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Grand Central is the unified API platform for banking integrations. Connect your core banking systems, third-party services, and applications through standardized APIs, built-in connectors, and data orchestration.

Key concepts

Understand the fundamental concepts and terminology used throughout Grand Central

Platform overview

Learn about Grand Central’s architecture, components, and enterprise capabilities

Get started with connectors

Deploy your first connector integration in minutes with our step-by-step guide

Implementation guides

Follow detailed guides to implement Grand Central in your banking environment

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What is Grand Central?

Grand Central is Backbase’s integration platform that enables banks to:
  • Unify disparate systems through standardized APIs
  • Accelerate time-to-market with pre-built connectors
  • Ensure compliance with built-in security and audit capabilities
  • Scale across multiple banking domains
The following sections describe the platform’s key features.
Create a consistent API experience across all your banking services, regardless of the underlying system architecture.
Leverage our extensive library of banking connectors for payments, account management, lending, and more.
Keep your systems synchronized with real-time data flow and event-driven architecture.
Built-in security controls, encryption, and compliance frameworks for banking-grade protection.

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Quick start

Ready to integrate with Grand Central? Choose your path:
1

Understand the platform

Learn about key concepts and Grand Central’s architecture
2

Set up your first connector

Follow our quickstart guide to deploy your first integration
3

Explore payment APIs

Discover our payment domain capabilities
4

Go live

Use our implementation guides for production deployment
Need help? Our implementation team is here to support your Grand Central journey. Contact us for personalized guidance and best practices.