Onit

Onit is a Kenyan digital bank operated by Onit Microfinance Bank Inc. and regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), with deposits protected by the Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC). Formerly known as Shara, Onit provides a free peer-to-peer transaction network linking consumers, businesses, and suppliers: users can send and receive money instantly and at no cost between Onit accounts, run separate personal and business accounts, and access loans and checkout/BNPL finance from a single mobile app. The company positions open APIs as part of its offering to let partners and merchants integrate consumer payments, though it does not currently publish a public developer portal or API documentation. Onit is a portfolio company of Speedinvest and operates in the emerging-markets fintech space.

Onit is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Fintech, Neobank, Banking, and Payments.

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10.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyFintechNeobankBankingPaymentsMobile MoneyKenyaAfricaMicrofinanceFinancial Services

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 10.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
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
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Security Posture 1

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

Onit Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: onit
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/onit.png
name: Onit
description: 'Onit is a Kenyan digital bank operated by Onit Microfinance Bank Inc. and regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya
  (CBK), with deposits protected by the Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC). Formerly known as Shara, Onit provides
  a free peer-to-peer transaction network linking consumers, businesses, and suppliers: users can send and receive money instantly
  and at no cost between Onit accounts, run separate personal and business accounts, and access loans and checkout/BNPL finance
  from a single mobile app. The company positions open APIs as part of its offering to let partners and merchants integrate
  consumer payments, though it does not currently publish a public developer portal or API documentation. Onit is a portfolio
  company of Speedinvest and operates in the emerging-markets fintech space.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/onit/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- speedinvest
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Fintech
- Neobank
- Banking
- Payments
- Mobile Money
- Kenya
- Africa
- Microfinance
- Financial Services
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/onit-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://onitbank.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.onitbank.com/terms-conditions
apis: []
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v1
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io