Matthias Biehl
API Strategist at Software AG
API Strategist at Software AG. Matthias empowers customers to discover their opportunities for innovation with APIs & ecosystems and turn them into actionable digital strategies. Based on his experience in leading large-scale API initiatives in both business and technology roles in banking, insurance, media, and telco, he shares best practices and provides strategic guidance. Matthias is the author of several books on APIs, and regularly speaks at technology conferences.
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Designing great API developer experiences – Part 3
Designing a great experience for API developers is only possible if you truly understand who the developers are and what tasks they are trying to perform. There are several aspects to a great developer experience (DX): In Part 1, I talked about how the functional aspects of APIs must be accompanied by this great experience. In Part 2, I talked about how… -
Integration & APIs
Designing great API developer experiences – Part 2
When you start to offer APIs to developers, it is critical to design a great experience for the developers using your APIs. There are several aspects to a great developer experience: In Part 1, I talked about how the functional aspects of APIs must be accompanied by this great experience. And in this post, I want to explain why it is… -
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Designing great API developer experiences – Part 1
In their digital transformation initiatives, more and more organizations are becoming API providers and want to boost the usage of their APIs among developers. But focusing only on the functional aspects of the API is a common mistake – let me show you how to avoid it. The functional aspects of APIs are important: A good API enables developers to… -
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Six open banking strategy blueprints
Since open banking has moved away from the area of "check-the-box compliance” and into the area of innovative opportunities, it has also become a topic of strategic interest. In this blog, I look at open banking from the bank’s perspective. Here I will explore six different open banking strategy blueprints, along two dimensions: (1) ownership of the customer interface (internal/external) and (2)… -
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Open up the banking stack
Banks traditionally preferred to have tight control over their products and delivery channels, but today’s customers are increasingly looking for broader choices. They want the banking products in the channel of their choice, at exactly the time they need it, and tailored to their personal preferences. This requires banks to open up their “banking stack” to third parties. Banks typically… -
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How open banking APIs reshape the value chain
APIs are revolutionizing the financial services industry by making core banking functionality, such as accounts, transactions, balances and payments, digitally and programmatically available - both inside the organization and outside to third parties. This is the foundation of open banking. But open banking is more than just the technical APIs in the financial space alone, it also provides the security, legal… -
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Seven must-haves for your API design style guide
Do you want to design awesome APIs? Consistency across all the APIs in your API portfolio is key. And consistency makes your APIs intuitive for developers to use, and that’s what developers like. Because, instead of reading through a bunch of documents, they can use your APIs intuitively, because the APIs are consistent. In other words, this API works the same way… -
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Technologies that power open banking
Financial services are built on trust, and it is vital for banks that their clients trust them. Clients need to trust banks to safely store their money, process transactions correctly, and keep their data secure. When banks introduce digital technology, such as open banking, it must be seen to improve customer experience (as discussed in blog 1) and enable the emergence… -
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How open banking ecosystems emerge
Open banking is more than just APIs for banks; it requires the emergence of a digital ecosystem that fosters the active collaboration among banks and fintechs. For open banking to be usable, banks need to make their data available in the form of secure APIs – then fintechs with innovative ideas will need to connect to those APIs, and leverage the data…
