# Pismo

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/pismo/  
**Website:** https://www.pismo.io  
**APIs profiled:** 8

Pismo is a cloud-native issuer-processing and core-banking platform exposing REST APIs for accounts, customers, cards, authorizations, transactions, statements, and programs, plus an event stream (Kafka-backed, delivered via webhooks and cloud event buses). Acquired by Visa in January 2024, Pismo powers card issuing and digital banking for financial institutions across the Americas, Europe, and APAC.

## Kin Score — 35.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 35.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 48.5 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Payments**: 43.8 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (8)

- **Pismo Accounts API** — Core-banking account lifecycle and balances.
- **Pismo Authorizations API** — Card-network authorizations and simulation.
- **Pismo Cards API** — Card issuing and lifecycle.
- **Pismo Customers API** — Customer registration and customer-account relationships.
- **Pismo Events API** — Client webhook registration for the Pismo event stream.
- **Pismo Programs API** — Product program configuration.
- **Pismo Statements API** — Account statements and statement transactions.
- **Pismo Transactions API** — Posted transactions and transaction shifts.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Pismo Agentic Access** — 22 operations · 9 acting

## Security (3)

- **Pismo Authentication** — http/oauth2 · 2 schemes
- **Pismo Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Pismo Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published

## Plans (1)

- **Pismo Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Banking, Card Issuing, Payments, Fintech, Core Banking, Cloud-Native

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/pismo/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.