Okra Secures in $3.5M Seed Round Led by Susa Ventures
- 3 years 11 months ago
- APIs, Platform Technology
Nigerian fintech platform and Open Finance (API Economy) pioneers, Okra, have secured a $3.5m Seed raise.
Affordable Digital Banking to Revolutionise Price-sensitive East African Payments Market
- 3 years 11 months ago
- APIs, Payments, FinTech StartUps
In a region still dominated by cash and mobile money options, like M-Pesa, new collaborations between fintechs are looking to capture the price-sensitive market with innovative, open-loop digital payment solutions in East Africa. According to Mark Dankworth, President International, Ukheshe Technologies, the region is poised for a surge in digital banking growth, with the likes of MCQR and virtual cards likely to make the biggest impact.
Lockdown Races DIY Vehicle Checks; Insurtech WIMWIsure Records Over 2 lakh Inspections in FY20-21
- 3 years 12 months ago
- APIs, Artificial Intelligence, Insurtech
The Indian motor insurance marketplace has noted a clear shift towards remote ‘Do-It-Yourself’ checks and Inspection as a Service as a result of COVID-19 which has necessitated moving away from physical vehicle inspections. During the lockdown Insurtech WIMWIsure has conducted more than 2 lakh virtual inspections for passenger and commercial vehicles through its on-demand Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled video inspection platform in... more
Modulr Receives Strategic Investment from the Venture Arm of FIS
Modulr, a leading Payments-as-a-Service applications programming interface (API) platform, has secured new investment from FIS Ventures, the corporate venture arm of global financial technology leader FIS, for an undisclosed amount. FIS plans to leverage Modulr’s API-based payments infrastructure to facilitate and automate realtime, business-to-business, payments in the U.K. and Europe as part of FIS’ broader real-time payments strategy.
Fabrick and Microsoft Partner to Expand Digital Transformation Opportunities for Companies and Accelerate Open Finance
- 4 years 2 weeks ago
- APIs, Open Banking
Fabrick, Italy’s first open banking ecosystem that operates internationally to promote Open Finance, announces the strengthening of its collaboration with Microsoft Italia with the aim of leveraging Cloud Computing and new technologies to continue to develop innovative projects capable of accelerating the digital transformation of the financial world.
API Security is a Top Priority for 91% of Enterprises According to Recent Imvision Survey
Imvision, a market leader in enterprise API security technology, is releasing a new report today. “API Security is Coming” reveals major gaps in API security based on insights from over 100 senior security leaders at large enterprises in the United States and Europe.
Quanthouse Welcomes MarketFactory FX Platform Onto its qh API Ecosystem Store Delivering Global Access to More Than 90 FX Destinations Through One Single API
QuantHouse, the global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure products and part of Iress (IRE.ASX), today announced that in response to increasing demand for access to foreign exchange venues and global exchanges, MarketFactory’s API based solutions are available on the qh API
Twenty7Tec Launches Seamlessly Integrated Product, Criteria and Affordability Search
- 4 years 1 month ago
- APIs
Leading mortgage technology provider Twenty7Tec, today announces that it has built a seamlessly integrated search facility for mortgage product, criteria and lender affordability calculations, delivering a single set of results across all three areas of eligibility, from one single platform.
Cloud to Dominate FX Technology by 2025, Survey Reveals
The $6 trillion foreign exchange (FX) industry is in the midst of a tech revolution, with cloud computing and trading technology upgrades set to become the sector’s major disruptors in 2021 and beyond, according to new independent research commissioned by Integral, a leading provider of FX SaaS technology solutions and trading platforms.
UAE BaaS Provider NymCard Launches Fully Public APIs to Drive MENA Fintech Growth
- 4 years 1 month ago
- APIs, IT Innovations
UAE based banking-as-a-service (BaaS) Fintech NymCard, has announced the launch of its new Open API platform for payment card processing and issuing.
SIX Adds Wealth Management APIs to the b.Link Open Banking Platform
- 4 years 1 month ago
- APIs, Open Banking, Management
As a member of the OpenWealth Association, SIX is launching three new interfaces for Swiss wealth management on the b.Link open banking platform. The association created by industry representatives agreed the common API standards last December. The wealth management interfaces will go live on b.Link this year. Banks will be able to connect with external asset managers via portfolio management system providers. For many banks, the new wealth... more
GLEIF Answers Industry Demand for Customized, Automated Access to Rich LEI Data with LEI Search 2.0 and Companion API
- 4 years 2 months ago
- APIs
In line with its vision to enable broader, automated use of the LEI, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has enhanced its LEI search engine with rich data functionality and published a companion API enabling third-party developers to automate searches and retrieve open, higher quality LEI data from within their application environments.
Indian Fintech Major M2P Solutions Expands into the Middle East with Abu Dhabi as Regional Headquarters
- 4 years 4 months ago
- APIs, FinTech StartUps, Infrastructure
M2P Solutions, an open API (Application Programming Interface) infrastructure platform company that works with businesses to roll out their own branded Fintech products, announced the expansion of its operations to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region with Abu Dhabi as its Regional Headquarters. The company has appointed Ms. Vaanathi Mohanakrishnan to lead its business for the region.
Financial Data Exchange Releases New Open Finance Standards & FDX API Version 4.5
The Financial Data Exchange (FDX) announced its Fall release this morning which includes a myriad of technical standards and updates to the existing specification that have now been launched into the financial services marketplace, thereby cementing FDX’s position as one of the most comprehensive Open Finance data models in the world today.
