Galileo Financial Technologies

Best for: AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt); Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box

Avoid if: You need to start building today without contacting sales; You need transparent pricing up front; You want to try it free before paying

Pricing model

Contact sales [2]docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/docs/setup-for-mobile-wallets“you need to execute a Statement of Work (SOW) or a Master Services Agreement (MSA), and you should contact Galileo to update your MSA/SOW. Finalizing agreements and pricing with all parties—Galileo, the sponsor bank, and any third parties—is required.”galileo-ft.com/contact-us/“No pricing published on any public page. All CTAs direct to contact sales / Let's Talk.”

Published pricing

✗ No

Free tier

✗ No

Self-serve signup

✗ No

Requires sales call

✓ Yes [3]galileo-ft.com/contact-us/“No pricing information disclosed. The page presents a Contact Form with 'Have questions about our platform? Want to explore a partnership? Our team is here to help' with no self-serve signup options.”

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [4]galileo-ft.com/about/“Galileo has launched and scaled some of the largest payment and banking programs in the world, and supports more than 160 million accounts across the region and processes billions of transactions each year.”

• Virtual cards
• Physical cards
• Spend controls
• Credit programs
• Push provisioning
• Multi-region

Supported actions

issue_virtual_card, issue_physical_card, instant_issue_card, card_lifecycle_management, card_activation, card_replacement, card_reissuance, pin_management, spend_controls, authorization_stream, jit_funding, real_time_funding, account_level_authorization_controls, mcc_controls, merchant_id_controls, velocity_controls, push_provisioning, 3ds, tokenization, mobile_wallet_provisioning, ach_transactions, wire_transfers, real_time_payments, bill_pay, account_to_account_transfers, direct_deposit_switch, dispute_management, kyc_kyb, real_time_webhooks, program_management, fraud_detection, fleet_controls, ledger_accounts, fee_management, credit_reporting, secured_credit_program, bulk_card_ordering, multicurrency_bins, federal_benefit_enrollment [5]galileo-ft.com/payments-and-cards/payment-hub/“The Payment Hub supports multiple transaction channels: ACH, Same-Day ACH, wires, and real-time payments (RTP).”docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/docs/introduction“Account creation and management, Card issuance, activation, and reissuance, PIN management, Authorization controls (velocity, MCC, merchant ID-based), ACH transactions and billpay, Mobile wallet integration and push provisioning, Dispute management workflows, Credit reporting and secured credit products.”

Regions

United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador, Uruguay [6]galileo-ft.com/about/“Operates in 14 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, El Salvador, United States, and Uruguay.”

Input types

Visa, Mastercard, Discover, virtual, physical, debit, credit, prepaid, consumer, commercial, fleet, co-brand, payroll, gift, contactless, instant-issue [7]galileo-ft.com/payments-and-cards/card-issuing/“Consumer Cards: Secured cards, virtual cards, general purpose reloadable (GPR) cards, debit cards, payroll cards, contactless cards, reward/incentive cards, gift cards. Business Cards: Fleet cards, prepaid cards.”docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/docs/card-network-mandates“Galileo processes card network mandates from major networks—Visa, Mastercard, Discover, STAR, and Pulse—issued quarterly to standardize secure transaction handling, fraud prevention, and data security across the payment ecosystem.”

Output types

JSON, webhook events, card tokens, authorization events, transaction data, account data, dispute records, fee records, ACH transactions, wire transfer records, settlement data

Webhooks

✓ Yes [8]galileo-ft.com/platform/galileo-open-apis/“Events API – Receive alerts that an action was taken on a customer's account”docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/reference/api-reference-events-api-about-events-api“Events API is a collection of webhooks that Galileo clients can receive to be informed of system events in real time. Categories: Account Events, Authorization Events, Settlement Events, Transaction Events.”

Sandbox / test mode

✓ Yes [9]galileo-ft.com/platform/galileo-open-apis/“Available: Yes, accessible at sandbox.gpsrv.com/auth/login. Start building the future of finance with cost-free, low-risk testing environment for creating accounts, moving money, and simulating transactions.”

SDK languages

Unknown

MCP server

✗ No [10]galileo-ft.com“No MCP server or developer tooling beyond REST API documented on any official Galileo page.”

SOC 2

Unknown [11]galileo-ft.com/blog/banking-apis-cut-fintech-development-time/“SOC 2, PCI DSS, and other financial compliance standards”

HIPAA

– Unknown

GDPR

– Unknown

ISO 27001

– Unknown

PCI DSS

✓ Yes [12]docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/reference/pci-sensitive-data“Galileo encrypts these five categories of sensitive information: PAN (Primary Account Number), Expiry dates, CVV (Card Security Codes), PIN (Personal Identification Numbers), U.S. Social Security Numbers (SSN). PANs are masked to show only first six and last four digits unless PCI compliance is established.”galileo-ft.com/about/“PCI-DSS certified, cloud-native, regulation-ready platform.”galileo-ft.com/blog/banking-apis-cut-fintech-development-time/“SOC 2, PCI DSS, and other financial compliance standards”

Published SLA

✗ No

Rate limits

"Galileo does not specify a default limit on the number of API calls that a program can make. You will need to work with Galileo to calculate a safe upper limit for your program. Most endpoints have a maximum payload size of 16 MB." Sandbox limit: 1,000 requests per 10 minutes. [13]docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/docs/environments“Sandbox has a limit of 1000 API requests every 10 minutes”docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/reference/rate-limits“Galileo does not specify a default limit on the number of API calls that a program can make. You will need to work with Galileo to calculate a safe upper limit for your program. Most endpoints have a maximum payload size of 16 MB.”

Known restrictions

Issuer-processor only - clients must partner with a sponsor bank (Galileo is connected to 25+ sponsor banks); Galileo itself does not hold a banking charter, Exception: Galileo is a credit BIN sponsor in Mexico (Mastercard principal member in Mexico) and can act as BIN sponsor for credit card programs there, PCI DSS compliant (specific Level not explicitly published on public pages); clients must obtain their own PCI AOC to access unmasked card data (PAN, CVV, SSN), Mastercard certified outside the U.S.; Visa certified in Canada and Mexico, Push provisioning requires manual provisioning to be live in production first; instant-issue cards cannot use push provisioning, Onboarding requires contacting sales; no self-serve signup for live card programs, All API calls use HTTPS POST via credential-based authentication (no OAuth/bearer tokens); credentials and Provider ID issued by Galileo during onboarding, Rebranding from Galileo Financial Technologies to SoFi Tech Solutions announced April 2026; platform and APIs remain unchanged [14]galileo-ft.com/about/“Mastercard certified outside the U.S.; Visa certified in Canada and Mexico. Connected to 25+ sponsor banks. Clients can choose between a direct model (contracting directly with sponsor bank) or BaaS model (Galileo as program manager).”galileo-ft.com/news/galileo-financial-technologies-rebranding-to-sofi-tech-solutions/“This year we are transitioning from Galileo to SoFi Tech Solutions—leveraging the strength of the SoFi name while continuing to power banks, fintechs, and brands.”docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/reference/pci-sensitive-data“Unmasked PAN: Available only to PCI-compliant organizations via specific Program API endpoints. CVV: Returned only to PCI-compliant users.”

• Docs
• API reference
• llms.txt

Docs rendering: static · llms.txt present

API style

rest

Base URL

https://api-{corename}.{env}.gpsrv.com/intserv/4.0

Version

4.0

Versioning

url

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Idempotency keys

✓ Yes

Error format

vendor-specific

Webhook signing

hmac_sha256

Rate limit

1000 / minute

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• Webhook events
• Deprecation policy

Launched

2001-01-01

Notable customers

Chime, Robinhood, Varo, Monzo, Revolut, SoFi, Dave, MoneyLion, H&R Block, KOHO

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1. ↑Description: galileo-ft.com
2. ↑Pricing model: docs.galileo-ft.com · galileo-ft.com
3. ↑Requires sales call: galileo-ft.com
4. ↑Enterprise plan: galileo-ft.com
5. ↑Supported actions: galileo-ft.com · docs.galileo-ft.com
6. ↑Regions: galileo-ft.com
7. ↑Input types: galileo-ft.com · docs.galileo-ft.com
8. ↑Webhooks: galileo-ft.com · docs.galileo-ft.com
9. ↑Sandbox: galileo-ft.com
10. ↑MCP server: galileo-ft.com
11. ↑SOC 2: galileo-ft.com
12. ↑PCI DSS: docs.galileo-ft.com · galileo-ft.com · galileo-ft.com
13. ↑Rate limits: docs.galileo-ft.com · docs.galileo-ft.com
14. ↑Known restrictions: galileo-ft.com · galileo-ft.com · docs.galileo-ft.com

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1. 2026-06-21 Capabilities: {} → {"multi_region":true,"virtual_cards":true,"physical_cards":true,"spend_controls…
2. 2026-06-21 Summary Md: (none) → Galileo Financial Technologies is a REST API platform for card issuance and pay…
3. 2026-06-21 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 0
4. 2026-06-21 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 25
5. 2026-06-21 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 45
6. 2026-06-21 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 0
7. 2026-06-21 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 10
8. 2026-06-21 Best For: (none) → AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt), Teams needi…
9. 2026-06-21 Avoid If: (none) → You need to start building today without contacting sales, You need transparent…
10. 2026-06-21 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
11. 2026-06-21 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 45
12. 2026-06-21 Has Structured Data: (none) → Yes
13. 2026-06-21 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
14. 2026-06-21 API Reference URL: (none) → https://docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/reference/program-api-intro
15. 2026-06-21 Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/docs/introduction
16. 2026-06-21 Rendering: (none) → static
17. 2026-06-21 Llms Txt URL: (none) → https://www.galileo-ft.com/llms.txt
18. 2026-06-21 Llms Txt Present: (none) → Yes
19. 2026-06-21 Free Tier Available: set to No
20. 2026-06-21 Self Serve Signup: set to No
21. 2026-06-21 Requires Sales Call: set to Yes
22. 2026-06-21 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
23. 2026-06-21 SOC 2: set to unknown
24. 2026-06-21 PCI DSS: set to Yes
25. 2026-06-21 SLA Published: set to No
26. 2026-06-21 Documented Rate Limits: set to "Galileo does not specify a default limit on the number of API calls that a pro…
27. 2026-06-21 Rate Limit Requests: set to 1000
28. 2026-06-21 Rate Limit Window: set to minute
29. 2026-06-21 Known Restrictions: set to Issuer-processor only - clients must partner with a sponsor bank (Galileo is co…
30. 2026-06-21 Auth Methods: set to api_key
31. 2026-06-21 Auth Docs URL: set to https://docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/reference/authentication
32. 2026-06-21 API Style: set to rest
33. 2026-06-21 Base URL: set to https://api-{corename}.{env}.gpsrv.com/intserv/4.0
34. 2026-06-21 API Version: set to 4
35. 2026-06-21 Versioning Scheme: set to url
36. 2026-06-21 Stability: set to ga
37. 2026-06-21 Deprecation Policy URL: set to https://docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/changelog
38. 2026-06-21 Quickstart URL: set to https://docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/docs/quickstart
39. 2026-06-21 Idempotency Supported: set to Yes
40. 2026-06-21 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
41. 2026-06-21 Webhook Signing: set to hmac_sha256
42. 2026-06-21 Webhook Events URL: set to https://docs.galileo-ft.com/pro/reference/api-reference-events-api-about-events…
43. 2026-06-21 Slug: set to galileo
44. 2026-06-21 Launched At: set to 2001-01-01
45. 2026-06-21 Notable Customers: set to Chime, Robinhood, Varo, Monzo, Revolut, SoFi, Dave, MoneyLion, H&R Block, KOHO
46. 2026-06-21 Fields Not Found: set to soc2_type, iso_27001, gdpr, hipaa, sla_published, minimum_commitment, free_tier…
47. 2026-06-21 Source Confidence: set to high
48. 2026-06-21 Extractor: set to claude-subagent:sonnet
49. 2026-06-21 Last Verified At: set to 2026-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
50. 2026-06-21 Status: set to published

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