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IFX Forum Announces Anchor Members of Open Banking APIs Working Group: ACI Worldwide, NCR, Oracle, TCS, U.S. Bank, Wells FargoThe IFX Forum today announced the roster of member companies anchoring its newly launched Open APIs Working Group. These companies include ACI Worldwide, NCR, Oracle, Tata Consultancy Services (News - Alert), U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo. In keeping with its core mission, the IFX Forum recently established a strategic priority around the creation of industry-wide standard open APIs. The Open APIs WG is working to develop a standardized way to address the growing impetus for banks to provide more open access to their data, in place of proprietary APIs (application programming interfaces) being developed by financial institutions and vendors. More details about the specific goals and activities of the WG are available online. The inaugural face-to-face meeting of the Working Group is taking place May 2-3 in Orlando, Florida, USA, during the Forum's 2017 Annual Meeting, hosted by Oracle (News - Alert). Non-members are invited to attend; registration is now open. "The commitment from these leading multinational companies to our Open APIs initiative underscores the importance of this effort to the global financial services industry. Their expertise and resources will enable the Working Group to deliver significant results in a timely manner," said IFX Forum President Richard Urban. "I urge everyone who has a stake in providing safe, efficient oen access to banking data to join us in Orlando, to learn what the IFX Forum and its member community are doing, and how you can participate." [Supporting statements from participating companies are available upon request, or may be seen on the IFX Forum website.] The IFX Forum is an international non-profit industry association whose mission is to develop and promote the adoption of its open, interoperable standard for financial data exchange, IFX, which is available for evaluation at no charge at http://bms.ifxforum.org/. In addition to developing the IFX specification, the Forum actively engages in international standards activity, including longtime liaison efforts with ISO and contributions to ISO 20022, a leadership role in the Remittance Coalition set up by the U.S. Federal Reserve, and Memoranda of Understanding with ASC (News - Alert) X9, BIAN and EPASOrg/nexo. The Forum welcomes additional members to join in all its activities. More information can be found at http://www.ifxforum.org/join/. The Forum also hosts a free IFX Discussion Forum, where knowledgeable Forum members and other subject matter experts will answer IFX-related questions from the public.
About the IFX Forum IFX is broadly used in practical implementations across the financial services industry, and is especially suited for financial institutions using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). IFX contains thousands of data elements and hundreds of messages specifically designed for the financial services industry by industry experts. The standard is ideal for modern API-enabled deployments. More information about IFX and the benefits of IFX Forum membership can be found at www.IFXForum.org.
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