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Fat Zebra

Fat Zebra is an Australian payments company (founded 2012, Sydney) providing a card-present and card-not-present payment gateway and processing platform for merchants, ISOs, and software platforms across Australia and New Zealand. Its API-first Gateway handles Visa, Mastercard, and Amex purchases, authorizations and captures, refunds and voids, card tokenization, 3D Secure, recurring payment plans, direct debits and direct credits over local bank rails, chargeback handling, batch processing, and hosted payment pages (PayNow), alongside wallet acceptance for Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Click to Pay. A separate Partner API lets platforms and ISOs create and board their own sub-merchants onto acquirer connections programmatically. The developer surface is a genuine, well-documented ReadMe hub at docs.fatzebra.com with four downloadable OpenAPI definitions, and the runtime platform is branded pmnts (gateway.pmnts.io). Authentication is HTTP Basic using a username and API token.

Fat Zebra publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Gateway API, Partner API, Billing API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Payments, Australia, Payment Gateway, Payment Processing, and Acquiring.

The Fat Zebra catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Fat Zebra’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, changelog, pricing, engineering blog, and 34 more developer resources.

59.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 84/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
4 APIs 1 MCP Servers
PaymentsAustraliaPayment GatewayPayment ProcessingAcquiringCard PaymentsTokenizationRecurring BillingDirect DebitHosted Payment PagesMerchant Onboarding

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 59.0/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 16.1 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 8.2 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 84/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 4

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

Fat Zebra Gateway API

The core Fat Zebra payments Gateway — 98 documented operations across 73 paths covering purchases, authorizations and captures, refunds and voids, card tokenization (credit_card...

Fat Zebra Partner API

The Partner (v2) API for ISOs and software platforms to programmatically create and manage their own sub-merchants and acquirer connections — 30 operations across 22 paths cover...

Fat Zebra Billing API

An early usage-based Billing API (OpenAPI 3.0.3) exposing billing entities and a batch usage-record push for metered billing against customers. Documented server is the sandbox ...

Fat Zebra FDMS TPP Merchant Onboarding API

A Third-Party Processor (TPP) merchant onboarding API for the FDMS acquiring integration (OpenAPI 3.0.3) — create and list merchants and an internal onboard operation. Documente...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

fat-zebra-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Security Posture 3

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

Fat Zebra Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Fat Zebra Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Fat Zebra Trust Center

PCI DSS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Fat Zebra Agentic Access

133 operations · 72 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

133 operations · 72 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 8

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Scroll for all 8

Design & Contract 8

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

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Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: fat-zebra
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fat-zebra/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Fat Zebra
kind: company
description: Fat Zebra is an Australian payments company (founded 2012, Sydney) providing a card-present and card-not-present
  payment gateway and processing platform for merchants, ISOs, and software platforms across Australia and New Zealand. Its
  API-first Gateway handles Visa, Mastercard, and Amex purchases, authorizations and captures, refunds and voids, card tokenization,
  3D Secure, recurring payment plans, direct debits and direct credits over local bank rails, chargeback handling, batch processing,
  and hosted payment pages (PayNow), alongside wallet acceptance for Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Click to Pay. A separate Partner
  API lets platforms and ISOs create and board their own sub-merchants onto acquirer connections programmatically. The developer
  surface is a genuine, well-documented ReadMe hub at docs.fatzebra.com with four downloadable OpenAPI definitions, and the
  runtime platform is branded pmnts (gateway.pmnts.io). Authentication is HTTP Basic using a username and API token.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Payments
- Australia
- Payment Gateway
- Payment Processing
- Acquiring
- Card Payments
- Tokenization
- Recurring Billing
- Direct Debit
- Hosted Payment Pages
- Merchant Onboarding
created: '2026-07-24'
modified: '2026-07-24'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: fat-zebra:fat-zebra-gateway-api
  name: Fat Zebra Gateway API
  description: The core Fat Zebra payments Gateway — 98 documented operations across 73 paths covering purchases, authorizations
    and captures, refunds and voids, card tokenization (credit_cards), customers and bank accounts, direct debits and direct
    credits, chargebacks, batches, recurring payment plans, surcharging, and webhook management. OpenAPI 3.1. Auth is HTTP
    Basic (username + API token).
  humanURL: https://docs.fatzebra.com/reference/purchases
  baseURL: https://gateway.pmnts.io/v1.0
  tags:
  - Payments
  - Gateway
  - Card Payments
  - Tokenization
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fat-zebra-gateway.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.fatzebra.com/docs/purchases-overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.fatzebra.com/reference/purchases
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/fat-zebra-gateway-overlay.yaml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/fat-zebra-webhooks.yml
- aid: fat-zebra:fat-zebra-partner-api
  name: Fat Zebra Partner API
  description: The Partner (v2) API for ISOs and software platforms to programmatically create and manage their own sub-merchants
    and acquirer connections — 30 operations across 22 paths covering partner self/identity, merchant create/board/lifecycle
    (activate, suspend, cancel), credential rotation, acquirer connection management, SSO enforcement, and dashboard users.
    OpenAPI 3.1. Auth is HTTP Basic (partner username + API token). Production, sandbox, and staging environments documented.
  humanURL: https://docs.fatzebra.com/docs/introduction
  baseURL: https://gateway.pmnts.io/v2/partners
  tags:
  - Merchant Onboarding
  - Partner
  - Acquiring
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fat-zebra-partner.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.fatzebra.com/docs/introduction
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.fatzebra.com/reference/showself
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/fat-zebra-partner-overlay.yaml
- aid: fat-zebra:fat-zebra-billing-api
  name: Fat Zebra Billing API
  description: An early usage-based Billing API (OpenAPI 3.0.3) exposing billing entities and a batch usage-record push for
    metered billing against customers. Documented server is the sandbox host billing.pmnts-sandbox.io. Auth is HTTP Basic.
  humanURL: https://docs.fatzebra.com/
  baseURL: https://billing.pmnts-sandbox.io/api/v1/
  tags:
  - Billing
  - Usage Based Billing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fat-zebra-billing.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.fatzebra.com/
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/fat-zebra-billing-overlay.yaml
- aid: fat-zebra:fat-zebra-fdms-tpp-merchant-onboarding-api
  name: Fat Zebra FDMS TPP Merchant Onboarding API
  description: A Third-Party Processor (TPP) merchant onboarding API for the FDMS acquiring integration (OpenAPI 3.0.3) —
    create and list merchants and an internal onboard operation. Documented server is the sandbox host acquiring-sandbox.fatzebra.com.au.
    Auth is HTTP Basic.
  humanURL: https://docs.fatzebra.com/
  baseURL: https://acquiring-sandbox.fatzebra.com.au/api/v1
  tags:
  - Merchant Onboarding
  - Acquiring
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/fat-zebra-fdms-tpp-merchant-onboarding.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.fatzebra.com/
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/fat-zebra-fdms-tpp-merchant-onboarding-overlay.yaml
common:
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/fat-zebra-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/fat-zebra-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/fat-zebra-agentic-access.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/fat-zebra-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.fatzebra.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.fatzebra.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.fatzebra.com/docs/introduction
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.fatzebra.com/reference/purchases
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.fatzebra.com/docs/getting-started
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://docs.fatzebra.com/changelog/welcome-to-pmnts
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/fatzebra
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.fatzebra.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.fatzebra.com/platform/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.fatzebra.com/company/news
- type: Support
  url: https://www.fatzebra.com/contact/support
- type: Security
  url: https://www.fatzebra.com/security
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.fatzebra.com/privacy-policy
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.fatzebra.com/platform/integrations
- type: Packages
  url: packages/fat-zebra-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/fat-zebra-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/fat-zebra-well-known.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/fat-zebra-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/fat-zebra-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/fat-zebra-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/fat-zebra-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://docs.fatzebra.com/docs/pci-certification
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/fat-zebra-problem-types.yml
- type: DeclineCodes
  url: errors/fat-zebra-decline-codes.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/fat-zebra-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://docs.fatzebra.com/changelog/welcome-to-pmnts
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/fat-zebra-sandbox.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/fat-zebra-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/fat-zebra-conventions.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/fat-zebra-components.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/fat-zebra-data-model.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/fat-zebra-webhooks.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/fat-zebra-accept-a-card-payment.md
  name: Accept a card payment
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/fat-zebra-authorize-and-capture.md
  name: Authorize then capture
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/fat-zebra-tokenize-and-charge.md
  name: Tokenize a card and charge it
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/fat-zebra-board-a-submerchant.md
  name: Board a sub-merchant
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/fat-zebra-changelog.yml
  name: Fat Zebra changelog (structured)
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.fatzebra.com/contact/sales
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com