Youtube somehow included the wrong link: Here's the link to the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcP5U-hPwpY
There are also some initial docs on the API Gateway and Open Banking API at https://mifos.gitbook.io/docs/ Ed On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 2:06 PM Ed Cable <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Juhan, > > Thanks for taking the initiative to explore this topic as it's been a > critical one that we've been trying to actively discuss with the community > since January of 2018 - https://markmail.org/thread/2xz2py455r7rlm3p > > The API gateway providing support for a UK Open Banking API that Mifos has > started implementing and will soon be shipping is the first step towards > more securely supporting third party customer-facing apps. This has been > implemented for both Fineract 1.x and Fineract CN. It's only been tested > with some reference apps but one of the next steps is to have the existing > wallet and mobile banking apps on Fineract and Fineract CN connect via the > API Gateway. > > If you haven't watched this webinar, our digital transformation webinar > introduces some of the Open Banking API work: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vauM7axnRs > > We do recognize that it's only one step along the way and in order to > treat the customer as a first-class citizen we do need a separate data > store for the customer that can be written to and read from. Vishwas has > articulated some of these requirements in a recent post to that same > thread: https://markmail.org/message/f5t6aejhktr6htgd > > I would love to work with you in helping to spec out the work needed to > have customers be a first-class citizen and then build out the separate > data store for customers, an offline first approach and then align that > with the Open Banking API that's being implemented to initially provide > first-party apps a secure way to connect and also allow for third-party > apps to connect to. > > Perhaps we can get a small working group in place to advance this further. > I can get some of the product management volunteers like Prakash involved > to help with the spec as well. > > Ed > > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 1:38 PM Juhan Aasaru <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I would like to raise a separate thread regarding customers logging in to >> fineract-cn on their own behalf >> (to provide customer self-service). Vishwas wrote earlier in another >> thread: >> > AFAIK, you cannot do the same on the current micro-services. >> > The Mifos initiative has another project (Customer Self Service API >> Gateway) >> > which allows customer self service by maintaining separate credentials >> for each customer. >> > After the customer has been authenticated and authorized at the gateway, >> > it interfaces with Fineract-CN using a system / back-office user >> credential . >> >> I didn't find such a project, I think something like this only exists for >> Fineract 1.x >> But even if it exists the described design sounds more like a workaround >> or a "hack" >> - something that is done to add the functionality to an existing system. >> >> Since Fineract-CN is a new platform and it has all the building blocks it >> should make customer a >> First-Class citizen [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-class_citizen ] >> meaning the customer >> would represent himself as a user and all the privileges checking systems >> would >> make sure the customer is only able to obtain information about himself. >> >> I know it adds a lot of complexity (to alredy complex world) but I was >> wondering if >> this question has risen earlier and if there have been any design >> thoughts how it should >> be implemented (or why it was decided not to implement it). >> >> I see Fineract 1.x /MifosX has a nice analysis document about customer >> self-service here >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/Customer+Self-Service >> I wonder if something exists for Fineract-CN as well. >> Or if not how could we come up with a similar document how it should be >> once implemented. >> >> Regards >> Juhan >> >> >> > > -- > *Ed Cable* > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative > [email protected] | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 > > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> > > -- *Ed Cable* President/CEO, Mifos Initiative [email protected] | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
