Close Brothers

Close Brothers Group plc (LSE: CBG) is a UK merchant banking group founded in 1878 and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index, headquartered at 10 Crown Place, London EC2A 4FT. The group provides specialist lending across motor, premium, asset, invoice, and property finance; takes personal and business deposits through Close Brothers Savings; manages wealth through Close Brothers Asset Management; and trades securities through Winterflood. Its banking entity, Close Brothers Limited, is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the PRA. Close Brothers is not one of the CMA9 mandated banks; it offers savings and deposit products rather than online payment (current) accounts, and therefore carries no UK Open Banking (OBIE / PSD2) Read/Write or Open Data publishing obligation. As of this profile no public developer portal, Open Banking Open Data endpoint, or documented API surface could be confirmed for the group.

Close Brothers is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Financial Services, Banking, Merchant Banking, Specialist Lending, and Savings.

Close Brothers’ developer surface includes support and 5 more developer resources.

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14.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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Financial ServicesBankingMerchant BankingSpecialist LendingSavingsWealth ManagementSecuritiesUnited KingdomFTSE 250

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Composite quality — 14.6/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

aid: close-brothers
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/close-brothers/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Close Brothers
kind: company
description: 'Close Brothers Group plc (LSE: CBG) is a UK merchant banking group founded in 1878 and a constituent of the
  FTSE 250 Index, headquartered at 10 Crown Place, London EC2A 4FT. The group provides specialist lending across motor, premium,
  asset, invoice, and property finance; takes personal and business deposits through Close Brothers Savings; manages wealth
  through Close Brothers Asset Management; and trades securities through Winterflood. Its banking entity, Close Brothers Limited,
  is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the PRA. Close
  Brothers is not one of the CMA9 mandated banks; it offers savings and deposit products rather than online payment (current)
  accounts, and therefore carries no UK Open Banking (OBIE / PSD2) Read/Write or Open Data publishing obligation. As of this
  profile no public developer portal, Open Banking Open Data endpoint, or documented API surface could be confirmed for the
  group.'
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Financial Services
- Banking
- Merchant Banking
- Specialist Lending
- Savings
- Wealth Management
- Securities
- United Kingdom
- FTSE 250
created: '2026-07-23'
modified: '2026-07-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/close-brothers-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.closebrothers.com/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/close-brothers
- type: Support
  url: https://www.closebrothers.com/contact-us
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.closebrothers.com/legal
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.closebrothers.com/cookies-privacy
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com