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Getting Started with Broker API: A Guide to our Onboarding Process
Ever wondered what exactly it takes to “Launch” a Trading App? Alpaca’s Broker API helps enable a partner to build out a complete trading experience, but there are certain steps they need to complete to successfully launch.
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Alpaca's Flow of Funds
Grab your copy of Alpaca's Flow of Funds Guide to learn about the different funding methods, types of fund flows based on use case, methods, and operational flows we support.
Guide
![Build your Trading App: A Broker API Dashboard Guide](img/broker-resources/2-sm.png)
Build your Trading App: A Broker API Dashboard Guide
Learn how you can build and launch your own trading app with Alpaca's Broker API Dashboard.
Guide
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How Does Robinhood Make Money?
Get insights on Robinhood's 2021 financials, its revenue streams, product and technology, and opportunities and challenges.
eBook
![Getting Started With Alpaca Broker API: Brokerage Edition](img/broker-resources/4-sm.png)
Getting Started With Alpaca Broker API: Broker...
Learn more about Alpaca Broker API and how you can get started.
Webinar
![How to Build a Fully Functional Trading App With Alpaca](img/broker-resources/5-sm.png)
How to Build a Fully Functional Trading App Wi...
Learn how you can build a trading app with Alpaca Broker API.
Webinar
![How to Start Building Your Fintech App With Alpaca's Broker API Dashboard](img/broker-resources/6-sm.png)
How to Start Building Your Fintech App With Al...
In this webinar, we discuss what #KYC is and how it works, how to create and virtually fund user accounts, and how to pass orders through Alpaca's Broker API dashboard.
Webinar
![How to Build Your Fintech App as a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA)](img/broker-resources/7-sm.png)
How to Build Your Fintech App as a Registered ...
In this webinar we discuss how you can build your fintech app as Registered Investment Advisor.
Webinar
![Crypto for Broker API AMA](img/broker-resources/8-sm.png)
Crypto for Broker API AMA
Watch our CPO Hitoshi Harada and other team leaders answer questions about the launch of Crypto for Broker API.
Webinar
![From TradFi to DeFi: How Crypto is Reshaping the Industry](img/broker-resources/9-sm.png)
From TradFi to DeFi: How Crypto is Reshaping t...
Are you interested in learning how crypto is redefining the industry and the shift we are witnessing from TradFi to DeFi? Watch our webinar to learn more.
Webinar
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How to Fund an Account via Broker API
This tutorial is a step-by-step demonstration of how to fund an account via the Broker API and is part of the Alpaca 101 Tutorial Series.
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![How to Open an Account for an End-User by Broker API](img/broker-resources/11-sm.png)
How to Open an Account for an End-User by Broker API
This tutorial is a step-by-step demonstration of how to open an account for an end-user using Broker API and is part of the Alpaca 101 Tutorial Series.
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![How to Pass an Order on Behalf of the End-User by Broker API](img/broker-resources/12-sm.png)
How to Pass an Order on Behalf of the End-User...
This tutorial is a step-by-step demonstration of how to pass an order via the Broker API and is part of the Alpaca 101 Tutorial Series.
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![How to Journal Cash or Securities from One Client Account to Another by Broker API](img/broker-resources/13-sm.png)
How to Journal Cash or Securities from One Cli...
This tutorial is a step-by-step demonstration of how to journal cash or securities from one client account to another via the Broker API and is part of the Alpaca 101 ...
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![Try Our Postman Workspace for Alpaca APIs](img/broker-resources/14-sm.png)
Try Our Postman Workspace for Alpaca APIs
As a product manager, or a startup founder, have you always wanted to try Alpaca APIs quickly but never had a chance to write code for it? Today, we are excited to ann...
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![Open-Sourcing Commission-Free Trading App Code for Alpaca Broker API](img/broker-resources/15-sm.png)
Open-Sourcing Commission-Free Trading App Code...
Here at Alpaca, we are committed to providing the best developer experience, and as part of that effort, we are open-sourcing the reference implementation of a commiss...
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Getting Started with Broker API Q&A
We recently launched a webinar series, Getting Started with Broker API. Throughout, we provided opportunities for attendees to ask questions and we've collated the mos...
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![Love it or Hate it: Inside Payment for Order Flow and Commission-Free Trading Apps](img/broker-resources/17-sm.png)
Love it or Hate it: Inside Payment for Order F...
The industry has been discussing this controversial topic and the GameStop trading halt pushed it back into the spotlight. You guessed it, we're referring to payment f...
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![Quickly mock up the account onboarding process of your commission-free trading app](img/broker-resources/18-sm.png)
Quickly mock up the account onboarding process...
Creating a brokerage account onboarding flow is one of the most complex components when you build your commission-free trading app. Due to the nature of the financial ...
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![Broker-Dealer, Investment Advisor, or No License? How to start your research journey on regulatory licenses](img/broker-resources/19-sm.png)
Broker-Dealer, Investment Advisor, or No Licen...
The concept of getting licensed is foreign to most of us as developers and entrepreneurs in the tech industry. At the end of the day, regardless of how you refer to yo...
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![How Does Crypto Fee Pricing Compare to Stock Trading Fees?](img/broker-resources/20-sm.png)
How Does Crypto Fee Pricing Compare to Stock T...
In this article, we dive deep on how does crypto fee pricing, compare to stock trading fee pricing.
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![Easily allow users to fund their account with Plaid and Broker API](img/broker-resources/21-sm.png)
Easily allow users to fund their account with ...
In this article, we dive into the core functionality of any trading app - account funding and executing orders. We point to the specific API calls you can leverage thr...
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![What a fintech startup did to win #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt with Alpaca Crypto API](img/broker-resources/22-sm.png)
What a fintech startup did to win #1 Product o...
Launching on Product Hunt can seem daunting. What should you prepare? How can you increase traction? Here's our take and what worked for Alpaca.
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![Add market data to your trading app with Alpaca Market Data API](img/broker-resources/23-sm.png)
Add market data to your trading app with Alpac...
Following the release of Ribbit, we've discussed constructing an app's onboarding, funding, and trading flows using the Broker API. Here, we'll explore another foundat...
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Webinar Recap: How to Build a Fully Functional...
In our recent webinar, How to Build a Fully Functional Trading App, Christie Ruales, a product manager at Alpaca, shared how you can build anything from a simple tradi...
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![How to integrate the Onfido SDK into your brokerage app](img/broker-resources/25-sm.png)
How to integrate the Onfido SDK into your brok...
When it comes to building your own brokerage app, perfecting the KYC process can be one of the most difficult parts. Through Alpaca's KYC as a Service offering, we tak...
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![How to Enable Stock Market Trading from 4 am to 8 pm ET](img/broker-resources/26-sm.png)
How to Enable Stock Market Trading from 4 am t...
With the launch of extended hour trading, you can trade commission-free* US exchange securities according to your schedule and react quickly to after-hours news. By em...
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![Getting Started with Corporate Actions API: Announcements](img/broker-resources/27-sm.png)
Getting Started with Corporate Actions API: An...
Corporate action announcements refer to the notification of future reorganization events that impact shareholder positions. Alpaca's Corporate Actions API: Announcemen...
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![How Does Coinbase Make Money?](img/broker-resources/28-sm.png)
How Does Coinbase Make Money?
Get insights on Coinbase's journey to IPO, its revenue breakdown, products and opportunities, and challenges.
eBook
![Alpaca's Broker API Guide to the KYC Process](img/broker-resources/30-sm.png)
Alpaca's Broker API Guide to the KYC Process
For fintech apps, during onboarding, KYC is a crucial regulatory requirement to collect and confirm the identity of their customers. Thankfully, with our developer-cen...
Guide
![INTRO: A Modern Crypto & Stock Investing Platform](img/broker-resources/33-sm.png)
INTRO: A Modern Crypto & Stock Investing Platform
Welcome to our introductory video on the Broker API! And learn What is Alpaca?, Broker API Key Features & Roadmap, Partner Value-Adds & Success Stories, and more
Webinar
![Broker API Guide: Licensing & US Fintech Regulations](img/broker-resources/34-sm.png)
Broker API Guide: Licensing & US Fintech Regulations
As the U.S. fintech industry evolves rapidly, so are regulations. Fintech leaders should have a strong grasp of the regulatory landscape in order to ensure operational...
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![Build a Seamless KYC Process with Alpaca](img/broker-resources/35-sm.png)
Build a Seamless KYC Process with Alpaca
U.S. laws and regulations require financial institutions to follow KYC procedures due to the high risk of financial crimes. Learn how Alpaca KYC as a Service can help ...
Webinar
![Get Started with Local Currency Trading API for App Localization](img/broker-resources/36-sm.png)
Get Started with Local Currency Trading API fo...
With Local Currency Trading (LCT), you can buy, sell, and view US stocks in your local currency with real-time currency conversion. In this article, we cover the featu...
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![How to Get Started with Rebalancing API](img/broker-resources/37-sm.png)
How to Get Started with Rebalancing API
Alpaca's Rebalancing API offers investment advisors a way to easily create investment portfolios that are automatically updated to the specified cash, stock symbol per...
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![How Does Nubank Make Money?](img/broker-resources/38-sm.png)
How Does Nubank Make Money?
As your fintech business scales, you'll need to decide on a revenue model for sustainable growth. This eBook covers Brazilian digital bank Nubank's approach.
eBook
![How to Use Local Currency Trading to Boost Customer Engagement](img/broker-resources/39-sm.png)
How to Use Local Currency Trading to Boost Cus...
In this informative webinar, you'll learn the benefits of local currency trading and app localization, how to display trades, statements, and prices in local currencie...
Webinar
![Alpaca Broker API Visual Infographic](img/broker-resources/40-sm.png)
Alpaca Broker API Visual Infographic
Download our exclusive Broker API visual infographic to learn more about Alpaca Broker API and how to get started. This infographic provides a comprehensive overview ...
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![Build Your Own Trading App with Alpaca's Broker API](img/broker-resources/41-sm.png)
Build Your Own Trading App with Alpaca's Broker API
Unlock the power of Alpaca's Broker API suite, which is designed and ready for your fintech application needs.
Webinar
![New Features in Broker API: Company Overview and User Account Closure](img/broker-resources/42-sm.png)
New Features in Broker API: Company Overview a...
In Alpaca Broker API's Dashboard, we are always striving to facilitate our partners' experience and provide them with the tools they need to thrive. We are excited to...
Video
![How Pebble Finance Achieved a Rapid Launch with Alpaca Broker API](img/broker-resources/43-sm.png)
How Pebble Finance Achieved a Rapid Launch wit...
Discover how a registered investment advisor, Pebble Finance, created a financial platform that leverages AI through Alpaca API to help trading and investment in the U...
Video
![Decoding India’s Fintech Potential: 2023 Alpaca Edition](img/broker-resources/44-sm.png)
Decoding India’s Fintech Potential: 2023 Alpac...
In the ever-evolving landscape of global financial markets, one nation has consistently captured the attention of investors and traders – India 🇮🇳. Are you curious to...
eBook
![Getting Started with Broker API: A Guide to our Onboarding Process](img/broker-resources/45-sm.png)
Getting Started with Broker API: A Guide to ou...
Ever wondered what exactly it takes to “Launch” a Trading App? Alpaca’s Broker API helps enable a partner to build out a complete trading experience, but there are cer...
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