Open Banking and fintech APIs serve as a bridge of win-win cooperation between the two sides. APIs stormed the financial sector and are not going to leave it — more than 200 banks have already made use of APIs. There are over 1,400 API products that can be integrated and embedded into other apps from…
share: Have you ever caught yourself thinking after finishing your software development project that you could have done it way simpler, faster and better? “Tell me when I haven’t!” – you may joke. If so, have this quick read to find about 7 Lean Software Development Principles that will help you deliver simpler, faster and…
In the time of digitalization, the number of people using their iOS and Android devices to look for products and services online is rapidly growing. Mobile apps providing quicker and more efficient access to these have become a requirement almost for any kind of business, no matter the industry. Meanwhile, launching the product at the…
With the number of mobile apps increasing daily and the development process becoming more and more demanding due to the rising competition, it has become especially important to make sure that the product you are going to build is something target users want and are ready to pay for. This, in turn, can be only…
These days, in order to stay competitive companies, have to follow continuously changing trends and adapt to rapidly transforming consumer behaviors, wants, and needs. On top of that, products and services are expected to be developed and delivered faster and with timely marketing campaigns preceding. All that is only possible with help of a strategy…
share: The techs are developing almost at the sound speed nowadays. Now and then another piece of tech appears and you may find yourself at a loss – what’s this and what’s that? In this article, we will compare microservices vs web services. What are they, what do they serve for in software development projects,…
As the global competition keeps increasing, businesses of all sizes turn to outsourcing as one of their main strategies. It turns out that over one-third of all small businesses outsource at least one of their processes, while giants like Microsoft and Google (among others) have as many contractors as direct employees — from marketing to…
Creating a more responsive and sensitive customer experience — that is exactly what the present-day digital banking industry is striving for. Obsessed with the idea of delivering new digital services at an unprecedented speed and scale, many banks were quick to say good-bye to the ‘monolithic’ IT environments, and say hello to the brand-new microservice…
For today’s high-tech world where online food ordering or hotel booking takes only a few minutes, the existence of health facilities with tired patients trapped in endless lines for booking an appointment with a doctor may seem barbaric. If you’ve decided it’s time to earn bonus points for your clinic on satisfying clients with an…
Banking applications operate with customer funds and sensitive personal data, so no wonder that the testing approach, in this case, is completely different from regular software testing practices. Poorly and incompletely performed testing leads to serious incidents (such as unauthorized transactions, app operation errors, data breaches, and a high bounce rate) that a financial service…
You may have heard the terms user stories and use cases many times, but never actually dived deep enough to understand what they really mean for the software development process. Both are important, and when comparing User Stories vs Use Cases you should understand that they bring different value. So, what is a use case and what is…
Outsourcing is no fun when troubles arise all the time. Although it has multiple benefits which make employers outsource 300,000 jobs every year, such way of delivering projects may have some implications for you. The pitfalls that should be carefully explored before outsourcing include wrong cooperation model, unwisely composed team, wrong techs and payment model. For…
As SSON Analytics states banking is one of the leading industries actively focused on software robot implementation to improve business results and customer service standards. Given that the cost of human error in banking and financial services can be extremely high, creating intelligent bots definitely seems a smart decision. Today we’re going to describe some…
Fintech has already brought multiple revolutionary solutions to our daily activities. At the same time, the industry players are not going to stop there – growth prospects for the market are immense. This time, we will reveal some of the hottest fintech trends so that you have a clear picture of how exactly this rapidly…
Clean coding is critical when developing mobile applications or redesigning the user experience on your website. That’s why everyone is looking for the best programmers. However, when you try to hire Java developers, it feels like looking for a needle in a haystack since today there are thousands of engineers using this one of the…