# RCS Capital

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/rcs-capital/  
**Website:** https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001568832&type=&dateb=&owner=include&count=40  
**APIs profiled:** 0

RCS Capital Corporation (RCAP) was a publicly traded holding company focused on the financial services industry, founded by Nicholas Schorsch and taken public in June 2013. The firm owned a diversified group of businesses including independent broker-dealers, investment banking, capital markets, and transaction management services. It assembled Cetera Financial Group to become the second largest network of independent broker-dealers in the United States, with approximately 9,100 financial advisors managing $220 billion in assets under administration for 2.5 million clients. RCS Capital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2016, citing $1.39 billion in debts, and emerged in May 2016 as Aretec Group, Inc., the holding company of Cetera Financial Group. No public developer APIs were offered under the RCS Capital brand.

## Kin Score — 10.5 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 10.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 12.7 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Securities & Market Data**: 18.3 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 1.5 (human-only)

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

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Rcs Capital Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Broker-Dealer, Cetera Financial Group, Defunct, Financial-Services, Independent Advisor, Investment Banking, Wealth Management

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