Virgin Money UK

Virgin Money UK is a full-service UK retail and business bank, operating the Virgin Money, Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank, and B brands across personal current and savings accounts, mortgages, credit cards, and business banking. Formerly the FTSE-listed Virgin Money UK PLC (the former CYBG plc), it was acquired by Nationwide Building Society on 1 October 2024, making it part of a mutually owned group; its banking business is scheduled to transfer into Nationwide on 2 April 2026. The bank is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the FCA and PRA as an ASPSP. It is not one of the original CMA9 but is a fully participating UK Open Banking provider under PSD2 and the Payment Services Regulations 2017, publishing OBIE Read/Write Standard APIs - Account & Transaction Information (AIS), Payment Initiation (PIS), and Confirmation of Funds (CBPII) - through its developer portal at developer.virginmoney.com, split into "Merged" APIs (Virgin Money, Clydesdale and Yorkshire accounts, sort codes 05/82) and "Standalone" APIs (personal accounts and credit cards, sort code 08). Access is secured with FAPI-grade OAuth2/OpenID Connect, PSD2 strong customer authentication, mutual-TLS client authentication, and dynamic client registration using OBIE (OBWAC/OBSeal) or eIDAS (QWAC/QSEAL) certificates.

Virgin Money UK publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Open Data API. Tagged areas include Financial Services, Banking, Open Banking, PSD2, and OBIE.

Virgin Money UK’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, support, and 22 more developer resources.

42.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 69/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
12 APIs
Financial ServicesBankingOpen BankingPSD2OBIEUnited KingdomPaymentsAccount InformationConfirmation of FundsFAPI

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 42.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality 9.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.8 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 69/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 3 / 3
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APIs 12

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

Virgin Money UK Open Data API

PUBLIC, unauthenticated OBIE Open Data API surface (ATM Locator, Branch Locator, Personal & Business Current Accounts, Unsecured SME Loans, Commercial Credit Cards). Represented...

Virgin Money UK Account and Transaction API (AIS)

OBIE Read/Write Account & Transaction Information (AIS) API - retrieve accounts, balances, transactions, beneficiaries, standing orders, direct debits, and statements. Merged br...

Virgin Money UK Domestic Immediate Payment API (PIS)

OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PIS) API for domestic immediate payments. Merged brand family, OBIE v3.1.2. FAPI OAuth2/OIDC + mTLS + PSD2 SCA.

Virgin Money UK Domestic Scheduled Payment API (PIS)

OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PIS) API for domestic scheduled payments. Merged brand family, OBIE v3.1.2. FAPI OAuth2/OIDC + mTLS + PSD2 SCA.

Virgin Money UK File Payments API (PIS)

OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PIS) API for batch/file payments. Merged brand family, OBIE v3.1.2. FAPI OAuth2/OIDC + mTLS + PSD2 SCA.

Virgin Money UK International Payments API (PIS)

OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PIS) API for international payments. Merged brand family, OBIE v3.1.2. FAPI OAuth2/OIDC + mTLS + PSD2 SCA.

Virgin Money UK International Scheduled Payments API (PIS)

OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PIS) API for international scheduled payments. Merged brand family, OBIE v3.1.2. FAPI OAuth2/OIDC + mTLS + PSD2 SCA.

Virgin Money UK Confirmation of Funds API (CBPII)

OBIE Read/Write Confirmation of Funds (CBPII) API - allows a Card Based Payment Instrument Issuer to check whether sufficient balance is available to make a payment. Merged bran...

Virgin Money UK OIDC API

Open Banking-compliant OpenID Connect provider for TPP authorisation. Live production discovery document confirmed (HTTP 200, 2026-07-23): issuer https://api.prod.ob.virginmoney...

Virgin Money UK Token API

OAuth2 token endpoint for obtaining access tokens used to call the OBIE Read/Write APIs. Documented at v3.0. Confirmed token endpoint (from live OIDC discovery): secureapi.prod....

Virgin Money UK Dynamic Client Registration API

OBIE Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) API allowing TPPs to register with Virgin Money brands using OBIE (OBWAC/OBSeal) or eIDAS (QWAC/QSEAL) certificates. Documented at v3.2. C...

Virgin Money UK Standalone Account and Transaction API (AIS)

OBIE Read/Write Account & Transaction Information (AIS) API for the Standalone brand family (personal credit cards and sort-code-08 current and savings accounts), documented at ...

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Security Posture 3

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

Virgin Money Uk Authentication

oauth2/openIdConnect/mutualTLS · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Virgin Money Uk Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Virgin Money Uk Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Virgin Money Uk Scopes

4 scopes · authorizationCode/clientCredentials

4 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Virgin Money Uk Agentic Access

12 operations

12 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: virgin-money-uk
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/virgin-money-uk/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Virgin Money UK
kind: company
description: Virgin Money UK is a full-service UK retail and business bank, operating the Virgin Money, Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire
  Bank, and B brands across personal current and savings accounts, mortgages, credit cards, and business banking. Formerly
  the FTSE-listed Virgin Money UK PLC (the former CYBG plc), it was acquired by Nationwide Building Society on 1 October 2024,
  making it part of a mutually owned group; its banking business is scheduled to transfer into Nationwide on 2 April 2026.
  The bank is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the FCA and PRA as an ASPSP. It is not one
  of the original CMA9 but is a fully participating UK Open Banking provider under PSD2 and the Payment Services Regulations
  2017, publishing OBIE Read/Write Standard APIs - Account & Transaction Information (AIS), Payment Initiation (PIS), and
  Confirmation of Funds (CBPII) - through its developer portal at developer.virginmoney.com, split into "Merged" APIs (Virgin
  Money, Clydesdale and Yorkshire accounts, sort codes 05/82) and "Standalone" APIs (personal accounts and credit cards, sort
  code 08). Access is secured with FAPI-grade OAuth2/OpenID Connect, PSD2 strong customer authentication, mutual-TLS client
  authentication, and dynamic client registration using OBIE (OBWAC/OBSeal) or eIDAS (QWAC/QSEAL) certificates.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve TPP onboarding (Open Banking certificates required)
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-23'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Financial Services
- Banking
- Open Banking
- PSD2
- OBIE
- United Kingdom
- Payments
- Account Information
- Confirmation of Funds
- FAPI
created: '2026-07-23'
modified: '2026-07-24'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: virgin-money-uk:open-data-api
  name: Virgin Money UK Open Data API
  description: PUBLIC, unauthenticated OBIE Open Data API surface (ATM Locator, Branch Locator, Personal & Business Current
    Accounts, Unsecured SME Loans, Commercial Credit Cards). Represented as the shared OBIE Open Data Standard; the legacy
    CYBG base URL (api-ib.cybservices.co.uk) is documented in the OBIE participant registry but returned HTTP 404 on probe
    (2026-07-23), so the live current-brand endpoint is unverified.
  humanURL: https://developer.virginmoney.com/
  baseURL: https://api-ib.cybservices.co.uk/ibapi/v2/banks/CB/open-banking
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - ATM Locator
  - Branch Locator
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/obie-opendata-api-standard-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openbankinguk.github.io/opendata-api-docs-pub/v2.4.0/
- aid: virgin-money-uk:account-transaction-api
  name: Virgin Money UK Account and Transaction API (AIS)
  description: OBIE Read/Write Account & Transaction Information (AIS) API - retrieve accounts, balances, transactions, beneficiaries,
    standing orders, direct debits, and statements. Merged brand family (Virgin Money, Clydesdale, Yorkshire), OBIE v3.1.2.
    FAPI OAuth2/OIDC + mTLS + PSD2 SCA.
  humanURL: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/accounts/
  baseURL: https://api.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/vmpsd2-psd2prod/psd2-production
  tags:
  - Account Information
  - AISP
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/accounts/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/accounts/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/standalone/account-and-transaction/
- aid: virgin-money-uk:domestic-payments-api
  name: Virgin Money UK Domestic Immediate Payment API (PIS)
  description: OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PIS) API for domestic immediate payments. Merged brand family, OBIE v3.1.2.
    FAPI OAuth2/OIDC + mTLS + PSD2 SCA.
  humanURL: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/dip/
  baseURL: https://api.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/vmpsd2-psd2prod/psd2-production
  tags:
  - Payment Initiation
  - PISP
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/dip/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/dip/
- aid: virgin-money-uk:domestic-scheduled-payments-api
  name: Virgin Money UK Domestic Scheduled Payment API (PIS)
  description: OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PIS) API for domestic scheduled payments. Merged brand family, OBIE v3.1.2.
    FAPI OAuth2/OIDC + mTLS + PSD2 SCA.
  humanURL: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/dsp/
  baseURL: https://api.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/vmpsd2-psd2prod/psd2-production
  tags:
  - Payment Initiation
  - PISP
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/dsp/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/dsp/
- aid: virgin-money-uk:file-payments-api
  name: Virgin Money UK File Payments API (PIS)
  description: OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PIS) API for batch/file payments. Merged brand family, OBIE v3.1.2. FAPI
    OAuth2/OIDC + mTLS + PSD2 SCA.
  humanURL: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/file-payments/
  baseURL: https://api.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/vmpsd2-psd2prod/psd2-production
  tags:
  - Payment Initiation
  - File Payments
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/file-payments/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/file-payments/
- aid: virgin-money-uk:international-payments-api
  name: Virgin Money UK International Payments API (PIS)
  description: OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PIS) API for international payments. Merged brand family, OBIE v3.1.2.
    FAPI OAuth2/OIDC + mTLS + PSD2 SCA.
  humanURL: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/ip/
  baseURL: https://api.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/vmpsd2-psd2prod/psd2-production
  tags:
  - Payment Initiation
  - International Payments
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/ip/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/ip/
- aid: virgin-money-uk:international-scheduled-payments-api
  name: Virgin Money UK International Scheduled Payments API (PIS)
  description: OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PIS) API for international scheduled payments. Merged brand family, OBIE
    v3.1.2. FAPI OAuth2/OIDC + mTLS + PSD2 SCA.
  humanURL: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/isp/
  baseURL: https://api.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/vmpsd2-psd2prod/psd2-production
  tags:
  - Payment Initiation
  - International Scheduled Payments
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/isp/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/isp/
- aid: virgin-money-uk:confirmation-of-funds-api
  name: Virgin Money UK Confirmation of Funds API (CBPII)
  description: OBIE Read/Write Confirmation of Funds (CBPII) API - allows a Card Based Payment Instrument Issuer to check
    whether sufficient balance is available to make a payment. Merged brand family, OBIE v3.1.2. FAPI OAuth2/OIDC + mTLS +
    PSD2 SCA.
  humanURL: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/cof/
  baseURL: https://api.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/vmpsd2-psd2prod/psd2-production
  tags:
  - Confirmation of Funds
  - CBPII
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/cof/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/cof/
- aid: virgin-money-uk:oidc-api
  name: Virgin Money UK OIDC API
  description: 'Open Banking-compliant OpenID Connect provider for TPP authorisation. Live production discovery document confirmed
    (HTTP 200, 2026-07-23): issuer https://api.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/vmpsd2-psd2prod/psd2-production, authorization, token,
    and registration endpoints, acr urn:openbanking:psd2:sca, tls_client_auth and private_key_jwt supported.'
  humanURL: https://developer.virginmoney.com/standalone/oidc/
  baseURL: https://api.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/vmpsd2-psd2prod/psd2-production
  tags:
  - OIDC
  - Authentication
  - FAPI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/standalone/oidc/
  - type: WellKnown
    url: well-known/virgin-money-uk-openid-configuration.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/vmpsd2-psd2prod/psd2-production/.well-known/openid-configuration
- aid: virgin-money-uk:token-api
  name: Virgin Money UK Token API
  description: 'OAuth2 token endpoint for obtaining access tokens used to call the OBIE Read/Write APIs. Documented at v3.0.
    Confirmed token endpoint (from live OIDC discovery): secureapi.prod.ob.virginmoney.com.'
  humanURL: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/token/
  baseURL: https://secureapi.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/vmpsd2-psd2prod/psd2-production
  tags:
  - OAuth2
  - Token
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/token/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/token/
- aid: virgin-money-uk:dynamic-client-registration-api
  name: Virgin Money UK Dynamic Client Registration API
  description: 'OBIE Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) API allowing TPPs to register with Virgin Money brands using OBIE (OBWAC/OBSeal)
    or eIDAS (QWAC/QSEAL) certificates. Documented at v3.2. Confirmed registration endpoint (from live OIDC discovery): secureapi.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/.../register.'
  humanURL: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/dynamic-registration/
  baseURL: https://secureapi.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/vmpsd2-psd2prod/psd2-production
  tags:
  - Dynamic Client Registration
  - Onboarding
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/dynamic-registration/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/dynamic-registration/
- aid: virgin-money-uk:standalone-account-transaction-api
  name: Virgin Money UK Standalone Account and Transaction API (AIS)
  description: OBIE Read/Write Account & Transaction Information (AIS) API for the Standalone brand family (personal credit
    cards and sort-code-08 current and savings accounts), documented at OBIE v3.1.1. FAPI OAuth2/OIDC + mTLS + PSD2 SCA.
  humanURL: https://developer.virginmoney.com/standalone/account-and-transaction/
  baseURL: https://api.prod.ob.virginmoney.com/vmpsd2-psd2prod/psd2-production
  tags:
  - Account Information
  - AISP
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/standalone/account-and-transaction/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/standalone-apis/our-apis/accounts/account-and-transaction/v/3.1.1/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/virgin-money-uk-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/virgin-money-uk-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/virgin-money-uk-domain-security.yml
- type: Security
  url: security/virgin-money-uk-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/virgin-money-uk-well-known.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/virgin-money-uk-openid-configuration.json
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/virgin-money-uk-security.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/virgin-money-uk-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/virgin-money-uk-scopes.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/virgin-money-uk-conformance.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/virgin-money-uk-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/virgin-money-uk-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/virgin-money-uk-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/virgin-money-uk-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/virgin-money-uk-lifecycle.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/virgin-money-uk-data-model.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/virgin-money-uk-opendata-overlay.yaml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/virgin-money-uk-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/virgin-money-uk-locate-atms-branches.md
- type: Website
  url: https://uk.virginmoney.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.virginmoney.com/merged/
- type: Support
  url: https://uk.virginmoney.com/support/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://uk.virginmoney.com/terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://uk.virginmoney.com/privacy/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com