Tapi

Tapi (tapi.la) is the leading payment network in Latin America, founded in 2022. It provides embeddable financial infrastructure — bill and service payments, cash-in/cash-out, phone and airtime recharges, digital gift cards and PINs, and scheduled/recurring payments — that fintechs, banks and neobanks integrate through a single regional API. Tapi operates across Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, exposing a directory of thousands of billers plus Services, Recharges, Subscriptions and Agenda products, with asynchronous operation-status polling and webhook notifications, behind a token-based Login service. tapi_pay extends the network into payment acceptance.

Tapi publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Payments, Bill Payments, Fintech, and Latin America.

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

Tapi’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, authentication, YouTube channel, and 11 more developer resources.

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30.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 27/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyPaymentsBill PaymentsFintechLatin AmericaRechargesGift CardsFinancial InfrastructurePayment Network

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 30.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 11.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 8.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 27/100 · 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 0 / 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.

Tapi API

Regional bill-payment and payments infrastructure API — biller directory, service/bill payments, phone recharges, subscriptions, scheduled-payment agendas and digital gift cards...

MCP Servers 1

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

tapi-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Event Specifications 1

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

Tapi Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 2

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

Tapi Authentication

token · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Tapi Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted

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 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 Webhooks
Webhooks

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Security
Security
 Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube
YouTube

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Twitter
Twitter

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: tapi
name: Tapi
description: Tapi (tapi.la) is the leading payment network in Latin America, founded in 2022. It provides embeddable financial
  infrastructure — bill and service payments, cash-in/cash-out, phone and airtime recharges, digital gift cards and PINs,
  and scheduled/recurring payments — that fintechs, banks and neobanks integrate through a single regional API. Tapi operates
  across Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, exposing a directory of thousands of billers plus Services, Recharges,
  Subscriptions and Agenda products, with asynchronous operation-status polling and webhook notifications, behind a token-based
  Login service. tapi_pay extends the network into payment acceptance.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tapi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 6
  pass: local-v1
tags:
- Company
- Payments
- Bill Payments
- Fintech
- Latin America
- Recharges
- Gift Cards
- Financial Infrastructure
- Payment Network
apis:
- name: Tapi API
  description: Regional bill-payment and payments infrastructure API — biller directory, service/bill payments, phone recharges,
    subscriptions, scheduled-payment agendas and digital gift cards, with a token-based Login service and webhook callbacks.
  humanURL: https://developers.tapila.cloud/docs/
  tags:
  - Payments
  - Bill Payments
  - Recharges
  - Latin America
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.tapila.cloud/docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developers.tapila.cloud/docs/category/api---reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.tapila.cloud/docs/integration/Etapas%20de%20integracion
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/tapi-authentication.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/tapi-webhooks.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://tapi.la/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.tapila.dev/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.tapila.cloud/docs/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developers.tapila.cloud/docs/category/api---reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.tapila.cloud/docs/integration/Etapas%20de%20integracion
- type: Blog
  url: https://developers.tapila.cloud/blog
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://tapi.la/politica-de-privacidad/
- type: Security
  url: https://tapi.la/politica-de-seguridad-de-la-informacion/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/tapi-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/tapi-conventions.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/tapi-webhooks.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/tapi-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/tapi-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/tapi-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/81621645/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/Tapi_Latam
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/@tapi_latam