APIs are everything in the Fintech world. To reign in the data-driven age, you need to gather and process tons of information, and APIs claw and drag it relentlessly. Unseen, they are the core power underneath the lion's share of Fintech processes: “open” in “open banking” stands for “open APIs.”

Explore with me the intricacies of developing, optimizing, and integrating APIs. I'll guide you through the most popular API protocols, ways to optimize API development and integration, and steps to best secure APIs.

Welcome to the Wealthtech Weekly, your roundup of the latest news and trends in the fintech industry.

What’s going on:

• WBI Investments launches an innovative onboarding platform
• intelliflo redblack doubles its cloud clients
• Blueleaf names new Wealthtech leader to its Advisory Board
• Croesus welcomes a new business development VP
• Orion and Riskalyze build up on their integration
• New Wealthtech market research highlights the future of robo-advisors, retail investment, and digital brokerage

Let’s get a better view of what's happening.

Daniel Reibsamen is CTO at Guidance Residential — a provider of exclusive Muslim-tailored home financing options. With his primary task being to take the company national and digital, he dedicated 10 years to Guidance Residential and continues to push the limits. Daniel’s main goal is for the clients to get access to the technology that all the large banks have, just the way they need it.