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September 2019

Experian: From credit bureau to technology company with APIs

Editor's note: Today we hear from Dang Nguyen, API Platform Product Owner at Experian, on how the company uses the Apigee API management platform to digitally transform from a traditional credit bureau to a true technology and software provider. Read on to learn how Experian uses APIs to help businesses make smarter decisions and individuals take financial control.

Mastering Full Lifecycle API Management with Analytics

Full lifecycle API management entails not only technology solutions but also the data-driven processes and mindsets that those solutions enable. For enterprises to succeed, it's essential to have visibility into every stage of the lifecycle-from the developer experiences to API performance to emerging business opportunities. Data plays a huge role in aligning business and IT leaders around the ways developer activity contributes to revenue-and much more.

The New API - "Application People Interfaces"

In my experience as a digital consultant for Google Cloud’s Apigee team, I’ve found that when a technology gets classified as “middleware,” it’s often encumbered with a scarlet letter of sorts. Business leaders find it unexciting — so much so that they often resign it to the purview of technology professionals and don’t spare a second thinking about it.

Open banking ecosystems: How Tieto's API Platform gives European banks a competitive edge

Disruption within Financial Services is accelerating with new entrants, new ventures from incumbents, FinTechs and Open Banking. Offensively and defensively reacting to these forces is difficult whilst the organisation must deal with significant challenges such as technical debt, organisational mind-set, cost-control and ever changing regulation. Incumbents often struggle to react with pace. FS innovators leverage APIs at the core of their business and use them as a primary channel when collaborating with partners.