What is an API? An API is a set of functions or procedures used by computer programs to access operating system services, software libraries, or other systems. However, there are other more attractive ways rather than this sober definition to know more about the benefits and uses of APIs. Websites, the media and specialized companies have attempted to explain it as didactically, graphically and creatively as possible.
APIs can entail a quantum leap in the tourism experience. A recent hackathon held as part of the tourism fair Fitur in Madrid has shown some good examples.
Fitur, the major tourism fair in Spain, is no longer reserved for the professionals in this specific sector. This year, it is also hosting the 2nd edition of hackaTrips, a hackathon to develop prototypes of disruptive applications and promote innovation in the tourism sector.
The new Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2), issued by the European Banking Authority to deregulate the financial sector, has sparked a genuine revolution in the processes of managing digital identity –and in its protection.
Current APIs are set to naturally evolve toward conversation APIs, interfaces that perform searches and provide responses to queries using natural language via conversational user interfaces. Innovation depends on early adoption of APIs as a means of launching products, and the integration of an open developer community within work processes.
In the second post of our blog 'Apis and much more' we tell you about the new services launched by Customers API, a cornerstone of the BBVA API Market's retail offering.
On the eve of the mass arrival of new regulations in the European Union and a change of pace in international banking, it's time to look ahead and assess what the main immediate challenges of this new way of managing financial data will mean for businesses and citizens.
Creating a technological platform where others can design and build remains a profitable and growing business. An open strategy while intensifying efforts toward third parties has become the winning formula as seen in 2017.
The UN Global Pulse initiative Data for Climate Action has granted awards to a number of projects, including one carried out by a team of researchers from Yale University. The team used a variety of data sources, including API PayStats, thanks to the collaboration of BBVA Data & Analytics with the UN initiative.
