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APIs Pave Way for New Consumer, Business Digital Experiences
June 27, 2022

Technology, of course, is fast becoming central to everything a bank does. Neeraj Gupta, vice president, B2B Solutions at FIS, told PYMNTS in an interview that application programming interfaces (APIs) can help financial institutions — including both banks and FinTechs — craft new experiences as...

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F1 Teams Deploy APIs for Edge on Track, in Stands
June 17, 2022

When members of a Formula One (F1) racing team are working at the track, they’re not just carrying tools and containers of fuel — they’re also holding tablets that help them use data delivered through application programming interfaces (APIs). “It’s fascinating how technology plays a...

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APIs Drive Omnichannel Growth by Connecting Real-Time Transaction Data Across Channels
May 27, 2022

For most of the time that retailers have existed, the only option shoppers had when they wanted to buy something was to go to a physical store and purchase in person. Then came eCommerce, which added online shopping to the mix, and more recently, the...

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How A Single API Can Be An SME Payments Game Changer
May 25, 2022

For global merchants looking to set up a marketplace or bill customers on a recurring basis, dealing with multiple integrations, back offices, and data sets from various payment providers can be daunting. That pain point, according to Ran Cohen, co-founder and CEO at BridgerPay, has...

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Lendflow Launches Credit Decisioning Engine for Embedded Lending Products
May 24, 2022

Lendflow, which offers embedded lending, has rolled out an application programming interface (API) for companies to build, embed and launch credit products, a press release said Tuesday (May 24). Called the Credit Decisioning Engine, it will assist with making credit cards, buy now, pay later...

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WhatsApp Offers Cloud-Based API to Businesses
May 19, 2022

In an effort to attract more businesses to the app, Meta is adding free cloud-based application programming interface (API) services to WhatsApp, its messaging platform, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday (May 19). According to Reuters, Zuckerberg made the announcement at Meta’s “Conversations” event, and said...

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Axway, Cloudentity Partner on Financial Data API
May 17, 2022

API management leader Axway is teaming with Cloudentity, a provider of application identity and authorization, to offer a production release to support FDX 5.0 APIs, which will unify finance around a single data standard, an Axway press release said. The Financial Data Exchange (FDX) 5.0...

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Square Launches New Tools for Commerce Apps, Cash App Pay
May 12, 2022

Square will be debuting new APIs, according to a company blog, which it says will help developers and partners build eCommerce solutions. The two APIs are Bookings API and Checkout API. Bookings API is already available, and will help developers leverage the functionality of Square...

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APIs Turn Payment Cards Into Programmable Money
April 07, 2022

Making payments with cards or through banks has contributed to transforming the payments industry, but those systems have not been built in a way to allow developers and programmers to deliver utility to consumers and businesses around the world. According to Dev Subrata, CEO of...