dzone.com - Testing and Securing Your Finance APIs
www.dzone.com
on 03/12/2013
Excerpt: Within the finance industry, the implications of APIs and the importance of testing are somewhat obvious, almost to the point that it seems redundant to write a blog post as demonstration. But sometimes the most obvious facets are the easiest to forget. Either way, it never hurts to reiterate. Did you login to an online banking portal today? If so, an API was involved. Did you make a purchase using a debit or credit card? API. Did you trade any sort of financial asset? Maybe not, but if you would have, an API would have been on the frontline. Did you pay a bill? Okay, you get the point. Finance coincides with security. Security coincides with APIs. APIs coincide with, well, just about everything related to finance.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Finance, Testing
Open Bank Project Aims for Transparency and Banking as a Serivce
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on 02/15/2013
Excerpt: TESOBE, Berlin-based software development firm, has launched the Open Bank Project with the hopes of bringing more transparency to the world’s banking community. To accomplish its goal, the Open Bank Project provides an API that banks utilize to provide transaction data to interested parties. Given the hypersensitivity of financial information, the Open Bank Project must persevere through many obstacles. However, should the idea catch hold, it could be the first example of open banking as a service. Although the concept and rollout of the project continues to develop, TESOBE has witnessed impressive applications built through the project’s API.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Banking, Finance
Introducing a Suite of Wolfram|Alpha-Powered Finance Apps
blog.wolframalpha.com
on 01/16/2013
Excerpt: Wolfram| Alpha has released a suite of apps that cover all of your financial needs. The apps are profoundly powerful tools, allowing you to stay informed about your business’s finances and the marketplace at large while in the office or on the go. The Wolfram Stock Trader’s Professional Assistant is ideal for those seeking computational knowledge as it pertains to the stock market. You can query nearly anything related to:
Technical Charting
Market Quotes
Equity Valuation
The various features are powerful, so let’s explore them a bit.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Artificial Intelligence, Banking, Business Intelligence, Finance, Mathematics, Money
Cleartrade Exchange delivers unique liquidity through open API
www.commodities-now.com
on 11/12/2012
Excerpt: Cleartrade Exchange, the leading OTC trading venue, is now live with an innovative solution enabling orders which are linked to an underlying commodity price to be automatically injected into the market. This unique development was successfully pioneered with lead broker member FIS and allows market-makers to enter, adjust, remove and trade multiple bunker fuel swap orders in real-time, resulting in a firm, two-way spread on two of CLTX’s three bunker contracts for the whole trading day. FIS Bunker Broker, Ali Ersen, said: “The innovative technology developed by Cleartrade Exchange has enabled price discovery and trading of these contracts in a way that was not possible before in this market sector.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Evangelism, Finance, Financial, Financial Data
Excerpt: TESOBE, Berlin-based software development firm, has launched the Open Bank Project with the hopes of bringing more transparency to the world’s banking community. To accomplish its goal, the Open Bank Project provides an API that banks utilize to provide transaction data to interested parties. Given the hypersensitivity of financial information, the Open Bank Project must persevere through many obstacles. However, should the idea catch hold, it could be the first example of open banking as a service. Although the concept and rollout of the project continues to develop, TESOBE has witnessed impressive applications built through the project’s API.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Banking, Finance
Introducing a Suite of Wolfram|Alpha-Powered Finance Apps
blog.wolframalpha.com
on 01/16/2013
Excerpt: Wolfram| Alpha has released a suite of apps that cover all of your financial needs. The apps are profoundly powerful tools, allowing you to stay informed about your business’s finances and the marketplace at large while in the office or on the go. The Wolfram Stock Trader’s Professional Assistant is ideal for those seeking computational knowledge as it pertains to the stock market. You can query nearly anything related to:
Technical Charting
Market Quotes
Equity Valuation
The various features are powerful, so let’s explore them a bit.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Artificial Intelligence, Banking, Business Intelligence, Finance, Mathematics, Money
Cleartrade Exchange delivers unique liquidity through open API
www.commodities-now.com
on 11/12/2012
Excerpt: Cleartrade Exchange, the leading OTC trading venue, is now live with an innovative solution enabling orders which are linked to an underlying commodity price to be automatically injected into the market. This unique development was successfully pioneered with lead broker member FIS and allows market-makers to enter, adjust, remove and trade multiple bunker fuel swap orders in real-time, resulting in a firm, two-way spread on two of CLTX’s three bunker contracts for the whole trading day. FIS Bunker Broker, Ali Ersen, said: “The innovative technology developed by Cleartrade Exchange has enabled price discovery and trading of these contracts in a way that was not possible before in this market sector.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Evangelism, Finance, Financial, Financial Data
Excerpt: Cleartrade Exchange, the leading OTC trading venue, is now live with an innovative solution enabling orders which are linked to an underlying commodity price to be automatically injected into the market. This unique development was successfully pioneered with lead broker member FIS and allows market-makers to enter, adjust, remove and trade multiple bunker fuel swap orders in real-time, resulting in a firm, two-way spread on two of CLTX’s three bunker contracts for the whole trading day. FIS Bunker Broker, Ali Ersen, said: “The innovative technology developed by Cleartrade Exchange has enabled price discovery and trading of these contracts in a way that was not possible before in this market sector.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Evangelism, Finance, Financial, Financial Data
