Success stories, news, analysis and other information about our APIs
Is it a bank? A service platform? A factory of financial products? A distributor? Does it sell or buy information? All this and more. APIs are revolutionizing the world of banks and are set to transform banking into the largest operations scalextric imaginable.
And, what does the future hold for the banking business? The cutting-edge developments in the industry are coming via technology, which is being harnessed to improve the products and services offered to customers. We take a glimpse at the future via ten of the hottest APIs in the sector right now.
In a connected world, APIs are the glue that keeps all the parts that form our day-to-day lives in place. The same way the power of glue depends on the material it is used on and the knowledge of its properties, APIs are only as useful as their documentation allows for.
An API is an open door. In which to enter and what to find? Formally an 'Application Programming Interface' (API) is a precise specification on how a software module communicates or interacts with another. Returning to the simile of the door, it is, for example, Twitter ringing Google's bell to ask for our data and thus avoiding having to fill out forms again. We must be selective when choosing which bells we ring.
The documentation UX professionals deliver to their customers sometimes becomes an end in itself, rather than a means to achieve a better product for the user. User experience has for some time now been one of the most highly valued aspects of digital product creation. It is applied in the conceptualization and design of websites, apps, instant messaging and in wide-ranging sectors.
Video games are a shared experience with friends not only in real life, but also in social media. In the virtual world it is almost as important to say what you are playing as the game itself. The fields of gaming and social media have been intertwined in recent times, thanks to the help of APIs. Below in this article you can check some platforms that currently contribute to this union.
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-.
Around 50 professionals from the world of technology, banking and innovation met on Thursday, January 31 at BBVA Open Space Madrid to attend Open Innovation Trends 2019.
Some weeks ago we took part in the World Open Banking Dialogue in London. There we heard first-hand how banks around the world are helping to consolidate the open banking concept, while we also had the opportunity to set out BBVA's vision of the phenomenon.
The motto of the event was 'The New API Stack for the Programmable Society'. With the title The BBVA API_Market Open Banking experience, our workshop focused on the change among retail clients and businesses brought about by open banking, as well as the latter's key role in financial transformation.
