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Akana Partners with Barclays for the Rise Hackathon 2016Akana, a leading provider of API Management, API Security, API Analytics and Microservices solutions for Digital Businesses, announced today that it will be joining Barclays Bank to support its upcoming hackathon at Rise in Manchester, UK and Mumbai, India on September 24 and 25, 2016. The hackathon, which will involve an estimated 500 teams and over 1,000 internal and external developers simultaneously between the two global hubs, is intended to give startups and FinTech ventures the opportunity to showcase their innovations to top decision makers at the bank. Akana is the API Management Platform of choice for the event, making APIs available externally through the Barclays Developer Network (BDN). "This is an ambitious hackathon," said Roberto Medrano, Executive VP of Akana. "We're pleased to be once again, collaborating closely with Barclays to support this event." The Rise Hackathon, titled "Rise: Episode II, The Bank Awakens", offers consumer banking, corporate banking, and payments tracks to surface innovation across a broad area of Fintech challenges. The two-day hackathon, will allow Barclays - the transatlantic consumer, corporate and investment bank to see first-hand new, innovative solutions from new developers and ventures. There are 20+ other Barclays partners supporting the hackathon including Amazon Web Services (News - Alert) (AWS), Google, Twitter, Salesforce, IBM, Microsoft and Twillio. External developers will own any Intellectual Property (IP) they create at the hackathon. Given the importance of APIs to FinTech solutions at Barclays, the bank is using Akana to host relevant Barclays APIs on its platform for the hackathon. Participating developers will use the Akana Platform to manage the consumption of Barclays APIs by their apps. Akana team members will be available in Manchester to coach app developers in API management and help troubleshoot any potential issues. The growth and opportunities of API consumption across financial services will help organisations like Barclays to create a more integrated service experience for customers across banking channels. The Akana Platform provides an end-to-end API Management solution for designing, implementing, securing, managing, monitoring, and publishing APIs. It is available as a SaaS (News - Alert) platform, on-premises, and as a hybrid deployment. Recently Akana was recognized as most promising banking technology solution provider, the Cloud Platform Innovation winner and the API Management winner at API World. For more information on the Akana Platform and a free trial go here http://bit.ly/1sIsUHE. To request a meeting with an Akana Enterprise Architect please click here. About The Barclays Accelerator/Rise The Barclays Accelerator is one of several innovation initiatives delivered through Barclays' flagship programme for connecting startups and corporates, Rise. Where product innovations and industry developments were once born of corporations and institutions, many are now being created by entrepreneurial individuals around the world who are working with increased speed to disrupt the business models of the past. In order to work with these entrepreneurs in a mutually beneficial way, Barclays established Rise. By combining the agility and disruption of startups with the expertise and scale of Barclays, Rise achieves a unique synthesis of speed and security, youth and wisdom, ideas and knowledge. Find out more at thinkrise.com About Barclays Barclays is a transatlantic consumer, corporate and investment bank offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management, with a strong presence in our two home markets of the UK and the US. With over 325 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries and employs approximately 130,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide. For further information about Barclays, please visit our website https://www.home.barclays/. About Akana Akana's comprehensive suite of API Management, API Security and Microservices solutions helps businesses accelerate digital transformation by securely extending their reach across multiple channels - mobile, cloud and "Internet of Things." Akana enables enterprises to quickly deliver scalable applications, share data as APIs, connect and integrate applications, drive partner adoption, monetize their assets and provide intelligent insights into their businesses and operations. The world's largest companies including Bank of America, Pfizer, and Verizon use Akana to harness the power of their technology and transform their businesses. Akana is also recognized as a "Leader" by several analyst firms. For more information on Akana's Platform, please visit http://www.akana.com. For more information, please contact: [email protected] All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners. Akana, SOA Software, Community Manager, API Gateway (News - Alert), Lifecycle Manager, OAuth Server, Policy Manager and Cloud Integration Gateway are trademarks of Akana, Inc. 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