2016 seems to have been a great year for APIs, as reflected by ProgrammableWeb, one of the best known international directories. The site that provides news and information about the world of the API economy has compiled last year’s most interesting ones, divided by categories.
Over 30 high-level experts have collaborated in an open source trends study for 2017, where they highlight both the potential of open tools in the corporate world and the far-reaching cultural and business shift they imply.
Alberto Morgante, Cloud Computing Innovation Engineer at BBVA, talks about the current boom in open source. One of the key benefits of these tools, he says, is their capacity to streamline processes.
Improve online payment methods, user registration experience, marketing strategies and customer knowledge. These are just only four ways to leverage the information that can be extracted with the BBVA Cards API.
Keeping your digital identity safe is one of the main challenges of the financial services industry. Using APIs is a way to improve security and minimize risk, quickly and cost effectively. And there are other tools, as biometrics, geolocation and social media.
Despite their vital role in the economy, small and medium-sized enterprises are too often underserved by financial industry. An expert panel at BBVA’s Fintech University showed how to address this challenge.
BBVA's Fintech University in San Francisco addressed regulation and compliance in one of its panels with important experts.
There’s probably nothing more fundamental in financial services than the need to safely and securely make a payment. But payments are far from simple, and global changes are transforming the payments sector. Recently, BBVA’s Fintech University in San Francisco put a spotlight on the topic. At the forum, a panel of experts discussed payments from a Silicon Valley perspective.
Over 200 attendees and more than 25 speakers enjoyed the one-day conference in San Francisco, a region with a thriving ecosystem of fintech startups.
Companies such as Microsoft are supporting the sectors they wish to center their business on. According to Satya Nadella, Microsoft's CEO, the next boom in technology will be chatbots.
