International Transfer Provider OFX Launches Payments API, Enabling Effective Foreign Currency Management At Scale
March 14 2018 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Foreign currency exchange company OFX (ASX:OFX) today announced
the launch of a developer portal, designed to provide the global
developer community with easy access to the company’s new Payments
API.
OFX aim to remove obstacles for international businesses that
want total confidence when building cross border payable and
receivable processes. Partners such as marketplaces, service
platforms and SMB’s can now automate all international payments
directly through their own platform and participate more freely in
the interconnected global economy, with access to OFX’s competitive
exchange rates and domestic settlement network. For developers, the
portal offers personalised dashboards to create and manage
applications with plug and play RESTful APIs, clear documentation,
high industry standard service level agreements (SLAs) and an
analytics dashboard.
David Nicholls, Director of Enterprise Development at OFX
commented: “Our new platform gives our integrated partners the
ability to scale globally and accelerate the software build
processes. Most importantly they save on foreign exchange rates and
largely bypass expensive wires by accessing one of the worlds
largest local settlement networks. We launched a beta version in
November last year, and our early adopters are reporting easy
integrations. Now the platform is open for any developers to
register and try our Payments API Product in the sandbox
environment. We have an extensive roadmap to add features to the
platform so partners and developers can take advantage of the
increasing suite of OFX services via API. We’re committed to
helping our customers manage the pace and complexity of cross
border business.”
Developers at supply chain finance solutions company Octet have
seen immediate process efficiencies: “Our team were confident
that the OFX Payments API was simple and easy to work with and
superior to the alternatives on the market. Once the decision was
made, we were fully integrated within a couple of
working days,” said Octet chief operating officer Michael Rom.
“We saw our processing costs drop significantly over six
months.”
“As the world moves to a place where automation, scale and
efficiency are a basic need, the OFX team are striving to build
products which foster partnerships with businesses and developers,
to help shape long-term digital payment innovation,” said Skander
Malcolm, CEO at OFX.
A global company with its North American headquarters in San
Francisco, OFX continues to focus on advancement in the tech,
product and payments space. Founded in Sydney in 1998, OFX remains
an innovator as the first Australian Fintech to launch an
International Payments API on a self-serve developer platform.
Interested parties can register here to access the OFX developer
portal.
About OFX
OFX gives consumers and businesses a smarter, online and mobile
alternative to existing currency exchange services. Since its
launch in 1998, OFX has transferred more than $100B in 55
currencies across the globe. Drawing from two decades of
experience, OFX Group is a leading global money transfer business,
with over 300 employees and offices in San Francisco, Sydney,
Toronto, London, Hong Kong and Auckland.
The OFX Group Limited is a publicly listed entity on the
Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX") under the code "OFX." The
OFX Group consolidated services under the global brand OFX from
prior brands OzForex, UKForex, USForex, CanadianForex, NZForex,
Tranzfers and ClearFX. OFX also powers the international money
transfer services of Travelex, MoneyGram, ING Direct, Macquarie
International Money Transfers and other international financial
institutions. USForex Inc. dba OFX. OFX is the registered trade
name for USForex Inc. a licensed money transmitter. NMLS #1021624.
For more information on OFX, visit OFX.com.
View source
version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180314005298/en/
For more information:Justin Lavelle Communications,
LLCJustin Lavelle, 703-912-7671justin@justinlavelle.comorOFXMelita
DeHazes, 415-364-6614melita.dehazes@ofx.com
OFX (ASX:OFX)
Historical Stock Chart
From Nov 2024 to Dec 2024
OFX (ASX:OFX)
Historical Stock Chart
From Dec 2023 to Dec 2024