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Cross River Bank

Cross River Bank is an FDIC-insured chartered bank that operates as a sponsor bank and banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider for fintech companies, embedded-finance platforms, and crypto / stablecoin issuers. The product surface is delivered through the Cross River Operating System (COS) - a proprietary API-driven banking core with real-time subledger generation - and includes accounts, ACH and Same-Day ACH, RTP and FedNow instant payments, wires, card issuing and processing (Visa / Mastercard), merchant acquiring, stablecoin rails, consumer and SMB lending, and capital markets / loan participation services. API access is gated behind a partner onboarding process; documentation and sandbox are at docs.crossriver.com.

Cross River Bank publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Banking, Banking as a Service, Sponsor Bank, Embedded Finance, and Payments.

Cross River Bank’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.

16.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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8 APIs
BankingBanking as a ServiceSponsor BankEmbedded FinancePaymentsACHRTPFedNowCardsLendingStablecoin

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 16.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
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 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Cross River Operating System (COS)

Proprietary API-driven banking core that underpins all Cross River partner programs. Provides a real-time subledger, KYC / KYB, compliance workflows, accounts, payments, cards, ...

Cross River Accounts API

REST API for opening and managing FDIC-insured deposit accounts (checking, savings, purpose-built program accounts) on behalf of partner-program end users. Includes balances, st...

Cross River Payments API

Unified payments API covering ACH and Same-Day ACH, FedNow and RTP instant payments, domestic and international wires, and book transfers. Includes payment origination, returns,...

Cross River Card Payments API

Card issuing and processing API spanning Visa, Mastercard, and regional networks. Supports debit, credit, and prepaid programs, virtual / physical card lifecycle, authorizations...

Cross River Lending / Loan Funding API

Marketplace-lending and loan-origination API used by fintech lending partners for consumer and SMB loan origination, underwriting, funding, servicing, participation, and securit...

Cross River Stablecoin Payments

Money-movement API supporting stablecoin pay-ins and pay-outs across fiat rails for crypto and Web3 partners, with the bank serving as the regulated on/off-ramp.

Cross River Webhooks

Outbound webhook events covering account, payment, card, and lending lifecycle changes. Endpoints and signing secrets are configured per partner program.

Cross River Postman Collection

Postman collection of the COS APIs distributed to onboarded partners to accelerate sandbox testing and integration work.

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cross River Bank Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Cross River Bank Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: cross-river-bank
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cross-river-bank/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Cross River Bank
kind: company
description: Cross River Bank is an FDIC-insured chartered bank that operates as a sponsor bank and banking-as-a-service (BaaS)
  provider for fintech companies, embedded-finance platforms, and crypto / stablecoin issuers. The product surface is delivered
  through the Cross River Operating System (COS) - a proprietary API-driven banking core with real-time subledger generation
  - and includes accounts, ACH and Same-Day ACH, RTP and FedNow instant payments, wires, card issuing and processing (Visa
  / Mastercard), merchant acquiring, stablecoin rails, consumer and SMB lending, and capital markets / loan participation
  services. API access is gated behind a partner onboarding process; documentation and sandbox are at docs.crossriver.com.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cross-river-bank.png
tags:
- Banking
- Banking as a Service
- Sponsor Bank
- Embedded Finance
- Payments
- ACH
- RTP
- FedNow
- Cards
- Lending
- Stablecoin
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: cross-river-bank:cos
  name: Cross River Operating System (COS)
  description: Proprietary API-driven banking core that underpins all Cross River partner programs. Provides a real-time subledger,
    KYC / KYB, compliance workflows, accounts, payments, cards, and lending primitives behind a unified REST API surface.
    Access is granted to onboarded partners only.
  humanURL: https://www.crossriver.com/cos
  baseURL: gated-partner-access
  tags:
  - Core Banking
  - Subledger
  - Platform
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.crossriver.com
- aid: cross-river-bank:accounts-api
  name: Cross River Accounts API
  description: REST API for opening and managing FDIC-insured deposit accounts (checking, savings, purpose-built program accounts)
    on behalf of partner-program end users. Includes balances, statements, holds, and account-level controls.
  humanURL: https://docs.crossriver.com
  baseURL: gated-partner-access
  tags:
  - Accounts
  - Deposits
  - FDIC
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.crossriver.com
- aid: cross-river-bank:payments-api
  name: Cross River Payments API
  description: Unified payments API covering ACH and Same-Day ACH, FedNow and RTP instant payments, domestic and international
    wires, and book transfers. Includes payment origination, returns, and reporting.
  humanURL: https://docs.crossriver.com
  baseURL: gated-partner-access
  tags:
  - Payments
  - ACH
  - RTP
  - FedNow
  - Wire
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.crossriver.com
- aid: cross-river-bank:card-payments-api
  name: Cross River Card Payments API
  description: Card issuing and processing API spanning Visa, Mastercard, and regional networks. Supports debit, credit, and
    prepaid programs, virtual / physical card lifecycle, authorizations, settlement, and merchant acquiring.
  humanURL: https://docs.crossriver.com
  baseURL: gated-partner-access
  tags:
  - Cards
  - Issuing
  - Acquiring
  - Visa
  - Mastercard
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.crossriver.com
- aid: cross-river-bank:lending-api
  name: Cross River Lending / Loan Funding API
  description: Marketplace-lending and loan-origination API used by fintech lending partners for consumer and SMB loan origination,
    underwriting, funding, servicing, participation, and securitization.
  humanURL: https://docs.crossriver.com
  baseURL: gated-partner-access
  tags:
  - Lending
  - Origination
  - Loans
  - Marketplace Lending
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.crossriver.com
- aid: cross-river-bank:stablecoin
  name: Cross River Stablecoin Payments
  description: Money-movement API supporting stablecoin pay-ins and pay-outs across fiat rails for crypto and Web3 partners,
    with the bank serving as the regulated on/off-ramp.
  humanURL: https://www.crossriver.com/stablecoin
  baseURL: gated-partner-access
  tags:
  - Stablecoin
  - Crypto
  - Pay-In
  - Pay-Out
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.crossriver.com
- aid: cross-river-bank:webhooks
  name: Cross River Webhooks
  description: Outbound webhook events covering account, payment, card, and lending lifecycle changes. Endpoints and signing
    secrets are configured per partner program.
  humanURL: https://docs.crossriver.com
  baseURL: customer-configured
  tags:
  - Webhooks
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.crossriver.com
- aid: cross-river-bank:postman
  name: Cross River Postman Collection
  description: Postman collection of the COS APIs distributed to onboarded partners to accelerate sandbox testing and integration
    work.
  humanURL: https://docs.crossriver.com
  baseURL: gated-partner-access
  tags:
  - Postman
  - Tooling
  - Sandbox
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.crossriver.com
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cross-river-bank-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.crossriver.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.crossriver.com/
- type: PartnerPortal
  url: https://www.crossriver.com/partners
- type: COS
  url: https://www.crossriver.com/cos
- type: ContactSales
  url: https://www.crossriver.com/contact-us
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cross-river-bank
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.crossriver.com/llms.txt
- url: https://www.crossriver.com/insights
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: Visa
- name: Mastercard
- name: FedNow
- name: The Clearing House (RTP)
- name: NACHA (ACH)
- name: Fedwire
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com