Nymcard

NymCard is a MENA-based, full-stack payments infrastructure provider whose nCore platform gives banks, fintechs and enterprises RESTful APIs to launch and manage card programs. nCore covers card issuing (virtual, physical, prepaid, debit, credit and tokenized cards), user KYC/KYB onboarding, funding and transfers, product management (balance and velocity limits, fees, MCC authorization controls), the full transaction lifecycle, 3D Secure, PCI-compliant PAN handling, webhooks and embedded lending. The platform is PCI DSS Level 1 certified and NymCard is a principal member of both Visa and Mastercard, with offices in London and Dubai. Backed by QED Investors.

Nymcard publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Payments, Card Issuing, Banking as a Service, and Fintech.

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

Nymcard’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, signup flow, authentication, and 20 more developer resources.

43.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 52/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyPaymentsCard IssuingBanking as a ServiceFintechEmbedded FinanceMENA

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 43.3/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 15.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.3 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 52/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 1

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

nCore API

RESTful card-issuing and payments platform API for users, cards, card products, accounts, funding/transfers, limits, transactions and webhooks.

MCP Servers 1

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

nymcard-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Event Specifications 1

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

Security Posture 2

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

Nymcard Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Nymcard Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: nymcard
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  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/nymcard.png
name: Nymcard
description: NymCard is a MENA-based, full-stack payments infrastructure provider whose nCore platform gives banks, fintechs
  and enterprises RESTful APIs to launch and manage card programs. nCore covers card issuing (virtual, physical, prepaid,
  debit, credit and tokenized cards), user KYC/KYB onboarding, funding and transfers, product management (balance and velocity
  limits, fees, MCC authorization controls), the full transaction lifecycle, 3D Secure, PCI-compliant PAN handling, webhooks
  and embedded lending. The platform is PCI DSS Level 1 certified and NymCard is a principal member of both Visa and Mastercard,
  with offices in London and Dubai. Backed by QED Investors.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nymcard/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
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x-tier: stub
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Payments
- Card Issuing
- Banking as a Service
- Fintech
- Embedded Finance
- MENA
apis:
- name: nCore API
  description: RESTful card-issuing and payments platform API for users, cards, card products, accounts, funding/transfers,
    limits, transactions and webhooks.
  humanURL: https://docs.nymcard.com/
  baseURL: https://api.nymcard.com/v1
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.nymcard.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://portal.stg.platform.ae-1.nymcard.com/default/documentation/02_api_specs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.nymcard.com/get-started/quick-tutorial
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/nymcard-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.nymcard.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.nymcard.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://portal.stg.platform.ae-1.nymcard.com/default/documentation/02_api_specs
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.nymcard.com/get-started/quick-tutorial
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.nymcard.com/company/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://www.nymcard.com/company/contact
- type: SignUp
  url: https://portal.sand.platform.nymcard.com/default/login
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.nymcard.com/legal/privacy
- type: Postman
  url: https://god.gw.postman.com/run-collection/19938718-ce866362-3acf-4546-8ae4-9b5a15f99811?action=collection%2Ffork&source=rip_markdown
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/nymcard-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/nymcard-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/nymcard-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/nymcard-problem-types.yml
- type: DeclineCodes
  url: errors/nymcard-decline-codes.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/nymcard-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/nymcard-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/nymcard-changelog.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/nymcard-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: conformance/nymcard-conformance.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/nymcard-webhooks.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/nymcard-sandbox.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/nymcard-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/nymcard-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/nymcard-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/nymcard-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: http://www.nymcard.com
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  date: '2026-07-20'
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