Kafene

Kafene is a New York-based point-of-sale financing platform that lets retailers offer transparent lease-to-own (LTO) purchase options to prime and non-prime consumers. Founded in 2019 by Neal Desai and James Schuler, the company underwrites shoppers with an AI-driven risk model that pulls 20,000+ data points to return an approval — up to $5,000 — in seconds, then pays the merchant directly on delivery confirmation while the customer pays weekly or biweekly until ownership. Merchants originate applications from their in-store POS or by sending a text-to-apply link; consumers manage leases and payments in a self-service dashboard. Kafene raised a ~$31M Series B and reaches merchants through financing-waterfall networks such as Versatile Credit and LendPro. As of the 2026-08-01 enrichment probe Kafene publishes no public developer program, no OpenAPI/GraphQL/MCP contract, no SDKs, and no /.well-known discovery surface; its merchant and consumer surfaces are authenticated single-page web applications and integration is arranged through Kafene's partner team, not self-serve documentation.

Kafene is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Financial Services, Fintech, Lease To Own, and Point Of Sale.

Kafene’s developer surface includes support, FAQ, engineering blog, signup flow, and 9 more developer resources.

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15.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
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CompanyFinancial ServicesFintechLease To OwnPoint Of SaleConsumer FinanceRetailUnderwritingPayments

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 15.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · 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 0 / 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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Security Posture 1

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

Kafene Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp
SignUp
 Login
Login

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 FAQ
FAQ

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About
 Blog
Blog
 Newsroom
Newsroom
 Careers
Careers

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: kafene
name: Kafene
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66c3383e064576f49e765ed2/6a0d813b7a26a50ddb512855_kafene-logo-horiz-color.svg
description: Kafene is a New York-based point-of-sale financing platform that lets retailers offer transparent lease-to-own
  (LTO) purchase options to prime and non-prime consumers. Founded in 2019 by Neal Desai and James Schuler, the company underwrites
  shoppers with an AI-driven risk model that pulls 20,000+ data points to return an approval — up to $5,000 — in seconds,
  then pays the merchant directly on delivery confirmation while the customer pays weekly or biweekly until ownership. Merchants
  originate applications from their in-store POS or by sending a text-to-apply link; consumers manage leases and payments
  in a self-service dashboard. Kafene raised a ~$31M Series B and reaches merchants through financing-waterfall networks such
  as Versatile Credit and LendPro. As of the 2026-08-01 enrichment probe Kafene publishes no public developer program, no
  OpenAPI/GraphQL/MCP contract, no SDKs, and no /.well-known discovery surface; its merchant and consumer surfaces are authenticated
  single-page web applications and integration is arranged through Kafene's partner team, not self-serve documentation.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kafene/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:secondary-market
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: harvest
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-08-01'
modified: '2026-08-01'
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: sales
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Partner-only
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - https://www.kafene.com/become-a-kafene-partner
  - https://www.kafene.com/faq
  generated: '2026-08-01'
  method: searched
tags:
- Company
- Financial Services
- Fintech
- Lease To Own
- Point Of Sale
- Consumer Finance
- Retail
- Underwriting
- Payments
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.kafene.com
- type: About
  url: https://www.kafene.com/about-kafene
- type: Support
  url: https://www.kafene.com/contact
- type: FAQ
  url: https://www.kafene.com/faq
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.kafene.com/newsroom
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://www.kafene.com/newsroom
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.kafene.com/careers
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.kafene.com/become-a-kafene-partner
- type: Login
  url: https://merchant.kafene.com/login
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.kafene.com/legal/terms-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.kafene.com/legal/privacy-policy
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/kafene-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kafene-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-01'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 3
  pass: local-v1
  note: Full contract discovery ran against every kafene.com host (www, merchant, application, app, customer, api) plus package
    registries and GitHub. No OpenAPI, GraphQL, AsyncAPI, MCP server, agent card, SDK or /.well-known document exists. Recorded
    as verified negative data; identity + link-property pass completed from the provider's own site.