Mark Boyd

Mark Boyd is a writer and API industry analyst, who contributes regularly to a number of key industry journals. He has chaired several API conferences and published a number of ebooks on the API lifecycle, best practices for API adoption, and API uptake in industry verticals. As founder of the API-focused startup, Platformable, he regularly conducts industry research, supports API providers to grow into platform businesses, and manages data-driven projects that draw on open data and proprietary sources. With a public health and urban planning background, Mark is especially interested in how APIs can help local governments transform into a city-as-a-platform model and how to leverage APIs to reduce unequal access to the resources needed for healthy living and community participation.

By Mark Boyd

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Avoiding Common Pitfalls Along the Journey to Open APIs

Payments providers can grow revenues by allowing third-parties to create apps that leverage digital payment platforms, but the potential for reward comes with risk. Taking a "maturity model" approach can help providers avoid common pitfalls.