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For credit card accounts, Method can retrieve the specific card product name and visual card art. Instead of displaying a generic “Visa credit card” line item, your product can show “Chase Sapphire Reserve” with the actual card image.
Card Brand enrichment
This seemingly small detail has an outsized impact on user trust and engagement. When users see their actual card names and artwork in your product, it signals accuracy and builds confidence that the data is real and current.
Card Brand is available only to partners processing payments using the PaymentInstrument endpoint. Contact your Method CSM for more information.

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How It Works

Card Brand is available as a Product (on-demand) or Subscription (continuous updates). Create a Card Brand request for a credit card account, and Method returns a brands array containing:
  • name: The card product name (e.g., “Chase Sapphire Reserve”)
  • network: The card network (e.g., visa, mastercard)
  • network_tier: The network tier (e.g., infinite, signature)
  • url: A hosted URL for the card art image
  • type: Brand match quality: specific (exact match with card art), generic (general metadata, no specific FI offering), or in_review (undergoing verification)
The source field on the response indicates where the data came from (method or network).

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Quick Start

curl https://production.methodfi.com/accounts/acc_yVf3mkzbhz9tj/card_brands \
  -X POST \
  -H "Method-Version: 2026-03-30" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_WyZEWVfTcH7GqmPzUPk65Vjc"

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Supported Cards

Card Brand is available for credit card accounts on Visa and Mastercard networks. Requesting Card Brand for a non-credit-card account or an unsupported network returns a PRODUCT_UNAVAILABLE error.

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Error Handling

  • PRODUCT_UNAVAILABLE: Account isn’t a credit card, or the network isn’t Visa/Mastercard.
  • TEAM_CAPABILITY_RESTRICTED: Your team doesn’t have access to Card Brand.
  • CARD_BRANDS_NOT_FOUND: The card’s brand could not be found or doesn’t exist.

Card Brand API Reference

Full API documentation for Card Brand.