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Why Unit

The all-in-one platform to build banking

Unit takes on the toughest parts of building banking so you can build and launch with ease.
Fully-featured technology
Launch quickly and grow with a robust set of white-label banking features available via a modern API and Dashboard.
Compliance simplified
Unit streamlines compliance so you can build, launch, and grow faster.
Embedded bank partnerships
We bring the bank relationship to you. Spend less time interacting with partner banks and more time on your end-customers.

People and infrastructure you can trust

Launch banking products at the speed of startups with the reliability and scale to support enterprises.
Scalable
Our pricing ensures that we are aligned in your success, while our platform supports startups as well as publicly listed enterprises.
Reliable
We have proven our ability to support customers of all sizes with a 99.997% historical uptime, dedicated communication channels, and a global team.
Secure
We take data security seriously, with enterprise-level security and privacy built-in to our modern API.
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Unit’s API

Unit is a single API to build your entire banking suite

The Unit platform is designed to simplify building banking into your product. With everything you need available through one API you can build innovative banking solutions.

Onboarding
Accounts
Cards
Payments
Lending
01

Onboarding

Onboard users with a process that's optimized to be as instant and documentless as possible. Focus on your product, not compliant user onboarding.

  • Low friction onboarding for individuals, businesses, and sole proprietors
  • Optimized fraud prevention
  • White-labeled application form
curl -X POST 'https://api.s.unit.sh/applications' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}' \
--data-raw '{
 "data": {
   "type": "businessApplication",
   "attributes": {
     "name": "Pied Piper",
     "address": {
       "street": "5230 Newell Rd",
       "city": "Palo Alto",
       "state": "CA",
       "postalCode": "94303",
       "country": "US"
     },
     "phone": {
       "countryCode": "1",
       "number": "5555555555"
     },
     "stateOfIncorporation": "DE",
     "ein": "123456789",
     "entityType": "Corporation",
     "ip": "127.0.0.1",
     "website": "https://www.piedpiper.com",
     "contact": {
       "fullName": {
         "first": "Richard",
         "last": "Hendricks"
       },
       "email": "richard@piedpiper.com",
       "phone": {
         "countryCode": "1",
         "number": "5555555555"
       }
     },
     "officer": {
       "fullName": {
         "first": "Richard",
         "last": "Hendricks"
       },
       "dateOfBirth": "2001-08-10",
       "title": "CEO",
       "ssn": "721074426",
       "email": "richard@piedpiper.com",
       "phone": {
         "countryCode": "1",
         "number": "5555555555"
       },
       "address": {
         "street": "5230 Newell Rd",
         "city": "Palo Alto",
         "state": "CA",
         "postalCode": "94303",
         "country": "US"
       }
     },
     "beneficialOwners": [
       {
         "fullName": {
           "first": "Richard",
           "last": "Hendricks"
         },
         "dateOfBirth": "2001-08-10",
         "ssn": "123456789",
         "email": "richard@piedpiper.com",
         "percentage": 75,
         "phone": {
           "countryCode": "1",
           "number": "5555555555"
         },
         "address": {
           "street": "5230 Newell Rd",
           "city": "Palo Alto",
           "state": "CA",
           "postalCode": "94303",
           "country": "US"
         }
       }
     ],
     "tags": {
       "userId": "2ab1f266-04b9-41fb-b728-cd1962bca52c"
     },
     "idempotencyKey": "3a1a33be-4e12-4603-9ed0-820922389fb8"
   }
 }
}'
Documentation
02

Accounts

Instantly create and manage bank accounts your customers can use to deposit and move funds with.

  • Fully-managed compliance
  • FDIC-insured
  • Unlimited accounts per customer
  • Flexible terms
curl -X POST 'https://api.s.unit.sh/accounts' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}' \
--data-raw '{
"data": {
  "type": "depositAccount",
  "attributes": {
    "depositProduct": "checking",
    "tags": {
      "purpose": "checking"
    },
    "idempotencyKey":
"3a1a33be-4e12-4603-9ed0-820922389fb8"   },
  "relationships": {
    "customer": {
      "data": {
        "type": "customer",
        "id": "45555"
      }
    }
  }
 }
}'
Documentation
03

Cards

Deliver physical and virtual cards, with all the features customers have come to expect.

  • Debit cards
  • Charge cards
  • Custom branded cards
  • Flexible rewards
  • Programmatic authorization
  • Mobile wallets ready
  • Fee-free ATM access
curl -X POST 'https://api.s.unit.sh/cards' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}' \
--data-raw '{
"data":{
  "type":"businessVirtualChargeCard",
  "attributes": {
    "fullName": {
      "first": "Richard",
      "last": "Hendricks"
    },
    "ssn": "123456789",
    "address": {
      "street": "5230 Newell Rd",
      "street2": null,
      "city": "Palo Alto",
      "state": "CA",
      "postalCode": "94303",
      "country": "US"
    },
    "dateOfBirth": "2001-08-10",
    "email": "richard@piedpiper.com",
    "phone": {
      "countryCode": "1",
      "number": "5555555555"
    },
    "idempotencyKey":
"3a1a33be-4e12-4603-9ed0-820922389fb8"
  },
  "relationships": {
    "account": {
      "data": {
        "type": "creditAccount",
        "id": "1"
      }
    }
  }
 }
}'
Documentation
04

Payments

Access a suite of payment tools that enables you to create the money movement your customers need.

  • ACH (including Same-Day ACH)
  • Wires
  • Checks
  • Bill Pay
  • ATMs
  • Card Transfers
  • International Payments
curl -X POST 'https://api.s.unit.sh/payments' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}' \
--data-raw '{
"data": {
  "type": "achPayment",
    "attributes": {
      "amount": 10000,
      "direction": "Credit",
      "counterparty": {
        "routingNumber": "812345678",
        "accountNumber": "12345569",
        "accountType": "Checking",
        "name": "Jane Doe"
      },
      "description": "Funding"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "account": {
        "data": {
          "type": "depositAccount",
          "id": "555"
        }
    }
  }
 }
}'
Documentation
05

Lending

Create innovative lending solutions that get your customers the money they need when they need it.

  • Early payment access
  • Factoring
  • Overdraft
    Coming Soon
  • Automatic repayment
  • Programmable decisioning
curl -X POST 'https://api.s.unit.sh/payments'
-H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json'
-H 'Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}'
--data-raw '{
 "data": {
   "type": "bookPayment",
   "attributes": {
     "amount": 10000,
     "description": "Loan number 168445376841"
   },
   "relationships": {
     "account": {
       "data": {
         "type": "lendingReserveAccount",
         "id": "555"
       }
     },
     "counterpartyAccount": {
       "data": {
         "type": "depositAccount",
         "id": "99821"
       }
     }
   }
 }
}'
Documentation
How it Works

A platform and partnership designed for your success

Unit is more than a platform, we are a partner from pre-launch to launch and beyond. Our technology, people, and partnerships enable you to build at speed and scale more efficiently over time.

Speed

Build and launch in weeks

Unit’s suite of APIs, SDKs, white-labeled UIs, guides, and developer tools will make it easy to go from zero to launch in weeks.
Unit's quick banking as a service integration
Flexibility

Design better user experiences

Our banking ledger is built from the ground up and allows for greater flexibility. Respond to transactions in real-time, take actions programmatically, and set flexible terms for different users.
Insights

Manage and gather insights on our Dashboard

The Unit Dashboard offers a simple interface for you to monitor and manage your revenue. Gather real-time insights on your users and more.
Integrations

Seamless integrations

Unit’s built-in integrations vastly expand your capabilities and access opportunities.
Learn more
Success

Enterprise level support to help you succeed

Your dedicated success manager along with our best-in-class compliance and engineering teams are with you at every step. You'll get dedicated onboarding, one-on-one support, and expert advice to help you launch and scale easily.
Example of Unit's white glove onboarding process
Bank Partners

Built on multiple banks

Unit has multiple bank partners to provide the fastest time-to-market, with the most complete set of banking features, and the most reliable infrastructure.

We work closely with all bank partners to ensure compliance, oversight, and security.

Learn more

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- Oona Rokyta, CEO & Co-founder of Lance
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"By partnering with Unit, we were able to accelerate our product roadmap by two years and make our dream of giving studios access to embedded banking and real-time profitability tracking a reality.”
- Rachel Renock, CEO & Co-founder of Wethos
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"Unit was able to streamline compliance and allow us to focus on building a great benefits experience for our end users, not manage compliance and bank relationships"
- Jacklyn Chen, CEO of Benepass
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“Working with Unit has been transformational. They understand our goals, and they’ve guided us through numerous areas of compliance and operations where we had limited experience, coming in.”
— Jeremy Shoykhet, CEO of Enzo
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How Unit Helped Tribevest Simplify Group Investing
"Unit was able to partner with us and help create a that allowed us to seamlessly migrate from our current sponsor bank to Unit. The integration has been seamless and we’re excited to be able to offer business banking to all our Investor Tribes so they can start investing and building wealth."
- Travis Smith, CEO at Tribevest
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