Lead Bank
Lead Bank is a Kansas City-chartered FDIC-insured bank operating as a sponsor bank and embedded-finance infrastructure provider for fintech partners. The platform is organized around four product pillars - Lend (term loans, lines of credit, BNPL, in-app financing), Move (ACH, instant payments, wires, international wires, stablecoin transfers, payment controls), Issue (physical and virtual credit / debit cards, custom account numbers), and Store (FDIC-insured multi-currency deposit accounts). APIs and file integrations (SFTP) are documented at docs.lead.bank but access is gated through Lead Bank's partner-onboarding process. Recognized on the Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups and CNBC Disruptor 50 lists.
Lead Bank publishes 32 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Account Number API, ACH API, Blockchain Payment API, and 29 more. Tagged areas include Banking, Sponsor Bank, Embedded Finance, Banking as a Service, and Payments.
The Lead Bank catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Lead Bank’s developer surface includes engineering blog, authentication, documentation, changelog, and 11 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 3
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Lending Licensing (UK, US, Canada credit licence registers) | regulated | 19.2 (thin) | - | - |
| US Banks and Credit Unions (FDIC BankFind + NCUA insured credit unions) | regulated | 19.2 (thin) | - | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 2
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 32
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Lead Bank Lend API
Embedded-credit API supporting term loans, revolving lines of credit, in-app financing, and buy-now-pay-later products. Covers origination, underwriting, servicing, and disburse...
Lead Bank Move API
Money-movement API spanning ACH, instant payments (RTP / FedNow), domestic and international wires, stablecoin transfers, and partner-configurable payment controls.
Lead Bank Issue API
Card-issuing API for physical and virtual credit and debit cards plus custom-generated account numbers used in card-program back-ends.
Lead Bank Store API
Deposit-account API for opening and managing FDIC-insured accounts on behalf of partner-program end users, including multi-currency balances and flexible account structures.
Lead Bank File Integrations (SFTP)
File-based integration channel over SFTP for partners that ingest or emit batch files (NACHA, reconciliation, settlement reports).
Lead Bank Webhooks
Outbound webhook events covering account, payment, card, and lending lifecycle changes. Endpoints configured per partner program.
Lead Bank Account Number API
The Account Number API from Lead Bank — 7 operation(s) for account number.
Lead Bank ACH API
The ACH API from Lead Bank — 5 operation(s) for ach.
Lead Bank Blockchain Payment API
The Blockchain Payment API from Lead Bank — 2 operation(s) for blockchain payment.
Lead Bank Compliance API
The Compliance API from Lead Bank — 11 operation(s) for compliance.
Lead Bank Entity API
The Entity API from Lead Bank — 2 operation(s) for entity.
Lead Bank Events API
The Events API from Lead Bank — 2 operation(s) for events.
Lead Bank Funding API
The Funding API from Lead Bank — 3 operation(s) for funding.
Lead Bank Instant Payments API
The Instant Payments API from Lead Bank — 7 operation(s) for instant payments.
Lead Bank Internal Transfer API
The Internal Transfer API from Lead Bank — 2 operation(s) for internal transfer.
Lead Bank Lending API
The Lending API from Lead Bank — 3 operation(s) for lending.
Lead Bank Lending Simulation API
The Lending Simulation API from Lead Bank — 1 operation(s) for lending simulation.
Lead Bank Originator API
The Originator API from Lead Bank — 5 operation(s) for originator.
Lead Bank Simulation API
The Simulation API from Lead Bank — 11 operation(s) for simulation.
Lead Bank Subledger Balances API
The Subledger Balances API from Lead Bank — 2 operation(s) for subledger balances.
Lead Bank Wire API
The Wire API from Lead Bank — 4 operation(s) for wire.
Lead Bank O Auth API
The OAuth API from Lead Bank — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
Lead Bank Application API
The Application API from Lead Bank — 3 operation(s) for application.
Lead Bank Core Account API
The Core Account API from Lead Bank — 2 operation(s) for core account.
Lead Bank Core Balance API
The Core Balance API from Lead Bank — 2 operation(s) for core balance.
Lead Bank Core Transaction API
The Core Transaction API from Lead Bank — 2 operation(s) for core transaction.
Lead Bank Files API
The Files API from Lead Bank — 2 operation(s) for files.
Lead Bank Receivable API
The Receivable API from Lead Bank — 2 operation(s) for receivable.
Lead Bank Receivable Sale API
The Receivable Sale API from Lead Bank — 2 operation(s) for receivable sale.
Lead Bank User Account API
The User Account API from Lead Bank — 8 operation(s) for user account.
Lead Bank User Credit Balance API
The User Credit Balance API from Lead Bank — 6 operation(s) for user credit balance.
Lead Bank User Credit Transaction API
The User Credit Transaction API from Lead Bank — 3 operation(s) for user credit transaction.
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Open Collections 17
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Lead Bank Account Number API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number ACH API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number Blockchain Payment API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number Compliance API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number Entity API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number Events API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number Funding API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number Instant Payments API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number Internal Transfer API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number Lending API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number Lending Simulation API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number OAuth API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number Originator API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number Simulation API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number Subledger Balances API
OPEN COLLECTIONLead Bank Account Number Wire API
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MCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
Lead Bank API pricing
Not yet checked against Lead Bank's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-22; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free freemium | Free |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
- Pro Tier Default: 120 requests per minute
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Lead Bank's documentation. Rate-limit details →
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Lead Bank Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Lead Bank Finops
FINOPSSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.
Lead Bank API Rules
SPECTRALSecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 2
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
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 3
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Lead Bank API — frequently asked questions
Does Lead Bank have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 32 APIs from Lead Bank, including Lead Bank Lend API, Lead Bank Move API and Lead Bank Issue API, and 29 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Lead Bank API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 26 OpenAPI specifications for Lead Bank, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Lead Bank API?
Lead Bank uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Lead Bank Authentication.
How much does the Lead Bank API cost?
APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for Lead Bank, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Does Lead Bank have an MCP server?
Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Lead Bank: Remote MCP server at docs.lead.bank over HTTP; 3 tools listed.
Is the Lead Bank API ready for AI agents?
Lead Bank has a Kin Score of 28.1 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 41.3 (agent-native), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.
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