# Bloomberg Message

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg-message/  
**Website:** https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

Bloomberg Message is the core messaging service within the Bloomberg Terminal ecosystem, enabling financial professionals to communicate securely through the Bloomberg IB (Instant Bloomberg) messaging system. It provides a compliant, archived communication channel for trading desks, asset managers, and financial institutions to exchange information, research, and trade-related messages.

## Kin Score — 19.1 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 19.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **Bloomberg IB (Instant Bloomberg)** — Bloomberg's primary secure messaging service for financial professionals, providing real-time message delivery, group chats, broadcast lists, and file sharing within the Bloombe...
- **Bloomberg Email Gateway** — Gateway service enabling Bloomberg IB messages to be sent and received via email for communication with counterparties not on the Bloomberg network.

## Security (1)

- **Bloomberg Message Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Bloomberg Message Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **Sell-Side Distribution** — Distribute research and trade ideas from sell-side to buy-side clients.
- **Trade Communication** — Communicate trade intentions and confirmations between counterparties.
- **Compliance Records** — Maintain compliant records of financial communications for regulators.
- **Market Commentary** — Share market commentary and analysis with clients through broadcast messages.

## Tags

Messaging, Financial Communication, Bloomberg IB, Compliance, Trading Communication, Bloomberg

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg-message/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.