Visa Acceptance

Visa Acceptance Solutions (powered by CyberSource) is the developer platform for accepting payments online, in-person, and via mobile. The platform provides REST APIs for payment authorization, capture, refund, void, reversal, invoicing, and pay-by-link. Authentication uses JWT with RSA key pairs, with support for Intelligent Commerce APIs enabling AI agent-initiated payments.

Visa Acceptance publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Captures API, Invoices API, Pay by Link API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Payments, E-Commerce, Fintech, Credit Cards, and Invoicing.

The Visa Acceptance catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Visa Acceptance’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, sandbox, support, and 11 more developer resources.

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45.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 34/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessEnterpriseSelf serve

6 APIs

PaymentsE-CommerceFintechCredit CardsInvoicingPayment LinksDigital Wallets

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

Composite quality — 45.6/100 · developing

Contract Quality 17.9 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 6.1 / 20

Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 34/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 6

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Visa Acceptance Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 5

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

ResponseCodes

ResponseCodes

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: visa-acceptance
name: Visa Acceptance
description: Visa Acceptance Solutions (powered by CyberSource) is the developer platform for accepting payments online, in-person,
  and via mobile. The platform provides REST APIs for payment authorization, capture, refund, void, reversal, invoicing, and
  pay-by-link. Authentication uses JWT with RSA key pairs, with support for Intelligent Commerce APIs enabling AI agent-initiated
  payments.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/visa-acceptance/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/visa-acceptance.png
tags:
- Payments
- E-Commerce
- Fintech
- Credit Cards
- Invoicing
- Payment Links
- Digital Wallets
created: '2025-02-17'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: visa-acceptance:visa-acceptance-captures-api
  name: Visa Acceptance Captures API
  description: Capture previously authorized payments
  humanURL: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/
  tags:
  - Captures
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/visa-acceptance-captures-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/platform/developer/all/rest/rest-getting-started/restgs-intro.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/platform/developer/all/rest/rest-getting-started/restgs-intro.html
  - type: Sandbox
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/sandbox.html
  - type: Testing
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/testing-guide.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/agent-toolkit/quick-start/all/na/agent-toolkit/agent-toolkit-intro.html
- aid: visa-acceptance:visa-acceptance-invoices-api
  name: Visa Acceptance Invoices API
  description: Create and manage invoices for payment collection
  humanURL: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/
  tags:
  - Invoices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/visa-acceptance-invoices-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/platform/developer/all/rest/rest-getting-started/restgs-intro.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/platform/developer/all/rest/rest-getting-started/restgs-intro.html
  - type: Sandbox
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/sandbox.html
  - type: Testing
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/testing-guide.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/agent-toolkit/quick-start/all/na/agent-toolkit/agent-toolkit-intro.html
- aid: visa-acceptance:visa-acceptance-pay-by-link-api
  name: Visa Acceptance Pay by Link API
  description: Generate and manage payment links
  humanURL: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/
  tags:
  - Pay by Link
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/visa-acceptance-pay-by-link-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/platform/developer/all/rest/rest-getting-started/restgs-intro.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/platform/developer/all/rest/rest-getting-started/restgs-intro.html
  - type: Sandbox
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/sandbox.html
  - type: Testing
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/testing-guide.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/agent-toolkit/quick-start/all/na/agent-toolkit/agent-toolkit-intro.html
- aid: visa-acceptance:visa-acceptance-payments-api
  name: Visa Acceptance Payments API
  description: Payment authorization, capture, sale, and reversal
  humanURL: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/
  tags:
  - Payments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/visa-acceptance-payments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/platform/developer/all/rest/rest-getting-started/restgs-intro.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/platform/developer/all/rest/rest-getting-started/restgs-intro.html
  - type: Sandbox
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/sandbox.html
  - type: Testing
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/testing-guide.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/agent-toolkit/quick-start/all/na/agent-toolkit/agent-toolkit-intro.html
- aid: visa-acceptance:visa-acceptance-refunds-api
  name: Visa Acceptance Refunds API
  description: Refund and credit operations
  humanURL: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/
  tags:
  - Refunds
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/visa-acceptance-refunds-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/platform/developer/all/rest/rest-getting-started/restgs-intro.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/platform/developer/all/rest/rest-getting-started/restgs-intro.html
  - type: Sandbox
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/sandbox.html
  - type: Testing
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/testing-guide.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/agent-toolkit/quick-start/all/na/agent-toolkit/agent-toolkit-intro.html
- aid: visa-acceptance:visa-acceptance-voids-api
  name: Visa Acceptance Voids API
  description: Void authorized, captured, or credited transactions
  humanURL: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/
  tags:
  - Voids
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/visa-acceptance-voids-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/platform/developer/all/rest/rest-getting-started/restgs-intro.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/platform/developer/all/rest/rest-getting-started/restgs-intro.html
  - type: Sandbox
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/sandbox.html
  - type: Testing
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/testing-guide.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/agent-toolkit/quick-start/all/na/agent-toolkit/agent-toolkit-intro.html
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/visa-acceptance-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/visa-acceptance-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/visa-acceptance-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/visaacceptance
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/visa-acceptance-solutions
- type: Website
  url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs.html
- type: Sandbox
  url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/hello-world/sandbox.html
- type: Support
  url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/support/contact-us.html
- type: ResponseCodes
  url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/api/reference/response-codes.html
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/visa-acceptance-payment-schema.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/visa-acceptance-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/visa-acceptance-vocabulary.yml
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/visa-acceptance-rules.yml
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://developer.visaacceptance.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Visa Acceptance

APIs 6

Open Collections 1

Pricing Plans 1