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.
Along with Ferrovial and Amadeus, it will present the South Summit 2018 Hackathon, in which more than 100 participants are expected to complete one of the three challenges proposed by the partners on October 2 and 3. There are 6,000 euros in prize money and registration is open until September 28.
Insurtech is –for the time being– the fintech companies' little brother. We take a closer look at the Insurtech sector and pick out four international online tools that offer their APIs for medical, driving, life and other types of insurance to the public.
Are you interested in fintech? Do you want to keep up with all the latest developments, and read in-depth analyses and opinions of the issues? This article takes a look at six must-read websites for fintech fans.
Diego Blanco is Head of PaaS & Open APIs Platform CTO at BBVA Compass. We talk to him and he recalls the steps needed to create an API catalog from his experience at BBVA. At the same time Blanco reviews the methodology of work of his team, based in the United States.
APIs are an essential tool in the transformation of the banking business.
