Episode 10: Securing The New Fintech Economy

Attendees Guest: Nir Valtman Guest title:  Product security lead Company:  Finastra Abstract Fintech companies drive cloud security forward by setting the highest bar of requirements on cloud providers. In this episode we talk with Nir Valtman, Product security leader at Finastra about the challenges of Fintech companies and dive into API Authentication and Authorization best practices and building eco-system that can support trust between banks and young fintech companies. Timing 0:00 Intro and introducing our guest 2:40 Introducing Finastra and the challenges of traditional banks with modern fintech.  4.50  Building API platforms for banks. Challenges, security considerations and solutions.  8:45   Creating trust between banks and fintech companies - validating applications end to end security from the fintech to the banks. 12.30 Authenticating & Authorizing API requests on banking platforms. Methods, challenges and common use cases 19:30 Detecting anomalies detection and analyzing API’s on top of cloud platforms 25:35 The challenges of application secret management with partners 28.25 Tips for fintech companies