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Issuing

Score 16.7 / 100 3 providers +10 via APIs 13 APIs Search apis.io →
Workflows using this tag
Stripe Verify Identity · Stripe Stripe Refund Payment Intent · Stripe Stripe Charge and Refund · Stripe Stripe Pause and Resume Subscription · Stripe Stripe Save Card and Charge · Stripe Stripe Send Invoice · Stripe Stripe Capture and Partial Refund · Stripe Stripe Cancel Uncaptured Payment · Stripe
Business capabilities this tag reaches
Payments & Card Management 1

Providers using this tag (3)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Mercado PagoPaymentsCheckoutSubscriptionPoint-of-Sale1 API48.1WorldlinePaymentsPayment ProcessingAcquiring9 APIs41.1
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
NiumFintechCross-BorderPaymentsFX6 APIs9.8

APIs with this tag (13)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Exemplar 2 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Airwallex Issuing APIThe Airwallex Issuing API enables businesses to create and manage virtual and physical corporate cards for ...85.3Stripe Issuing APIAn API for businesses to instantly create, manage, and distribute payment cards.82.1
Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
BVNK Cards APIThe BVNK Cards API issues and manages virtual cards linked to BVNK wallets — card creation, renewal, cancel...54.3
Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Discover Issuer Card Account ServicesIssuer Card Account Services (iCAS) is the Discover Global Network capability issuers use to manage changes...45.1Worldline Financial Services Issuing APIModular card management solution providing full-scope issuing services for card issuers including card life...41.1
Thin 2 Limited public surface area
Lead Bank Issue APICard-issuing API for physical and virtual credit and debit cards plus custom-generated account numbers used...32.8Cross River Card Payments APICard issuing and processing API spanning Visa, Mastercard, and regional networks. Supports debit, credit, a...29.6
Emerging 4 Early or largely undocumented
CC Integration APICredit-card module integration API (private, partner B2B) for issuing and managing alt.bank white-label cre...23.5American Express Card On-DemandAmerican Express Card On-Demand offers customers the convenience and flexibility of instantly receiving a d...20.5American Express Network Loyalty PlatformThe American Express Network Loyalty Platform (the R42 Platform) is a suite of real-time Application Progra...20.5Checkout.com Issuing APIIssue physical and virtual cards with spending controls.18.7
Minimal 2 Almost no public developer surface
Rapyd Issuing APIIssue physical and virtual prepaid and debit cards.10.9Nium Cards APIIssue and manage virtual and physical cards.9.8

Companies reaching this through an API (10)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Issuing” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Airwallex Alt Bank American Express BVNK Checkout.com Cross River Bank Discover Lead Bank Rapyd Stripe

Score breakdown

Frequency
31.8
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.1
spread across providers
Quality lift
38.8
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
6.6
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Cards 10 co-occurrences Tokenization 5 co-occurrences Payouts 5 co-occurrences Wallets 6 co-occurrences Customers 5 co-occurrences Banking 5 co-occurrences Payments 13 co-occurrences Account 6 co-occurrences

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