Implementer’s Drafts of Three FAPI Specifications Approved


The OpenID Foundation membership has approved the following Financial-grade API (FAPI) specifications as OpenID Implementer’s Drafts:

  • Financial-grade API — Part 1: Read Only API Security Profile
  • Financial-grade API — Part 2: Read & Write API Security Profile
  • Financial-grade API — JWT Secured Authorization Response Mode for OAuth 2.0 (JARM)

An Implementer’s Draft is a stable version of a specification providing intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification. These are the second Implementer’s Drafts for Part 1 and Part 2 and the first for JARM.

The Implementer’s Drafts are available at:

The voting results were:

  • Approve – 52 votes
  • Object – 1 vote
  • Abstain – 8 votes

Total votes: 61 (out of 282 members = 22% > 20% quorum requirement)

— Michael B. Jones – OpenID Foundation Board Secretary