Open Banking, Open APIs, and Open architecture [track 5]
24 March 2020, Tuesday, 11:00-12:00 (Warsaw, Amsterdam, Sarajevo)
Opening the “open” – during the webinar, we will unpack the concept of “Open” banking, “Open” APIs, “Open” architecture. The webinar will help key decision makers in the financial institution discuss strategic decisions related to investment into information systems and software. We will explain how financial institution can easily incorporate external data into its own MIS, for example from credit bureau, registry office or a bank used by client, due to open architecture. We will also discuss, how open Application Programming Interface can help connecting two different software, limiting the necessary investment into adopting the information systems used in MFIs. The webinar will help you understand and communicate with IT managers and providers.
Presenter: Alexis Lebel, Chief Executive Officer at OpenCBS
Alexis LEBEL started his career as an auditor with KPMG in the financial services industry. In 2004, he joined an international NGO in Afghanistan, where he worked on a World Bank financed community mobilization and local governance programme. He subsequently specialised in microfinance and spent a further four years in Afghanistan where he started the greenfield microfinance institution OXUS, now one of the market leaders in the country. This is the time when, with a handful of other passionate people, he started to work on Octopus, the ancestor of OpenCBS, which originally was developed for the OXUS network of Microfinance Institutions. After 2010 he worked in China, Rwanda, Liberia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan as a consultant on technical assistance projects in microfinance and SME finance. In 2013, together with most of the team which used to develop Octopus, he co-founded OpenCBS, which has now become a successful technology company developing an Open Source Core Banking Software for banks and microfinance institutions. He is CEO of the company since October 2015. |
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OpenCBS - company description
OpenCBS - company description
This webinar is financially supported by:
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This webinar has received financial support from the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation “EaSI” (2014-2020). For further information please consult: http://ec.europa.eu/social/easi
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