Apidays Hong Kong 2021: Deep Diving the Open API, Open Banking & Data Ecosystem in Hong Kong
HONG KONG SAR - Media
OutReach - 17 August 2021 -Apidays LIVE Hong Kong 2021, the
biggest API-first virtual
conference in Hong Kong, unveils the schedule & agenda today with
the theme "API Ecosystem & Data Interchange" by beNovelty Limited
- a homegrown award-winning API company. More than 1000 attendees are
expected to join the virtual event, being held on 25th and 26th August, 2021,
with a series of talks, workshops &
roundtables from regional and local experts.
The apidays LIVE Hong Kong 2021 with the theme "API Ecosystem & Data Interchange" has confirmed 50+ sessions with speakers from regional banks, leading enterprises, technology companies and fintech companies.
Since 2019, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has been
launching different phases of Open API Framework, while Phase 3 & 4 are
expected to be implemented progressively starting from December 2021 by 28
participating banks, enabling third party API collaborations in different
financial products and services to improve end user experience.
"As the Open API Phase 3 & 4 is coming closer, there are
increasing discussions of Open API use cases in the community. Banks and
enterprises are now less conservative in sharing data and business scenarios
with 3rd parties in order to deliver
better & more effective services to
customers." explains Patrick CS Fan, organiser of apidays Live Hong
Kong & founder of beNovelty Limited. "The key is not only on API
(Application Programme Interface) technology itself, but how the services address customer needs at the
right time. Nowadays, customers are less willing to walk into bank branches or
turn on the bank mobile app for a specific service. The services need to be
distributed through different channels
under various scenarios, which
ends up requiring bank services and data sitting in third-party
applications. The new demand creates new challenges to both banks and third party partners."
Based on the Study Report entitled "The
Next Phase of the Banking Open API Journey" released in May 2021, the
top 3 ranked challenges of participating in banking Open APIs according
to banks and TSPs (Third Party Service Providers) are - 1) Fraud and
cybersecurity risks, 2) Difficulty in identifying use cases with tangible
business benefits, 3) Complexity of technical development work including legacy
modernisation.
"We believe there are some commonalities in challenges from
different regions and we should learn from the successful and failed
experience from each other to speed up the progress." Patrick said,
"That's why we bring apidays Hong
Kong here and line-up 50+ sessions with API domain thought leaders from
the east and the west."
The 2-day API
conference has confirmed 50+ sessions with speakers from regional banks,
leading enterprises, technology companies and fintech companies with 3 focused
tracks:
Industry
Focus
Financial Services & APIs - How financial institutions build up API use cases in regulated
environments
Enterprise & APIs - How enterprises leverage API
technologies in growing their business
Open Banking Technologies - Overview of essential technologies
in building up Open Banking platforms
API
Architecture & Development Focus
Architecting APIs - How should we better design, architect &
monitor API infrastructure
API Product Practice - Learn about the best practice in API
product design and development
Developer
Experience & Community Focus
Developer Experience - Understand the needs of developer
experience and how it accelerates API adoption
Developer Community - How to engage and grow your API developer
community
The apidays LIVE Hong Kong 2021 is lead organised by beNovelty
Limited with the Hong Kong Computer Society and the Hong Kong Science Park
Startups Alumni Association as supporting organisations.
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About beNovelty Limited
beNovelty is a Hong Kong homegrown technology start-up founded
in 2015 and the lead organiser of
apidays Hong Kong since 2020, dedicated to the development of Open API technology-related businesses
& ecosystem. beNovelty is involved in
cross sector API collaboration ranging from the banking, insurance, tourism and
education industries, establishing partnerships with various types of
enterprises. In 2020, beNovelty is the technology partner of API Ecobooster, a
program that connects startups and the developer community with the bank to
co-create API solutions with HKSTP and HSBC. beNovelty is an acceleratee of
HKSTP LEAP Programme and awardee of Hong Kong ICT Start-up Awards (2020)
, IFTA Fintech Achievement Awards (2019) etc.