VelocityCard Card Issuing

VelocityCard Card Issuing Cards API

The Cards API from VelocityCard Card Issuing — 4 operation(s) for cards.

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Operations 4

POST /v1/cards/issue Issue a virtual or physical card to a cardholder with limits attached at… #

GET /v1/cards/{id}/balance Read the available and pending balance on any card #

PUT /v1/cards/{id}/controls Set spending limits, MCC rules, and merchant locks in real time #

POST /v1/cards/{id}/{id} Freeze or unfreeze a card instantly, effective on the next authorization #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: VelocityCard Card Issuing Cards API
  version: '2026-10-11'
  description: 'GENERATED FROM DOCUMENTATION by API Evangelist on 2026-10-11: 4 operation(s) read from 1 public documentation page(s) (each operation names its page in x-source). This is not the provider''s published contract; VelocityCard Card Issuing has published no machine-readable contract that the pipeline could find. Engine: local.'
  x-evidence-tiers:
    code-example: 0
    documentation: 4
    pages-with-code: 0
    pages-read: 1
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-provenance: generated
  x-authored-by: API Evangelist
  x-generated: '2026-10-11'
  x-generator: generate-contract-from-docs.py
  x-engine: local
  x-sources:
  - https://www.velocitycard.io/card-issuing-api
tags:
- name: Cards
paths:
  /v1/cards/issue:
    post:
      operationId: post_v1_cards_issue
      tags:
      - Cards
      summary: Issue a virtual or physical card to a cardholder with limits attached at…
      x-source: https://www.velocitycard.io/card-issuing-api
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostV1CardsIssueRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostV1CardsIssueResponse'
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
  /v1/cards/{id}/balance:
    get:
      operationId: get_v1_cards_id_balance
      tags:
      - Cards
      summary: Read the available and pending balance on any card
      x-source: https://www.velocitycard.io/card-issuing-api
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
  /v1/cards/{id}/controls:
    put:
      operationId: put_v1_cards_id_controls
      tags:
      - Cards
      summary: Set spending limits, MCC rules, and merchant locks in real time
      x-source: https://www.velocitycard.io/card-issuing-api
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
  /v1/cards/{id}/{id}:
    post:
      operationId: post_v1_cards_id_id
      tags:
      - Cards
      summary: Freeze or unfreeze a card instantly, effective on the next authorization
      x-source: https://www.velocitycard.io/card-issuing-api
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Success (status as documented)
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
        collapsed_from: 2 example path(s) differing only at id
components:
  schemas:
    PostV1CardsIssueResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        card_id:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        virtual_pan:
          type: string
    PostV1CardsIssueRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        program_id:
          type: string
        cardholder_id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        spending_limits:
          type: string
        spending_limits.amount:
          type: string
        spending_limits.interval:
          type: string
        merchant_categories:
          type: string
        auto_activate:
          type: string
      required:
      - program_id
      - cardholder_id
      - type