Tagged: apis

July 23, 2022 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The number of APIs needed to “drive a business forward is only going to increase,” according to an update shared with CI. Gartner predicts that even with multiple API management platforms, “soon less than 50% of APIs will be managed by existing platforms as the… Read More

July 16, 2022 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Their signature color may be blue, but Seccl says it’s “going green” this month. They’re thrilled to be powering GreenGrowth Investments, a new sustainable investment platform “for people who care about the planet, and one of Europe’s Top Wealthtech Startups to Watch in 2022.” The… Read More

July 14, 2022 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Monneo, the end-to-end payment ecosystem provider, claims that it’s leading the way for Banking as a Service (BaaS) as it introduces a new API. Monneo’s BaaS partners and customers may take advantage of the complete range of payments and transaction services, and also benefit from… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Galileo Financial Technologies, a financial technology company owned and operated independently by SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), announced that its API-enabled financial technology powers Flyp. Flyp is a banking app and digital wallet, “with gamified rewards, challenges, and quests to attract, engage and retain customers.”… Read More

June 30, 2022 @ 12:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Capital, a national real estate valuation tech firm, has announced the launch of two Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Property Valuation API and Risk Assessment API. Each API connects directly into existing systems “through a single integration for lenders, investors, and system providers, making it… Read More

June 9, 2022 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Codat, the universal API for small business data, recently announced that it has acquired $100 million in capital via a Series C round that was led by JP Morgan Growth Equity Partners. Canapi Ventures and Shopify also participated in the investment round and Plaid has… Read More

June 2, 2022 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AccuWeather, which claims to be the world’s “most accurate” and “most used” weather source, recently launched its AccuWeather API “in collaboration” with API3, a first-party blockchain oracle solution, providing a Web3 wrapper that enables Web API providers to offer AccuWeather’s weather data “directly on-chain.” The… Read More

May 31, 2022 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Merge has secured $9.5 million in capital via a seed round in order to create its API-powered banking and payments solution, effectively bridging the gap between fiat and cryptocurrency-based ecosystems. Merge aims to address the ongoing struggle that many firms in the crypto economy face… Read More

May 31, 2022 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest has introduced an API that allows commercial clients to embed Confirmation of Payee into their own systems and processes. Confirmation of Payee was launched across the United Kingdom’s banking sector in June 2020 in order to combat scammers and safeguard against user errors. The… Read More

May 22, 2022 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be one of Europe’s “leading” open banking platforms, recently announced that The Credit Thing has successfully “implemented its recurring payments API and made the first consumer Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) transactions in the UK.” The Competition and Markets Authority has mandated… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 6:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Axway, an API management provider, and Cloudentity, a provider of modern application identity and authorization, are pleased to provide the first production release to support FDX 5.0 APIs. Financial Data Exchange (FDX) is committed to unifying the financial sector around “a common data standard.” The… Read More

May 12, 2022 @ 5:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Current, a U.S. financial technology platform serving Americans working to “create a better future” for themselves, recently announced the launch of its platform API, “built to facilitate seamless integrations and embedded banking experiences.” Plaid, the API-first data network powering the digital financial ecosystem, is reportedly… Read More

May 4, 2022 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kard, the rewards-as-a-service API that connects modern card issuers to the brands their cardholders really love, recently announced that it has secured $23 million via a Series A round led by Tiger Global. Also participating in the investment round are Fin Capital, s12f, and existing… Read More

May 3, 2022 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Traceable AI, a firm that “protects APIs from the inside” has raised a $60 million Series B round at a valuation of around $450 million. The funding was led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), and includes the participation of Tiger Global Management and existing investors… Read More

May 1, 2022 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ozone API, the developer of the standards-based software for open banking and open finance, has introduced a suite of solutions that “enable banks to move beyond compliance and convert their APIs into more strategic and commercial channels.” The enhancements to Ozone’s open API platform “give… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be Europe’s leading Open Banking platform, has reinforced its reputation as an “industry innovator,” with the availability of its unique Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) API for sweeping and non-sweeping, “changing the way customers make and manage ecommerce payments, subscriptions, utility bills… Read More

February 26, 2022 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LatAm Fintech Belvo notes that enrichment products are able to offer out-of-the-box insights based on clients’ transactional data in order to enhance decision-making and allow firms to better understand customers. But how do these products work and what can you build with them, the team… Read More

February 15, 2022 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stitch is building the financial infrastructure to support Africa’s Fintech industry. Stitch has raised $21 million via an investment round led by The Spruce House Partnership, along with contributions from PayPal Ventures, TrueLayer, firstminute capital, The Raba Partnership, CRE Venture Capital, Village Global, Zinal Growth… Read More

February 4, 2022 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trovata, the Fintech firm focused on automating cash workflows via multi-bank API data aggregation for corporate finance and treasury teams, recently announced a distribution agreement with Capital One (NYSE: COF). In connection with the partnership, Capital One will “market and refer Trovata’s cash management platform… Read More

January 28, 2022 @ 12:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Automobile dealership JCT600 has reportedly become the first retailer in the UK to use Lloyds’ PayFrom Bank account-to-account payment solution, displacing plastic cards at the online checkout. Introduced in July 2021, PayFrom Bank brings together Mastercard’s Payment Gateway capabilities/functionality and its Open Banking Connect platform… Read More