Mark Boyd is an analyst and freelance writer on the API industry. He runs Platformable, a consulting firm that helps companies and public bodies generate value through the use of APIs. He tells us about the benefits of integrating APIs in different areas, and specifically about the role of the banks in this new ecosystem.
The PSD2 directive has come into force and opened a new scenario of liberalization of the financial sector in Europe. In this new context, several protagonists take on a specific role in the relationship between banks, services providers, European regulatory institutions and customers.
En Europa hay entidades bancarias y empresas ‘fintech’ que se están adaptando con rapidez y con una estrategia realmente inteligente al nuevo marco legislativo impuesto por la ‘Segunda Directiva de Servicios de Pago’ (PSD2).
¿Preparado para despuntar con tu talento en el Hackathon BBVA 2019? La Torre BBVA en Ciudad de México acogerá entre los días 6 y 8 de septiembre una competición de programación en la que podrás construir con tu equipo soluciones únicas usando las APIs de BBVA API_Market.
APIs are much more than a technological tool: they are the most powerful tool to be able to discover new business models or to boost existing models within a company.
For some years now, APIs have been the great catalyst of change in business organizations. And that is essentially, thanks to its capacity to generate new business models and increase their profits.
Fintech companies have a promising future, but it would be wise for them to look to the past and learn some lessons from traditional banks, just as banks themselves are studying fintechs to improve their services and move ahead.
CB Insights has published a new report on the fintech market, 2019 Fintech Trends To Watch, which provides fascinating insight into how fintech companies are evolving around the world. The report investigates the most important trends for banking and payments fintechs here in the US, just the kind of companies that use Open Platform’s APIs, so we thought we’d round up the top trends that are most relevant to our customers in 2019.
We took part in the 2nd Annual Open Banking and APIs Forum in Amsterdam, in order to share our experience in open banking and to see what other players are doing in relation to this major opportunity -and challenge-.
Millions of startups all over the world work every day to launch and improve platforms, applications and technology to improve people's lives. In other words, they work to make them happy. Here is a list of the most promising ones.
