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YNAB Launches an API for its Budgeting Platform
YNAB, a budgeting app that stands for You Need a Budget, this week announced the launch of an API that will allow third-party developers to build their own apps that incorporate functionality and data from YNAB. To help developers, YNAB has published API documentation and launched a forum.
3 days ago
Bud Launches Developer Portal for Open Banking APIs
Bud launched as a single hub, or marketplace where banks can access the many tech services currently available and continuing to be developed in the FinTech space. Bud has taken the next step in its goal with the announcement of Bud Exchange (a developer portal for access to the Bud Network).
06-06-2018
What Does a Push/Streaming API Look Like?
While the majority of the APIs within the ProgrammableWeb directory are REST-styled APIs, that isn't the only architectural style in use, not by a long shot. In this article we look at our directory data to see what underlying technologies are most popular across the various Push/Streaming APIs.
05-24-2018
Data, Financial, Analytics API Categories See Big Growth
One of the cool things our directory data allows us to do is to get a glimpse at both short term and long term trends in the API space. One slice of data worth looking at is the categories have had the most growth. This article looks at which categories have grown the most in the last five years.
05-21-2018
Revolut Launches Open Banking API
Revolut has expanded its Revolut for Business offering by extending banking services through an Open API. The API is designed to integrate with internal business systems and tools, as well as third party applications and workflows that businesses rely on to operate their businesses.
05-18-2018
Daily API RoundUp: Adobe, Tink, Nuo, LawPanel, ButterCMS
Eleven APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Postcodes, Financial, and Inventory. Highlights include the LawPanel API for accessing trademark data and the Adobe Audience Manager for intellgent insights about customers. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
05-11-2018
Social and Financial Among the Most Popular API Categories
One of the more interesting views given by the directory is a look at what sectors are seeing the most growth in APIs. The directory data model allows for one primary category as well as multiple secondary categories and in this article we take a look at which categories are most represented.
05-10-2018
Open Banking APIs Land in Sri Lanka
Nations Trust Bank, one of the largest banks in Sri Lanka, recently announced an open banking initiative through its Open API Banking Platform. The bank hopes that the platform will help change the closed minded approach to banking that has historically dominated the island nation's banking.
04-26-2018
Daily API RoundUp: AlienVault, Forty Seven, FXCM, DeepL
Twelve APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Translation, Hosting, and Machine Learning. Featured today is an API for adding elevation location to applications and an API for integrating two-factor authentication. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
03-29-2018
Payments NZ Announced Open Banking API Pilots
Payments NZ, a governance organization that helps oversee New Zealand's payments system, has announced a pilot of two new open banking APIs. One will allow developers to access account data and the other will allow developers to connect directly to banks to make credit payments.
03-28-2018
Bottomline Technologies Launches New Paymode-X APIs
Bottomline Technologies, a provider of financial technology that aims to help make business payments simple, smart and secure, today announced the release of a new set of APIs to enable connectivity for banks, corporate clients, and other third-parties to the company’s Paymode-X platform.
03-24-2018
Forty Seven Bank Launches API to Support Financial Applications
Forty Seven Bank continues its move to modernize banking. In the midst of its initial coin offering, it has released a PSD2 compliant API that developers can use to build banking apps. API features run the gamut of banking services. Forty Seven Bank seems dedicated to innovation and compliance.
03-23-2018
Royal Bank of Canada Launches Developer Portal and APIs
Royal Bank of Canada has launched a developer portal and set of APIs. The APIs can be used by eligible businesses and developers to add select RBC banking and services information to applications. Among the APIs are the Branch Locator API, Minimum Down Payment API, and the Amortization Schedule API.
03-21-2018
Bank of America Gives its Corporate Customers an API
Bank of America, the second largest bank in the U.S., introduced a new API on Tuesday for its corporate treasury customers. Using the API, these customers can access their banking information and perform real-time transactions. The bank believes that it will improve its ability to collaborate.
01-25-2018
Monzo Releases Interim API to Comply with PSD2 Banking Regulations
Monzo released an interim API to comply with the Payment Services Directive (now officially law). While the company plans on adding all functionality of its interim API to its standard developer API, the interim API will ensure immediate compliance for companies managing account information.
01-16-2018
SWIFT Institute Challenges Students to Protect Data in an Open API World
The SWIFT Institute has announced the 2018 SWIFT Institute competition which challenges Australian-based students to find ways to protect personal information and other sensitive data in open data environments. This year’s challenge focuses on financial services and open banking APIs.
01-09-2018
Most Popular Government API Categories
We saw earlier this year that the Government category was one of the most popular API categories within our directory. But what sections of government and what kinds of data are being made available via API? In this article we look at the ten most popular categories related to government APIs.
01-02-2018
ProgrammableWeb's Most Interesting APIs in 2017: Payments, Banking, Blockchain and Finance API University
This article is part of a series about interesting APIs that were added to our directory during 2017. Finance, Payments, Blockchain and Banking APIs are covered in this segment. The APIs were chosen by our researchers, by popularity according to website traffic, and by mentions on social media.
12-31-2017
Payment Rails Launches Global Payout API
Payment Rails has launched its Global Payout API which provides applications payout capabilities such as international ACH, real-time currency conversion, and global mass payouts. The platform provides access to a network for sending payouts using SWIFT, local banks, and other methods.
12-08-2017
ABN AMRO Launches Developer Portal and Commercial APIs
Netherlands-based bank ABN AMRO has launched the first version of its developer portal and a set of commercial APIs. Developers can use the APIs to add to applications banking capabilities such as generating payment requests, retrieve real-time balance information, and transfer multiple payments.
11-20-2017