Parallel Markets

Parallel Markets (an iCapital company) is the leader in reusable financial identity, providing an end-to-end solution for investor onboarding, verification, and monitoring. Its platform handles investor accreditation for 506(c) offerings, Know-Your-Customer (KYC), Know-Your-Business (KYB), Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) and sanctions/risk monitoring, beneficial-ownership mapping, and identity verification. Partners integrate a client-side JavaScript SDK that collects user information in an accreditation, KYC, KYB, or general onboarding flow, plus a server-side REST API (Server API and Case Management API) and signed webhooks that push accreditation, identity, and risk updates. The reusable "Passport" lets users assert their identity and accreditation status across third-party platforms. Trusted by investment advisors, asset managers, brokers, and fundraising platforms.

Parallel Markets publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Identity, Identity Verification, KYC, and AML.

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

Parallel Markets’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, sandbox, support, changelog, authentication, and 22 more developer resources.

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41.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 35/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyIdentityIdentity VerificationKYCAMLAccreditationComplianceFinancial ServicesOnboardingInvestor VerificationWebhooks

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 41.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 15.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

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

Parallel Markets Server API

REST/JSON server-side API for investor accreditation, KYC/KYB/AML, identity, risk monitoring, and case management. v2 (current) authenticates with a Bearer API key; v1 (legacy) ...

MCP Servers 1

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

parallel-markets-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Event Specifications 1

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

Parallel Markets Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 2

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

Parallel Markets Authentication

http/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Parallel Markets Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Parallel Markets Scopes

4 scopes · authorizationCode

4 scopes

SCOPES

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 Sandbox
Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer
MCPServer
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Components
Components
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Conventions
Conventions
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Webhooks
Webhooks
 Conformance
Conformance
 DataModel
DataModel

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Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 Postman
Postman
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 Deprecation
Deprecation
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: parallel-markets
name: Parallel Markets
description: Parallel Markets (an iCapital company) is the leader in reusable financial identity, providing an end-to-end
  solution for investor onboarding, verification, and monitoring. Its platform handles investor accreditation for 506(c) offerings,
  Know-Your-Customer (KYC), Know-Your-Business (KYB), Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) and sanctions/risk monitoring, beneficial-ownership
  mapping, and identity verification. Partners integrate a client-side JavaScript SDK that collects user information in an
  accreditation, KYC, KYB, or general onboarding flow, plus a server-side REST API (Server API and Case Management API) and
  signed webhooks that push accreditation, identity, and risk updates. The reusable "Passport" lets users assert their identity
  and accreditation status across third-party platforms. Trusted by investment advisors, asset managers, brokers, and fundraising
  platforms.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/parallel-markets/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- union-square-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  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
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
image: https://developer.parallelmarkets.com/img/logo.png
tags:
- Company
- Identity
- Identity Verification
- KYC
- AML
- Accreditation
- Compliance
- Financial Services
- Onboarding
- Investor Verification
- Webhooks
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- name: Parallel Markets Server API
  description: REST/JSON server-side API for investor accreditation, KYC/KYB/AML, identity, risk monitoring, and case management.
    v2 (current) authenticates with a Bearer API key; v1 (legacy) and the JavaScript SDK use OAuth2 with scopes.
  humanURL: https://developer.parallelmarkets.com/docs/server
  baseURL: https://api.parallelmarkets.com
  tags:
  - Identity
  - KYC
  - Accreditation
  - Compliance
  properties:
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/parallel-markets-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/parallel-markets-scopes.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/parallel-markets-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/parallel-markets-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/parallel-markets-data-model.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/parallel-markets-webhooks.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/parallel-markets-conformance.yml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://parallelmarkets.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.parallelmarkets.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.parallelmarkets.com/docs/server
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.parallelmarkets.com/docs/server/case-management-api/introduction
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.parallelmarkets.com/docs/sandbox-quickstart
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/parallel-markets-sandbox.yml
- type: Support
  url: https://support.parallelmarkets.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/parallel-markets
- type: Postman
  url: https://www.postman.com/parallelmarkets/parallel-api-public/collection/cqp1t8k/parallel-markets-api
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.parallelmarkets.com
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/parallel-markets-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://developer.parallelmarkets.com/docs/changelog
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://parallelmarkets.com/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://parallelmarkets.com/terms-of-service
- type: Packages
  url: packages/parallel-markets-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/parallel-markets-packages.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/parallel-markets-components.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/parallel-markets-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/parallel-markets-scopes.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/parallel-markets-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/parallel-markets-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/parallel-markets-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  name: Changelog artifact
  url: changelog/parallel-markets-changelog.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/parallel-markets-webhooks.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/parallel-markets-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/parallel-markets-data-model.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/parallel-markets-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/parallel-markets-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/parallel-markets-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 15
  pass: local-v1