Cardtonic · Rate Limits

Cardtonic Rate Limits

Cardtonic does not publish API rate limits. The Gift Card Developer API is waitlist-only and rate parameters are set per merchant at onboarding.

Cardtonic Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Cardtonic on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.

It captures 1 rate-limit definition, measuring varies.

The profile also includes 3 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled.

Tagged areas include Fintech, Gift Cards, Africa, and Rate Limiting.

1 Limits Throttle: 429
FintechGift CardsAfricaRate Limiting

Limits

Per-merchant contract limit merchant
varies
see merchant onboarding

Policies

Merchant scoping
Rate caps are scoped to the merchant's API credential and configured during onboarding.
Backoff strategy
Implement exponential backoff with jitter on 429 responses; coordinate sustained traffic with the Cardtonic technical contact.
PCI DSS scope
As a PCI DSS-certified processor, sensitive card flows have additional fraud-throttling that may not be visible as a request-rate limit.

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