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Lean Technologies is a Middle East Open Banking and Open Finance infrastructure provider founded in 2019 and headquartered in the UAE. Lean offers regulated Account Information (AIS), Payment Initiation (PIS), payouts, refunds, account and name verifications, and derived insights across the UAE and Saudi Arabia, with verification coverage extending to 27+ countries globally. Lean holds an In-Principle Approval from the Central Bank of UAE for Open Finance Services (August 2025), a Major Payment Institution licence from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), and an FSP licence from the Abu Dhabi Global Market FSRA (no. 200033). The platform is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 certified and has processed AED 16B+ across 2M+ linked accounts. Investors include Sequoia, General Catalyst, Breyer Capital, Shorooq, Raed, BCV, and Liberty City.

11 APIs 19 Capabilities 0 Features
Open BankingOpen FinanceMENAUAESaudi ArabiaPaymentsPay by BankA2AAccount InformationPayment InitiationVerificationsIdentityFintech

Lean Technologies publishes 11 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Lean Authentication API, Lean Customers API, Lean Entities API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Open Banking, Open Finance, MENA, UAE, and Saudi Arabia.

The Lean Technologies catalog on APIs.io includes 19 machine-runnable capabilities, 1 JSON-LD context, and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Lean Technologies’ developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, developer console, support, SDKs, and 14 more developer resources.

APIs

Lean Authentication API

OAuth 2.0 client-credentials token issuance for Lean APIs. Generates API access tokens (scope=api) for server-to-server calls and customer-scoped access tokens (scope=customer.<...

Lean Customers API

Manage end-user customer records that Lean uses to anchor data and payment consents. Create customers with an app_user_id, list customers, and retrieve a customer by ID or by ap...

Lean Entities API

Entities represent a customer's authenticated connection to a single bank, returned after a successful LinkSDK consent. List entities for a customer, retrieve a single entity by...

Lean Data API

Raw bank-account data retrieval (v2) returning accounts, transactions, balances, beneficiaries, standing orders, scheduled payments, direct debits, and identity, plus manual dat...

Lean Insights API

Derived analytics over an entity's transaction history — income detection, expense categorisation, and cashflow summaries — for underwriting, affordability, and BFM use cases.

Lean Banks API

List the banks Lean currently supports for Data and Payments per region, including identifiers, logos, and supported product surfaces (AIS, PIS, AOF, payouts).

Lean Verifications API

Account Verification confirms ownership and validity of a bank account by IBAN or local account number across 27+ countries (UAE, KSA, GB, US, EU, BR, IN, ID, NG, ZA, and more)....

Lean Payments API

Single Instant Payment ("Pay by Bank") and Account-on-File (AOF) payment initiation, plus consent management. Create payment intents, retrieve payments by intent or payment id, ...

Lean Payment Sources API

Tokenized representation of a customer's funding bank account once linked. List payment sources for a customer, retrieve a single source by ID, and delete a payment source to re...

Lean Payouts API

Initiate outbound bank-to-bank payouts from corporate accounts to consumer or business beneficiaries. Create payout payments, list payouts, retrieve a payout intent, get per-pay...

Lean Refunds API

Issue full or partial refunds against prior Pay by Bank payments. List refunds, create a new refund, process queued refunds, and retrieve the canonical list of refund reason codes.

Capabilities

Lean Authentication API — Tokens

Lean Authentication API — OAuth 2.0 client-credentials token issuance. Issues api-scope tokens for backend and customer-scope tokens for the LinkSDK.

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Lean Banks API — Banks

Lean Banks — list supported banks per country and capability surface.

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Lean Customers API — Customers

Lean Customers — create, list, and look up customer records by id or app_user_id.

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Lean Data API — Accounts

Lean Data — retrieve accounts, balances, beneficiaries, direct debits, scheduled payments, and standing orders for a linked entity.

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Lean Data API — Identity

Lean Data — retrieve the account-holder identity record for a linked entity or for a specific account.

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Lean Data API — Transactions

Lean Data — retrieve transaction history for a linked account, plus manual data refresh management.

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Lean Entities API — Entities

Lean Entities — list and retrieve entity records that represent a customers authenticated bank connection.

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Lean Insights API — Cashflows

Lean Insights — cashflow analytics derived from transaction history.

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Lean Insights API — Expenses

Lean Insights — categorised expense analytics across an entitys transaction history.

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Lean Insights API — Income

Lean Insights — compute detected income streams over an entitys transaction history.

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Lean Payment Sources API — Payment Sources

Lean Payment Sources — list, retrieve, and delete tokenized customer payment sources.

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Lean Payments API — Account on File

Lean Payments — create AOF consents and initiate AOF payments against a previously linked customer bank account.

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Lean Payments API — Consents

Lean Payments — manage long-lived consents including details, balance, history, and per-customer listing.

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Lean Payments API — Payment Intents

Lean Payments — create, list, and retrieve single-instant Pay by Bank payment intents.

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Lean Payouts API — Destinations

Lean Payouts — manage payout destinations (beneficiary records that receive funds).

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Lean Payouts API — Payouts

Lean Payouts — create outbound payouts, list payouts, retrieve payouts and intents, and review per-payment history.

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Lean Refunds API — Refunds

Lean Refunds — issue, list, and process refunds against prior Pay by Bank payments and look up canonical refund reasons.

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Lean Verifications API — Account Verification

Lean Verifications — confirm ownership and validity of a bank account in 27+ countries by IBAN or local identifier.

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Lean Verifications API — Name Verification

Lean Verifications — Confirmation of Payee. Compare a supplied name against the bank record.

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Semantic Vocabularies

Lean Tech Context

0 classes · 7 properties

JSON-LD

API Governance Rules

Lean Technologies API Rules

6 rules · 2 errors 4 warnings

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Resources

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StatusPage
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Support
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SpectralRules
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Sources

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apis:
- aid: lean-tech:lean-authentication-api
  name: Lean Authentication API
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - OAuth
  - Open Banking
  humanURL: https://docs.leantech.me/docs/authentication
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.leantech.me/docs/authentication
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/lean-authentication-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/authentication-tokens.yaml
  description: OAuth 2.0 client-credentials token issuance for Lean APIs. Generates API access tokens (scope=api)
    for server-to-server calls and customer-scoped access tokens (scope=customer.<customer_id>) for the LinkSDK.
    Production auth endpoint is auth.leantech.me; sandbox endpoints are regional (auth.sandbox.sa.leantech.me,
    auth.sandbox.ae.leantech.me).
- aid: lean-tech:lean-customers-api
  name: Lean Customers API
  tags:
  - Customers
  - Open Banking
  - End Users
  humanURL: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/customers
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/customers
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/lean-customers-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: json-schema/lean-customer-schema.json
    type: JSONSchema
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/customers-customers.yaml
  description: Manage end-user customer records that Lean uses to anchor data and payment consents. Create
    customers with an app_user_id, list customers, and retrieve a customer by ID or by app_user_id.
- aid: lean-tech:lean-entities-api
  name: Lean Entities API
  tags:
  - Entities
  - Open Banking
  - Consents
  humanURL: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/entities
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/entities
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/lean-entities-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/entities-entities.yaml
  description: Entities represent a customer's authenticated connection to a single bank, returned after a
    successful LinkSDK consent. List entities for a customer, retrieve a single entity by ID, or query entities
    across a date range.
- aid: lean-tech:lean-data-api
  name: Lean Data API
  tags:
  - Open Banking
  - Account Information
  - Transactions
  - Balances
  - Identity
  humanURL: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/data-api
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/data-api
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/lean-data-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: json-schema/lean-account-schema.json
    type: JSONSchema
  - url: json-schema/lean-transaction-schema.json
    type: JSONSchema
  - url: json-ld/lean-tech-context.jsonld
    type: JSONLD
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/data-accounts.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/data-transactions.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/data-identity.yaml
  description: Raw bank-account data retrieval (v2) returning accounts, transactions, balances, beneficiaries,
    standing orders, scheduled payments, direct debits, and identity, plus manual data refresh triggers and
    refresh status. Available after an Account Information consent has been collected via the LinkSDK.
- aid: lean-tech:lean-insights-api
  name: Lean Insights API
  tags:
  - Open Banking
  - Insights
  - Income
  - Expenses
  - Cashflows
  humanURL: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/insights
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/insights
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/lean-insights-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/insights-income.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/insights-expenses.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/insights-cashflows.yaml
  description: Derived analytics over an entity's transaction history — income detection, expense categorisation,
    and cashflow summaries — for underwriting, affordability, and BFM use cases.
- aid: lean-tech:lean-banks-api
  name: Lean Banks API
  tags:
  - Open Banking
  - Banks
  - Coverage
  humanURL: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/banks
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/banks
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/lean-banks-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/banks-banks.yaml
  description: List the banks Lean currently supports for Data and Payments per region, including identifiers,
    logos, and supported product surfaces (AIS, PIS, AOF, payouts).
- aid: lean-tech:lean-verifications-api
  name: Lean Verifications API
  tags:
  - Verifications
  - Account Verification
  - Name Verification
  - KYC
  humanURL: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/verifications
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/verifications
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/lean-verifications-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/verifications-accounts.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/verifications-names.yaml
  description: Account Verification confirms ownership and validity of a bank account by IBAN or local
    account number across 27+ countries (UAE, KSA, GB, US, EU, BR, IN, ID, NG, ZA, and more). Name Verification
    compares a supplied name against a payee record. Used for fraud reduction, payout pre-checks, and
    Confirmation of Payee.
- aid: lean-tech:lean-payments-api
  name: Lean Payments API
  tags:
  - Open Banking
  - Payments
  - Pay by Bank
  - PIS
  - A2A
  humanURL: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/payments
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/payments
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/lean-payments-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: json-schema/lean-payment-intent-schema.json
    type: JSONSchema
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/payments-intents.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/payments-aof.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/payments-consents.yaml
  description: Single Instant Payment ("Pay by Bank") and Account-on-File (AOF) payment initiation, plus
    consent management. Create payment intents, retrieve payments by intent or payment id, list payment intents,
    and manage long-lived AOF consents with balance and history endpoints.
- aid: lean-tech:lean-payment-sources-api
  name: Lean Payment Sources API
  tags:
  - Open Banking
  - Payment Sources
  - Tokenization
  humanURL: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/payment-sources
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/payment-sources
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/lean-payment-sources-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/payment-sources-payment-sources.yaml
  description: Tokenized representation of a customer's funding bank account once linked. List payment
    sources for a customer, retrieve a single source by ID, and delete a payment source to revoke its
    associated AOF consent.
- aid: lean-tech:lean-payouts-api
  name: Lean Payouts API
  tags:
  - Open Banking
  - Payouts
  - Disbursements
  - A2A
  humanURL: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/payouts
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/payouts
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/lean-payouts-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: json-schema/lean-payout-schema.json
    type: JSONSchema
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/payouts-payments.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/payouts-destinations.yaml
  description: Initiate outbound bank-to-bank payouts from corporate accounts to consumer or business
    beneficiaries. Create payout payments, list payouts, retrieve a payout intent, get per-payment history,
    and manage payout destinations (the beneficiary records that receive funds).
- aid: lean-tech:lean-refunds-api
  name: Lean Refunds API
  tags:
  - Open Banking
  - Refunds
  - Payouts
  humanURL: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/refunds
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.leantech.me/reference/refunds
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/lean-refunds-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/refunds-refunds.yaml
  description: Issue full or partial refunds against prior Pay by Bank payments. List refunds, create a new
    refund, process queued refunds, and retrieve the canonical list of refund reason codes.
name: Lean Technologies
tags:
- Open Banking
- Open Finance
- MENA
- UAE
- Saudi Arabia
- Payments
- Pay by Bank
- A2A
- Account Information
- Payment Initiation
- Verifications
- Identity
- Fintech
kind: contract
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
common:
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leantech
- url: https://www.leantech.me
  name: Lean Technologies
  type: Portal
- url: https://docs.leantech.me
  name: Lean Developer Docs
  type: Documentation
- url: https://docs.leantech.me/reference
  name: Lean API Reference
  type: Documentation
- url: https://dev.leantech.me
  name: Lean Application Dashboard
  type: Console
- url: https://status.leantech.me
  name: Lean Status
  type: StatusPage
- url: https://help.leantech.me
  name: Lean Help Center
  type: Support
- url: https://docs.leantech.me/docs/authentication
  name: Authentication Guide
  type: Documentation
- url: https://github.com/leantechnologies
  name: Lean Technologies on GitHub
  type: SourceCode
- url: https://github.com/leantechnologies/lean-postman
  name: Lean Postman Collection
  type: PostmanCollection
- url: https://github.com/leantechnologies/link-sdk-react-native
  name: LinkSDK - React Native
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/leantechnologies/link-sdk-ios-distribution
  name: LinkSDK - iOS
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/leantechnologies/link-sdk-flutter
  name: LinkSDK - Flutter
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/leantechnologies/integration-snippets
  name: Integration Snippets
  type: SampleCode
- url: plans/lean-tech-plans-pricing.yml
  type: Plans
- url: rate-limits/lean-tech-rate-limits.yml
  type: RateLimits
- url: finops/lean-tech-finops.yml
  type: FinOps
- url: vocabulary/lean-tech-vocabulary.yml
  type: Vocabulary
- url: rules/lean-tech-rules.yml
  type: SpectralRules
maintainers:
- FN: API Evangelist
  email: [email protected]
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
description: 'Lean Technologies is a Middle East Open Banking and Open Finance infrastructure provider
  founded in 2019 and headquartered in the UAE. Lean offers regulated Account Information (AIS), Payment
  Initiation (PIS), payouts, refunds, account and name verifications, and derived insights across the UAE
  and Saudi Arabia, with verification coverage extending to 27+ countries globally. Lean holds an
  In-Principle Approval from the Central Bank of UAE for Open Finance Services (August 2025), a Major
  Payment Institution licence from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), and an FSP licence from the Abu Dhabi
  Global Market FSRA (no. 200033). The platform is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 certified and has
  processed AED 16B+ across 2M+ linked accounts. Investors include Sequoia, General Catalyst, Breyer
  Capital, Shorooq, Raed, BCV, and Liberty City.'