A curated list of platforms, APIs, tools, frameworks, standards, and learning resources for Financial Technology (FinTech), spanning payments, banking, lending, wealth management, compliance, blockchain, and financial data.
- Foundations & Standards
- Payments & Money Movement
- Banking & Open Banking
- Cards & Issuing
- Lending & Credit
- Wealth Management & Investing
- Personal Finance & Budgeting
- Financial Data & Market APIs
- Fraud, Risk & Compliance
- RegTech & Identity
- Blockchain & Crypto Infrastructure
- Accounting, Invoicing & Tax
- Developer Tools & Infrastructure
- Learning Resources
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- ISO 20022 – Global standard for electronic data interchange between financial institutions.
- SWIFT – Secure messaging network used by banks and financial institutions worldwide.
- PCI DSS – Security standards for handling cardholder data.
- Open Banking – Framework enabling secure data sharing between banks and third parties.
- Financial Data Exchange (FDX) – Common API standard for financial data sharing.
- Stripe – Payment processing platform for online and subscription businesses.
- Adyen – Global payments platform for enterprises and marketplaces.
- PayPal – Online payments and digital wallet platform.
- Square – Payments and point-of-sale tools for businesses.
- Checkout.com – Cloud-based payment processing platform.
- Wise – Cross-border payments with transparent exchange rates.
- Payoneer – Global payments platform for freelancers and marketplaces.
- Plaid – API platform connecting apps to users’ bank accounts.
- Tink – Open banking platform for payments and financial data.
- TrueLayer – Open banking APIs for payments and data access.
- Yapily – Open banking infrastructure for financial services.
- Solaris – Banking-as-a-Service platform for embedded finance.
- Marqeta – Card issuing and payment processing platform.
- Stripe Issuing – APIs for creating and managing virtual and physical cards.
- Adyen Issuing – End-to-end card issuing solution.
- Unit – Embedded finance platform with card issuing and banking.
- Synapse – Banking and card issuing APIs for FinTechs.
- Upstart – AI-driven lending and credit risk platform.
- Affirm – Buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform.
- Kabbage – Small business lending and cash flow tools.
- Lendio – Online marketplace for small business loans.
- Zopa – Digital bank offering loans and savings products.
- Robinhood – Commission-free investing platform.
- Wealthfront – Robo-advisor for automated investing.
- Betterment – Digital wealth management platform.
- Interactive Brokers – Trading and brokerage APIs.
- Alpaca – API-first stock trading and brokerage platform.
- Mint – Personal finance and budgeting app.
- YNAB – Budgeting software based on zero-based budgeting.
- Monzo – Digital bank with built-in budgeting tools.
- Revolut – Financial super app with banking, cards, and analytics.
- Emma – Personal finance app for tracking spending and subscriptions.
- Bloomberg – Financial data, analytics, and news platform.
- Refinitiv – Market data and financial infrastructure provider.
- Alpha Vantage – Free and paid APIs for market data.
- Polygon.io – Real-time and historical financial market data APIs.
- Quandl (Nasdaq Data Link) – Economic and financial datasets.
- Stripe Radar – Machine-learning-based fraud detection for payments.
- Sift – Fraud prevention and risk management platform.
- Riskified – E-commerce fraud and chargeback protection.
- Feedzai – AI-powered fraud detection for financial institutions.
- Featurespace – Anomaly detection for financial crime.
- Onfido – Identity verification and KYC platform.
- Trulioo – Global identity verification APIs.
- Sumsub – KYC, KYB, and AML compliance platform.
- Jumio – AI-powered identity verification services.
- ComplyAdvantage – AML risk intelligence and screening.
- Coinbase – Cryptocurrency exchange and developer APIs.
- Binance – Crypto trading and blockchain infrastructure platform.
- Chainalysis – Blockchain analytics and compliance tools.
- Fireblocks – Secure digital asset custody and transfer platform.
- Alchemy – Blockchain developer platform and APIs.
- QuickBooks – Accounting and bookkeeping software.
- Xero – Cloud-based accounting platform for SMBs.
- FreshBooks – Invoicing and accounting for small businesses.
- Wave – Free accounting and invoicing tools.
- TaxJar – Automated sales tax calculation and filing.
- Stripe API – APIs for payments, billing, and financial workflows.
- Plaid API – Developer APIs for banking data access.
- Open Banking APIs – Standards-based financial APIs.
- AWS for Financial Services – Cloud infrastructure for FinTech workloads.
- Google Cloud for FinTech – Cloud services for financial applications.
- FinTech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) – Open-source standards and projects for finance.
- Stripe Developer Guides – Practical guides for payment integration.
- Plaid Learning Center – Tutorials and use cases for open banking.
- Embedded Finance Explained – Overview of embedded financial services.
- FinTech Regulatory Landscape – Global regulatory perspectives on FinTech.
- Open Banking Guide – Best practices for open banking adoption.
- Introduction to FinTech – Overview of modern financial technologies.
- Payments & Digital Banking – Systems and infrastructure behind payments.
- FinTech Product Development – Building and scaling financial products.
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