<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Hi all</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">There is currently work undergoing within ISO TC68 (the group at ISO responsible for financial standards) to create a standard for financial APIs.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">From a FAPI perspective I think we have the following options (Nat mentioned that there may be a few more)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><b>1. We contribute the entire text of parts 1 and 2 and it is published as part of a technical specification by ISO.</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Pros:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"> - Many initiatives around the world are looking to ISO for guidance on the development of standards based financial APIs. This isn't just in the PSD2 use case of access to accounts, but includes settlement, forex, corporate, treasury, etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Cons:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"> - There isn't necessarily the right expertise in TC68/SC9 to continue to develop the standard</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"> - ISO isn't a "natural" home for a spec like this</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"> - OIDF is developing conformance tests for FAPI specs, it would be better for the tests, certification and specs to live within them same body</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><b>2. We work with SC9/WG2 to reference FAPI parts 1 and 2 rather than include the whole text.</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">To get this through the ISO process, it would be helpful if we could move parts 1 and 2 past the draft stage to final specification before the ISO work completes.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Pros:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"> - OIDF is best home for this spec with the right expertise and the conformance tests / certification process</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"> - We can continue to update the spec or add other parts </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Cons:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"> - Maybe doesn't lend quite the same authority to the spec by having it referenced rather than included fully.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">I'd appreciate your thoughts on this. We need to make a decision one way or the other by the end of June.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Thank you</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:1em;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.4"><div style="color:rgb(97,97,97);font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21px"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:0.925em;line-height:1.4;color:rgb(220,41,30);font-weight:bold"><div style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:lato,"open sans",arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><div style="color:rgb(0,164,183);font-weight:bold;font-size:1em;line-height:1.4"><div style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:normal"><div style="color:rgb(0,164,183);font-weight:bold;font-size:1em;line-height:1.4">Dave Tonge</div><div style="font-size:0.8125em;line-height:1.4">CTO</div><div style="font-size:0.8125em;line-height:1.4;margin:0px"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fmoneyhubenterprise.com%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGUnR5opJv5S1uZOVg8aISwPKAv3A" style="color:rgb(131,94,165)" target="_blank"><img alt="Moneyhub Enterprise" height="50" src="http://content.moneyhub.co.uk/images/teal_Moneyhub-Ent_logo_200x50.png" title="Moneyhub Enterprise" width="200" style="border:none;padding:0px;border-radius:2px;margin:7px"></a></div><div style="padding:8px 0px"><div style="padding:8px 0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,164,183);font-size:11px">Moneyhub Financial Technology, 2nd Floor, Whitefriars Business Centre, Lewins Mead, Bristol, BS1 2NT</span></div><span style="font-size:11px;line-height:15.925px;color:rgb(0,164,183);font-weight:bold"></span></div><span style="font-size:11px;line-height:15.925px;color:rgb(0,164,183);font-weight:bold">t: </span><span style="font-size:11px;line-height:15.925px">+44 (0)117 280 5120</span><br></div><div style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(97,97,97)"><font color="#00a4b7"><span style="font-size:11px;line-height:15.925px"><br></span></font><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.4"><span style="font-size:0.75em">Moneyhub Enterprise is a trading style of Moneyhub Financial Technology Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"). </span><span style="font-size:10.5px">Moneyhub</span><span style="font-size:0.75em"> Financial Technology is entered on the Financial Services Register </span><span style="font-size:0.75em;background-color:transparent">(FRN </span><span style="font-size:0.75em;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,164,183);font-weight:bold">561538</span><span style="font-size:0.75em;background-color:transparent">) at <a href="http://fca.org.uk/register" target="_blank">fca.org.uk/register</a>. </span><span style="font-size:10.5px">Moneyhub</span><span style="font-size:0.75em;background-color:transparent"> Financial Technology is registered in England & Wales, company registration number </span><span style="font-size:0.75em;color:rgb(0,164,183);font-weight:bold;background-color:transparent">06909772</span><span style="font-size:0.75em;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><font size="1">©</font></span><span style="font-size:0.75em;background-color:transparent"> . </span><span style="font-size:10.5px">Moneyhub</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:0.75em"> Financial Technology Limited 2018. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:0.75em;color:rgb(136,136,136)">DISCLAIMER: This email (including any attachments) is subject to copyright, and the information in it is confidential. 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