These days, most of what businesses and individuals do on the web involves interacting with APIs, or application programming interfaces, which are an essential pillar of many of the online services we have come to rely on. In the payments and financial services industry, the interoperability of banking technology is just as important to stakeholders as checking out Beyoncé’s new Instagram post is to music fans. And the standardization of these more nuanced APIs is the key to interoperability.

Nacha’s Afinis Interoperability Standards will hold a virtual planning meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 28 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. ET via GoToMeeting. This will be a working meeting utilizing agile program increment planning to determine the steps for the next Afinis sprints. 

Not only has Nacha’s Afinis Interoperability Standards released its newest standardized application programming interface (API), but it also has found an early adopter to put it into action.

As technological innovation continues to reshape the payments industry, APIs are becoming a prominent feature of the landscape. But as APIs become a facet in the payments industry, so does the need for API standardization and common practices. Such a framework is necessary for innovation and growth to continue at a quick pace.

HERNDON, Va., July 13, 2020 – Nacha’s Afinis Interoperability Standards membership organization, which focuses on the rapid delivery of APIs and other financial services standards across the U.S. and globally, announced today it has added 17 new member organizations. Afinis brings diverse collaborators together to build and test solutions, develop implementable and portable standards, and provide thought leadership on the shared goals of advancing efficiency, surety and security, and interoperability for financial services. 

HERNDON, Va., March 19, 2020 – Nacha’s Afinis Interoperability Standards membership organization announced today it has partnered with XMLdation to enable its stakeholders to leverage the Finland-based company’s testing capabilities within Afinis’ developer portal.

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Afinis Interoperability Standards approved five new APIs to be prioritized this year. Download the latest Meeting Summary Report for details and further updates about the group’s latest work efforts and new initiatives and goals for the second half of 2019. Download the Report

Published in PaymentsJournal on July 23, 2019 As technological innovation continues to reshape the payments industry, APIs are becoming a prominent feature of the landscape. But as APIs become a facet in the payments industry, so does the need for API standardization and common practices. Such a framework is necessary for innovation and growth to continue at a quick pace.

Afinis Interoperability Standards members will meet July 9-10 in Atlanta for a Program Increment (PI) Planning Meeting to review the group’s latest work efforts and identify new initiatives and goals for the second half of 2019. Nearly 40 Afinis Interoperability Standards members will meet in person to receive an update; launch a new members-only section of the group’s online portal; and evaluate the status of new application programming interfaces (APIs) under development, as well as plan for which ones will launch in the short term.

HERNDON, Va., April 23, 2019 – Afinis Interoperability Standards, a new member-led organization supported by NACHA, announced its inaugural Board of Directors and Board Officers. The Board of 10 members and three officers will guide the strategic direction of the organization, which is advancing financial industry standards, including API standardization and other financial services standards, across the U.S. and globally. 

Interim Board, consisting of 11 organizations representative of the diverse financial services industry, will guide strategic direction of the new member-led organization HERNDON, Va., Dec. 5, 2018 – Afinis Interoperability Standards announced that it has named its Interim Governing Board. The Interim Board consists of 11 member organizations including ACI Worldwide, Bank of America, Barclays, D3 Banking Technology, Fiserv, Microsoft, Oracle, Payrailz, Tata Consultancy Services, TD Bank, and Wells Fargo.