APIs

APIs, DTCC, fintech, standards

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced that 20 financial services technology providers have agreed to certify their interfaces in support of enhanced US trade flow capabilities in DTCC’s…

BIS: enabling open finance through APIs

December 8, 2020

APIs, BIS, Open Banking

In response to the need to facilitate payment services and expand the public’s access to them, a report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) explores the development of an…

InfoReach taps QuantHouse’s API for trade management system

December 1, 2020

APIs, InfoReach, QuantHouse

QuantHouse announced that InfoReach has integrated QuantHouse’s API to power their Trade Management System (TMS) with high performance, global market data across equities, options and futures. InfoReach provides broker-neutral, multi-asset…

SFM Interview: APIs are so hot right now, and so is hacking them (Premium)

November 25, 2020

Technology

APIs, cybersecurity, Open Banking, PSD2, topstory

Long tipped as one of the big technological developments to watch in banking, application programming interfaces (APIs) are a major component of the European Unions’s somewhat controversial open banking project,…

ICE authorizes BofA as first API user for ETF share creations and redemptions

November 18, 2020

APIs, automation, Bank of America, ETFs, Intercontinental Exchange

Intercontinental Exchange announced that Bank of America became the first authorized participant to use ICE ETF Hub’s FIX (Financial Information eXchange) API (application programming interface) to communicate ETF share creations…

Tel Aviv bourse launches API-based system for direct data access

September 22, 2020

APIs, data analysis, market data, predictive analytics, TASE

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is launching an API-based system that for the first time allows direct and immediate access to its market data. The API-based system, named TASE…

SWIFT announces 2-year strategy for instant, frictionless payments and securities processing

September 17, 2020

News and Notes

APIs, Citi, cloud, Deutsche Bank, Payments, securities processing, Swift

SWIFT announced that over the next two years and beyond it will fundamentally transform payments and securities processing, retooling cross-border infrastructure as part of a new strategy approved by its…

Citi and BlackRock integrate tech platforms for outsourced middle office services

July 16, 2020

Aladdin, APIs, Blackrock, Citi, Clarity, data analytics, middle office, outsourcing

Citi has entered into an alliance with BlackRock, through its Aladdin business, to enhance the delivery of securities services for mutual clients. Citi will provide outsourced middle office services directly…

SmartStream launches API for firms requiring fast access to reference data for meeting the SFTR deadline

June 23, 2020

News and Notes

APIs, data management, SFTR, SmartStream

SmartStream Technologies extended its Reference Data Utility (RDU) Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) service to include an API for firms requiring fast access to the technology and data needed to…

SmartStream’s public API gives access to collateral management tech

May 28, 2020

APIs, collateral management, SmartStream

SmartStream Technologies extended its Public API (Application Programming Interface) for collateral management. The intent is for clients to have direct programmatic access to SmartStream’s TLM Collateral Management solution, which is…

Open Banking Europe consults on API standards

May 14, 2020

APIs, Open Banking, standards

Open Banking Europe (OBE) has published its JSON Web Signature Profile for Open Banking for industry review. The publication of this draft standard is aimed at addressing concerns about standardization…

Reuters: J.P. Morgan gives fintechs ultimatum to keep customer data access

February 17, 2020

APIs, data management, fintechs, J.P. Morgan

J.P Morgan has told financial technology companies they will be barred from accessing its customer information by July 30 unless they sign data access agreements with the bank and back…

DTCC launches app store, first API is “Risk Management as a Service”

February 5, 2020

APIs, DTCC

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced the launch of its Application Programming Interface (API) Marketplace to provide its clients, partners and internal developers with a single, central location…

BCBS warns on data management in open banking and API era

November 20, 2019

APIs, Basel Committee, BIS, data management, Open Banking

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a report on open banking and application programming interfaces (APIs). The report monitors the evolving trend of open banking observed in Basel Committee…

TreasurySpring’s Kevin Cook on new channels for European cash management (Premium)

November 6, 2019

Repo, Securities Lending

APIs, corporate loans, Fixed Term Fund, Repo, Securities Lending, topstory, TreasurySpring

Repo and securities lending are being exported to new markets via TreasurySpring’s standardized Fixed Term Fund (FTF). We spoke with Kevin Cook, CEO and co-founder, about current uptake and future…

Sibos 2019 news roundup: BNP Paribas, DTCC

September 23, 2019

APIs, BNP Paribas, cybersecurity, DTCC, SIBOS

Some releases came our way from the annual SIBOS conference BNP Paribas launches new APIs for fund admin operations BNP Paribas has released a set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)…

QuantHouse to distribute Goldman Sachs’ market data via API store

September 10, 2019

APIs, Goldman Sachs, market data, QuantHouse

QuantHouse announced that Goldman Sachs’ SIGMA X MTF market data will be accessible from within the QuantHouse API Ecosystem store. SIGMA X MTF is a multilateral trading facility operated by…

MAS’ Menon details use cases of advanced tech and ASEAN network developments

May 15, 2019

APIs, ASEAN, AXA, BBVA, Blackrock, BNP Paribas, fintech, J.P. Morgan, machine learning, MAS, Mitsubishi UFJ, OCBC, Ping An, Quantum Computing, Singapore, Societe Generale

Excerpts from speech by Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, at the Bank of France Lecture, Paris, 14 May 2019. Banks are using technology to resolve…

How custodians are evolving client-facing tech: BBH (Premium)

March 28, 2019

Big Data, Custodians, Technology

APIs, BBH, data management, derivatives, IBOR, topstory

As part of a series on how custodians are evolving client-facing technology, we spoke with major players about the way in-house development and innovation are being incorporated to better provide…

FCA’s digital reporting platform uses blockchain and APIs

March 26, 2019

APIs, blockchain, DRR, FCA, regulatory reporting

Every year financial firms and regulators face increased challenges around regulatory reporting. The current manual process is complex with over 20,000 rules across 58,000 firms and it’s only growing. Each…

FactSet: APIs are the future of portfolio manager workflow

January 30, 2019

APIs, asset managers, FactSet

Portfolio workflow is entering a new era of innovation following years on the sidelines. Technology has enabled portfolio managers to be better connected and informed compared with years ago. But,…

BNYM fintech director says advanced tech means performance pros are storytellers

January 6, 2019

APIs, asset managers, BNY Mellon, cloud, Eagle Investment Systems, performance measurement

In an article for the Journal of Performance Measurement, Mark Goodey, director and senior principal of investment analytics at Eagle Investment Systems, a BNY Mellon firm, provides some thought-provoking ideas…

Deutsche Bank: future of fintech shaped in next few years

October 19, 2018

APIs, artificial intelligence, ASIFMA, blockchain, cloud, Deutsche Bank, EY, Google, Microsoft

Forward-thinking regulation will be the catalyst for banking transformation, and the next few years will shape the future of financial technology, according to a Deutsche Bank white paper. This makes…

SWIFT creates financial sector API blueprint

October 16, 2018

APIs, PSD2, Swift

SWIFT published a blueprint for common API standards following collaboration with European banking standards bodies, STET and Berlin Group NextGenPSD2, which together represent many of the region’s banks and payment…

streamdata.io whitepaper: the streaming API landscape

October 12, 2018

APIs, streamdata.io

Making sense of the streaming API landscape can be tough at times. There are a lot of online services, tools, and devices that use the word streaming, making for a…

QuantHouse and Enyx introduce FPGA-accelerated market data as a service

September 19, 2018

APIs, Enyx, hardware acceleration, Hong Kong, market data, QuantHouse

QuantHouse added Enyx to its API ecosystem. Enyx provides low latency FPGA-based market data and order execution systems to trading firms. FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays) are generally considered esoteric…

HKMA publishes guidelines for “Smart Banking” with open APIs

August 23, 2018

APIs, HKMA, Open Banking

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority published the Open Application Programming Interface (API) Framework for the banking sector and launched its own Open API for public access. The formulation of the Open…

QuantHouse on-boards Actant’s automated derivatives trading services

August 6, 2018

Actant, APIs, derivatives, QuantHouse