distributed ledgers, and how financial inclusion will boost the region’s economy.

24 November 2017

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Collaboration between custodians

Cian Burke, Global Head, HSBC Securities Services, and Stu Taylor, CEO, Algomi, talk at Sibos 2017 about the importance of improving liquidity in corporate bonds, how collaboration between leading custodians increases value for clients, and how this market is likely to develop in the future.

24 November 2017

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The needs of fintech hubs are changing

Fabian Vandenreydt, Executive Chairman at B-Hive, talks at Sibos 2017 about the areas of effective collaboration within the industry between startups and established firms, what current “talent” trends he sees in the market and how the challenges between startups and scaleups differ.

24 November 2017

Company update/Open APIs

Yandex.Checkout ships API

Russia’s leading payment aggregator Yandex.Checkout has launched a new technological platform that will help companies accept online payments faster than before, use the special offer system to increase sales, and receive key business analytics.

24 November 2017

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Identifying the Triple A model

Vincent Brennan, Chairman, EBA Open Banking Working Group, talks at Sibos 2017 about a new research paper focused on data opportunities for corporate customers, what the highlights of the paper are such as the Triple A model involving data analytics, accessibility and availability, and what banks can take away from the research.

23 November 2017

News/Open APIs

Starling integrates with loyalty point startup Yoyo

Starling Bank is continuing its mission to provide a platform for fintech apps, striking a deal with Yoyo Wallet to enable cardholders to automatically receive retailer loyalty points at participating high street stores.

23 November 2017