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Open Banking: Guide to APIs, Regulations and FinTech

Open banking isn't just another buzzword. It's the framework shifting how financial services are built, accessed, and experienced. At its core, open banking is about control. User control. It gives consumers the right to securely share their financial data with third-party providers. The enabler? Robust bank API infrastructure. The driver? Regulation. And the opportunity? Massive. But the ecosystem is fragmented. Standards vary. Regulations differ across borders. And the technology can be confusing, especially when you're trying to ship something that actually works.

Monitoring for Financial Services: Reducing Costs, Ensuring Reliability

Fintech has reshaped financial services, using technologies like machine learning and blockchain to deliver faster, smarter, more user-friendly experiences. Challenger banks, open banking apps, digital payments, and investment apps have set a new standard—leaving traditional institutions racing to keep up. But staying competitive isn’t just about building digital products—it’s about making them reliable.

3 Reasons Why You Should Use Custom Playwright Fixtures

In this video, Stefan Judis, Playwright ambassador, explains the power of Playwright fixtures while running tests in JavaScript or TypeScript. Learn how to streamline your test setup, remove repeated code, and leverage custom fixtures for cleaner and more efficient end-to-end tests. By the end of this video, you'll have a clear understanding of why you should use Playwright's native architecture to structure your testing project.

Simplifying Observability: Streamlining Telemetry with a Centralized Pipeline

Modern applications generate a deluge of telemetry data—logs, metrics, and traces—that hold the key to understanding system performance and reliability. However, managing this data effectively is a growing challenge for DevOps teams. Raw telemetry can overwhelm teams with complexity and noise even when collected via robust standards like OpenTelemetry.

Why didn't my Playwright test capture video?

If you use Checkly, eventually you'll be looking at alerts about something failing, and wonder how to debug a failed check. For most of us, the first thing we want to see is the video of a failed check run. Sometimes, though, our check doesn’t capture video. This guide will cover three common reasons a video doesn’t show up on a check run. This advice is general for Playwright as well as those running Playwright tests on Checkly.