This ebook explores the evolving API security landscape within financial services as banks, insurers, fintech providers, and investment firms increasingly rely on APIs for digital banking, fraud detection, open banking, AI-powered services, and payment processing. Drawing on Akamai's 2026 API Security Impact Study, it highlights the high frequency of API-related incidents, with data breaches, AI-linked attacks, and API misconfigurations emerging as the most significant risks. The report explains how incomplete API visibility, limited sensitive-data awareness, and inconsistent security testing leave organizations vulnerable despite growing investment in AI. It provides practical recommendations including continuous API discovery, advanced lifecycle security testing, runtime protection, regu

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