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Kotak Mahindra Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited is an Indian private-sector bank headquartered in Mumbai, and the first non-banking finance company in India to convert into a full commercial bank. Alongside retail, corporate, and NRI banking it operates the Kotak API Platform (api.kotak.com), an enterprise open-banking developer portal offering a curated stack of corporate banking APIs across six product categories — Account Services (balance enquiry, account statement), Payment Services (24x7 NEFT/RTGS/IFT, CMS bulk payments, corporate IMPS remittance, name enquiry, UPI merchant cashback), Collection Services (UPI web collect and autopay, e-collection virtual accounts, NACH physical/e-mandate/Aadhaar e-mandate, BBPS agent and biller integration, direct debit queryback), Trade Finance (import/export letters of credit, standby LCs, bankers guarantees, collections, inward/outward remittance, shipping guarantee, document upload), Onboarding (application, dedupe, offers, OTP), and Authorization Services (OAuth 2.0 access tokens). The platform is aimed at fintechs, ERP providers, and NBFCs through its Connected Banking partner program, and pairs an integrated sandbox testing environment with per-product documentation and downloadable kits that are released after developer registration and login.

Kotak Mahindra Bank publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Banking, Financial Services, Open Banking, and Payments.

Kotak Mahindra Bank’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, signup flow, support, FAQ, sandbox, and 15 more developer resources.

31.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 14/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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1 APIs
CompanyBankingFinancial ServicesOpen BankingPaymentsCollectionsTrade FinanceCorporate BankingIndiaUPI

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 31.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 11.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 14/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 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 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

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

Kotak API Platform

The Kotak Mahindra Bank enterprise open-banking API platform. A curated corporate banking API stack of 39 published API products across six categories — Account Services, Paymen...

Security Posture 2

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

Kotak Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Kotak Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

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

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: kotak
name: Kotak Mahindra Bank
description: Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited is an Indian private-sector bank headquartered in Mumbai, and the first non-banking
  finance company in India to convert into a full commercial bank. Alongside retail, corporate, and NRI banking it operates
  the Kotak API Platform (api.kotak.com), an enterprise open-banking developer portal offering a curated stack of corporate
  banking APIs across six product categories — Account Services (balance enquiry, account statement), Payment Services (24x7
  NEFT/RTGS/IFT, CMS bulk payments, corporate IMPS remittance, name enquiry, UPI merchant cashback), Collection Services (UPI
  web collect and autopay, e-collection virtual accounts, NACH physical/e-mandate/Aadhaar e-mandate, BBPS agent and biller
  integration, direct debit queryback), Trade Finance (import/export letters of credit, standby LCs, bankers guarantees, collections,
  inward/outward remittance, shipping guarantee, document upload), Onboarding (application, dedupe, offers, OTP), and Authorization
  Services (OAuth 2.0 access tokens). The platform is aimed at fintechs, ERP providers, and NBFCs through its Connected Banking
  partner program, and pairs an integrated sandbox testing environment with per-product documentation and downloadable kits
  that are released after developer registration and login.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: approval
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Requires approval
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://api.kotak.bank.in/commonIcons/API_Banking_Kotak_Bank_Logo.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kotak/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- norwest-venture-partners
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: live-api-platform
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Banking
- Financial Services
- Open Banking
- Payments
- Collections
- Trade Finance
- Corporate Banking
- India
- UPI
apis:
- aid: kotak:kotak-api-platform
  name: Kotak API Platform
  description: The Kotak Mahindra Bank enterprise open-banking API platform. A curated corporate banking API stack of 39 published
    API products across six categories — Account Services, Payment Services, Collection Services, Trade Finance, Onboarding,
    and Authorization Services (OAuth 2.0) — with an integrated sandbox testing environment. API specifications, sandbox access,
    and downloadable integration kits are released to registered developers after login; the product/category catalog itself
    is public.
  humanURL: https://api.kotak.com
  baseURL: https://api.kotak.bank.in
  tags:
  - Banking
  - Open Banking
  - Payments
  - Collections
  - Trade Finance
  - Onboarding
  - OAuth
  properties:
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://api.kotak.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.kotak.bank.in/explore
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://api.kotak.bank.in/auth/registration
  - type: Sandbox
    url: https://api.kotak.bank.in/faq
  - type: Support
    url: https://api.kotak.bank.in/support
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://api.kotak.bank.in/terms
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://kotak.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://api.kotak.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.kotak.bank.in/en/open-banking.html
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.kotak.bank.in/explore
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://api.kotak.bank.in/auth/registration
- type: SignUp
  url: https://api.kotak.bank.in/auth/registration
- type: Login
  url: https://api.kotak.bank.in/auth/login
- type: Support
  url: https://api.kotak.bank.in/support
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://www.kotak.bank.in/en/help-center.html
- type: FAQ
  url: https://api.kotak.bank.in/faq
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://api.kotak.bank.in/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.kotak.com/en/privacy-policy.html
- type: Partners
  url: https://api.kotak.bank.in/connectedbanking
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/kotak-sandbox.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/kotak-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/kotak-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/kotak-conformance.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/kotak-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/kotak-well-known.yml
- type: APICatalog
  url: well-known/kotak-api-catalog.json
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kotak-domain-security.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/kotak-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence