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Welcome to the FinFeedAPI Blog. Here you’ll find fresh insights and helpful guides for anyone using our APIs — from stocks and crypto to prediction markets, forex, and more.

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Exchange rates API
Real Time Forex Rates vs. Historical FX Rates: Selecting the Correct Currency Data for Your Fintech App
Fintech developers: Choosing between real-time forex rates and historical FX data? Learn to select the right currency exchange rates for reliable app performance.
Stock market data APIs
Raw Stock Market Data for Developers: APIs & Applications
Explore what raw stock market data is, its key applications for developers (trading strategies, risk management), and how to effectively access and integrate it via API.
Tutorials
Tutorial: Extracting Key Information from SEC Filings with FinFeedAPI's /v1/extractor Endpoint
This tutorial will guide you through using this endpoint, particularly useful for forms like 8-K (which report significant corporate events) and 10-K (annual reports) where information is organized into specific items.
Stock market data APIs
The Developer's Guide to Financial Development: Top API Use Cases Reshaping the Economy
A complete guide for developers on the top API use cases in financial development. Explore how to use financial data APIs to build apps for payments, investing, and more.
Exchange rates API
Real-Time vs. Historical FX Rates: Choosing the Right Data for Your Application
Selecting the right kind of foreign exchange (FX) data is a key decision for any financial application. The FinFeedAPI Currencies API addresses this need by providing two distinct endpoints: one for real-time rates for immediate conversions, and another for historical data perfect for analysis and charting. This guide compares their use cases and explains the robust VWAP-24H calculation methodology, helping you choose the most suitable data for your project.
Exchange rates API
Symbols of Indian Currency: Complete Guide to Rupee Signs, Mint Marks, and Security Features
Symbols of Indian currency encompass three distinct categories: the official rupee symbol (₹), mint marks on coins, and security symbols on banknotes. These visual identifiers serve critical functions in authenticating the Indian rupee, preventing counterfeiting, and enabling standardized digital transactions across India’s diverse economic landscape.
Stock market data APIs, SEC API, Exchange rates API
Understanding API Integration: A Practical Guide for Everyone
A detailed guide to API integration. Understand what APIs are, their benefits, common use cases, how they work, and best practices for implementation."
Flat files, Stock market data APIs
API vs. Flat File: A Fintech Developer's Grudge Match
Developers, stop guessing. Learn when to use a real-time REST API versus a batch flat file for financial data. Our guide covers security, scalability, and real-world anecdotes.
Stock market data APIs
Unlocking Market Data Gold: 7 Fintech Startup Ideas for Trading and Investments
Discover 7 fintech startup ideas using stock market APIs to build innovative financial solutions, gain market insights, and create next-gen trading apps.
Exchange rates API
Money Emoji: Complete Guide to Using 💰💸💵 in Digital Communication
Money emojis are digital symbols like 💰, 💸, and 💵 that represent wealth, finances, and monetary concepts in digital communication. In this guide, you’ll learn what money emojis are, their meanings, and how to use them effectively across platforms.
Prediction Markets API
Prediction Markets Betting: How to Trade on Future Events
Prediction markets betting transforms speculation into a structured financial activity, allowing users to put money behind their convictions about future events. Unlike traditional polls or expert opinions, these markets harness the wisdom of crowds by requiring participants to risk real money on their predictions.
Stock market data APIs, API technology
Forget Freddy. The Real Horror Show is Your Data Pipeline
In honor of the spooky season, dim the lights and lock the doors. We're counting down the Top 5 Market Data Nightmares That Are Scarier Than Any Slasher Flick.
Exchange rates API
Yuan Sign (¥): Complete Guide to the Chinese Currency Symbol
The yuan sign (¥) is the internationally recognized symbol for the Chinese yuan renminbi, the official currency of the People’s Republic of China. This distinctive symbol appears before numerical values in financial documents, digital displays, and international trade communications worldwide, serving as the standard representation for China’s currency in global commerce.
Exchange rates API
The Complete Guide to the Yen Symbol: Usage, Typing Methods, and Cultural Significance
The yen symbol (¥) serves as the official currency sign for the Japanese yen, one of the world’s most important currencies in international commerce and the third most traded currency in the global foreign exchange market. This distinctive symbol, featuring a capital Y crossed by horizontal lines, represents not just money but centuries of Japanese economic development and modernization.
Prediction Markets API
Polymarket: The Blockchain Prediction Market Changing How the World Forecasts the Future
Polymarket has redefined how people predict the future — turning global events into tradeable markets that reflect collective intelligence in real time. Built on blockchain and powered by cryptocurrency, this decentralized prediction market platform lets anyone trade on real-world outcomes — from elections to interest rates — transforming speculation into data and sentiment into strategy.
Exchange rates API
Dollar Sign: Complete Guide to Currency Symbol Usage and Applications
The dollar sign ($) is a currency symbol consisting of a capital S with one or two vertical lines through it, used to denote monetary values for dollars and related currencies across more than 20 countries worldwide. This symbol has served as the standard representation for U.S. dollars, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars, and numerous other dollar-denominated currencies since the 1770s, making it one of the most recognizable symbols in global commerce.
Stock market data APIs, Quantitative trading
Trading Abbreviations: Essential Acronyms Every Trader Should Know
Trading abbreviations have evolved from the early days of floor trading, where hand signals and shouted codes facilitated rapid transactions. Today’s electronic markets have expanded this lexicon exponentially, covering everything from basic order types to sophisticated institutional trading concepts. For beginners, this alphabet soup of acronyms can feel overwhelming, but mastering these terms is essential for trading success.
Stock market data APIs
Historical Stock Market Data API: Guide to Financial Data Access
A historical stock market data API serves as a bridge between vast financial databases and your applications, delivering structured market information through simple HTTP requests.
API technology
Teaching AI to Understand Financial APIs — Without Writing More Code
Teaching AI to Understand Financial APIs — Without Writing More Code
Stock market data APIs
Intraday Stock Data API: Real-Time Market Data Access for Trading Applications
An intraday stock data API provides developers and traders with instant access to granular price movements and market information captured at frequent intervals during trading hours. Unlike end-of-day data that only offers daily summaries, an intraday feed reveals the complete price action story minute-by-minute. These insights are essential for powering active trading strategies, algorithmic systems, and time-sensitive investment decisions in today's fast-paced markets.