How banks and providers are accelerating corporate API adoption

One of the main obstacles to broader application programming interface adoption in corporate treasury has been the legacy design of treasury management systems, which were not originally built with APIs in mind.

Working with legacy systems

Batch-focused architecture and the proliferation of multiple enterprise resource planning (ERP) and treasury management system (TMS) solutions due to business growth created challenges in application programming interface (API) implementation. Adoption was further slowed by the lack of understanding and documentation around API use cases and processes.

In recent years, however, many organisations have implemented new ERP systems that are more conducive to API plug-ins and real-time data or TMSs that connect disparate ERP platforms.

There is a significant surge in corporate API adoption, especially for real-time view of balances

Mohit Narula, Citi

“This has enabled more corporates

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