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# Brankas

Open finance APIs for Southeast Asia

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[Visit website](https://www.brankas.com/) [Developer access](https://api-reference.brankas.com/)

- **Founded**: 2016
- **Headquarters**: Singapore / Manila
- **Stage**: Series B
- **Total raised**: ₱1.1B. From recorded rounds
- **Licences**: 2. BSP

## Overview

Brankas is a Southeast Asian open finance and banking-as-a-service company founded in 2016. It provides APIs that let banks, fintechs and businesses move money and access financial data — including online bank-debit payments (Direct), bulk disbursements (Disburse), merchant payment infrastructure, and an Open Finance Suite for account data, account opening and compliance. Brankas is ISO 27001 certified and PCI-DSS Level 1 compliant, and is a BSP-registered Operator of Payment System in the Philippines.

### Mission

To democratize access to financial data and services through open finance.

### Products

- Direct (bank-debit payments)
- Disburse (bulk disbursements)
- Merchant Link
- Open Finance Suite
- Open Core

### Serves

Banks Fintechs Enterprises Developers

## Funding and ownership

Total raised

₱1.1B

Sum of recorded funding rounds

Stage

Series B

### Investors and shareholders

Insignia Ventures Partners BEENEXT Integra Partners Visa AFG Partners Treasury International

Figures are calculated from the funding rounds recorded for this company.

## People

- Todd Schweitzer Co-founder & CEO
- Kenneth Shaw Co-founder & CTO

## Licences and certifications

- [BSP-registered Operator of Payment System (OPS)](https://fintech.ph/licence/payment-system-operators) [Check: BSP list of registered operators of payment systems](https://www.bsp.gov.ph/PaymentAndSettlement/COR.pdf)
- Participant — BSP Open Finance Pilot
- ISO 27001 Certification
- PCI DSS Level 1 Certification

## Awards and recognition

- Inclusive Fintech 50 (2021)

## Developers

APIs available

Brankas's official entry point for developer and integration work. Depending on the company it may be public documentation, a sandbox, or a partnership contact.

[Developer and integration access](https://api-reference.brankas.com/)

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## Contact and links

[brankas.com](https://www.brankas.com/)

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- [linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/brankas/)
- [instagram](https://www.instagram.com/brank.as/)

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