Digitinary Blogs
Open Banking regulation, API platform engineering and back-office automation — written by the team shipping it across the MENA region.
14 Oct 2026 · Open Banking
If Open Banking Isn't the Foundation, What Is?
At JO Fintech Festival 2026, the regulator put Open Banking at the heart of Jordan's fintech plans. Here is why Open Banking is the foundation fintech is built on, what it costs when that foundation is missing, and what regulators should get right.
Salah Abu-Msameh
Founder & CEO, Digitinary
30 Sept 2026 · Developer Portal
No Developer Portal? The Real Cost Isn't Visibility, It's Time
A missing developer portal doesn't cost regulated institutions visibility, they're already part of the market by law. What it actually costs is time: weeks of manual onboarding, emailed API keys, and now, a widening gap with AI agents that expect self-serve access.
Salah Abu-Msameh
Founder & CEO, Digitinary
20 Sept 2026 · API
The Silent Cost of Slow Partner Onboarding
Locking down developer portals to control partner onboarding feels safe, but it quietly costs institutions time, revenue, and partnerships. Here is a better way to balance security and access.
Salah Abu-Msameh
Founder & CEO, Digitinary
15 Sept 2026 · API
API, API Gateway & API Management: The Difference Many Organizations Still Get Wrong
In many of our meetings, we still hear "API" used to mean the gateway, and "the gateway" used to mean the whole management strategy. Here is the difference between the three, and why it matters more than it sounds.
Salah Abu-Msameh
Founder & CEO, Digitinary
15 Sept 2026 · API Platform
Large Financial Institutions as an API Platform: Why the Shift Can't Wait
Most large financial institutions see only about 60% of their customers use them for the full relationship. Here is why the answer is not a better product, but becoming an API platform, and why agentic AI makes that shift urgent.
Salah Abu-Msameh
Founder & CEO, Digitinary
15 Sept 2026 · Open Banking
Your Infrastructure Will Fail Your Open Banking (and BaaS) Project — And You Have Not Noticed Yet
Most Open Banking projects pass compliance on time by fixing the API layer. But the legacy middleware carrying that traffic underneath was never built for it. Here is why that gap gets expensive, and what the right architecture looks like.
Salah Abu-Msameh
Founder & CEO, Digitinary