bank-api

Name: bank-api Review
Item: bank-api
Rating: 2.9
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Development Usable

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Reduces time-to-compliance and architectural rework by providing a proven reference implementation for financial APIs, lowering regulatory risk and accelerat…

The Bank API is a design reference project suitable to bootstrap development for a compliant and modern API.

Generate a compliant banking API structure to start your fintech product development quickly.
Reference modern API patterns when building payment or account management systems for regulated industries.
Accelerate backend scaffolding for financial services by using proven architectural examples.

839 starsFreeQuick setup

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

Reduces time-to-compliance and architectural rework by providing a proven reference implementation for financial APIs, lowering regulatory risk and accelerating feature delivery in banking-adjacent products.

Best for

Backend engineering teams building fintech or regulated payment systems needing a production-ready API foundation.

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Source

https://github.com/erwinkramer/bank-api

By erwinkramer

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

Not a Claude plugin — this is an API design reference project. Clone or browse the repository at the source link and use it as a reference implementation.

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First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me generate a compliant banking API structure to start my fintech product development quickly

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars839Contributors4Last updated2026-08-12Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-08-17 · scanner v1

Community Pulse Growing

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3 mentions across 1 sources

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 834 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license no license.

Things to check

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

2/5

Versatility

4/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score2.90 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedJun 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 834 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license no license.

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