Nigeria's Open Banking: A Technical Blueprint for CIOs and CISOs
The launch of Nigeria's open banking era is a mandate that is rapidly moving from a regulatory concept to a technical requirement. For CIOs and CISOs of Nigerian banks, this shift presents both a significant compliance challenge and a strategic opportunity. The primary concerns are maintaining security while exposing customer data, understanding the specific technology needed, and ensuring the investment delivers ROI are paramount.
What is an Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)?
Understanding Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
An iPaaS, or integration platform as a service is a cloud-based integration platform that acts as a central hub to seamlessly connect and manage different applications, data sources, GenAI models, knowledge bases, and AI agents wherever they are deployed—cloud-based, on-premises, or hybrid.
WSO2 Changelog
- 23 May, 2026
Attribute-Driven Account Linking with Custom Provisioning Controls
We’ve enhanced account linking functionality to provide greater flexibility and control. Administrators can now define any attribute beyond just username or email as the lookup attribute for linking accounts. In addition, provisioning behavior during account linking failures is fully configurable.
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WSO2 Changelog
- 23 May, 2026
Enhanced Organization Search in Console with Nested Hierarchy Support
We’ve introduced a nested-level organization search option in the Console.
Previously, searches were limited to immediate child organizations. With this enhancement, you can now search across the entire organization hierarchy, making it easier to locate and manage organizations at any depth.
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WSO2 Changelog
- 23 May, 2026
Configure Allowed headers and parameters to be shared with Pre-Issue Access Token extension and Custom Authenticator (Service-based)
In extension points such as Pre-Issue Access Token and Custom Authenticator actions, it is common to rely on additional headers and parameters from the request flow. However, allowing unrestricted access to all headers and parameters poses security risks, as they may contain sensitive information, personally identifiable data (PII), or internal infrastructure details.
WSO2 Changelog
- 23 May, 2026
Selective role sharing for sub organizations
Asgardeo now provides full control over which roles are shared when delegating applications to sub organizations.Previously, application sharing automatically granted all associated application roles to sub organizations, which could lead to over-permissive access.
With this update, admins can fine-tune role visibility using one of three sharing modes: