Digitinary Solution
API Management Platform
API management is the practice of securely exposing, governing, monitoring, and monetizing an organization’s APIs across their full lifecycle. Digitinary’s Wasl is a lightweight, development-oriented API Platform that combines an API Gateway, a centralized Management Console, and a Developer Portal so institutions can manage the entire API lifecycle from one place.
Who this is for
- Banks and financial institutions exposing APIs to partners and third-party providers
- Enterprises that need centralized governance, security, and lifecycle control over APIs
- Organizations looking to monetize APIs or build a developer ecosystem
Problems it solves
- APIs spread across disconnected gateways with no central control
- Slow, manual partner and developer onboarding
- Limited visibility into API usage, performance, and compliance
- No clear path to API monetization or a public API marketplace
Delivered by Wasl
This solution is delivered by Wasl, Digitinary's API management and Open Banking compliance platform.
Architecture & implementation
Wasl extends the micro-gateways approach to multi micro-gateways with a single management console (API Manager). It is built on reactive, non-blocking architecture to deliver high performance, scalability, and resilience with minimal latency.
The Management Console centralizes control over APIs, gateway environments, and the Developer Portal, while the Developer Portal lets organizations expose APIs so developers can discover, understand, and interact with them.
Capabilities
- API Gateway with multi micro-gateways support and reactive, non-blocking IO
- Centralized Management Console with dashboards, analytics, and runtime control
- API Lifecycle Management from design to deprecation
- Policy management for security, throttling, and governance rules
- Developer Portal with API Marketplace, documentation, and webhooks
- Monetization engine with flexible pricing models
- Audit trail and change management with approval workflows
Proven in production
Kuwait Finance House (KFH) — KFH consolidated its API management and Open Banking compliance onto Wasl, replacing a multi-vendor stack with a single platform covering the API Gateway, Management Console, and Developer Portal.
- Replaced a legacy API management stack with a unified platform
- Centralized API lifecycle, documentation, and publication-flow management
- Delivered a developer portal with TPP self-onboarding and an API marketplace
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an API management platform?
An API management platform is a system that lets an organization securely expose, govern, monitor, and monetize its APIs across their lifecycle. It typically includes an API gateway, a management console, and a developer portal.
What modules make up Wasl?
Wasl consists of an API Gateway (reactive, multi micro-gateways), a centralized Management Console, and a Developer Portal, with an additional Open Banking Compliance module for regulatory use cases.
Can Wasl monetize APIs?
Yes. Wasl includes a Monetization Engine with flexible pricing models, plus an API Marketplace and Developer Portal so institutions can package, publish, and monetize APIs for consumers and partners.
Related reading
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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