Marqeta · Rate Limits

Marqeta Rate Limits

Marqeta enforces per-program rate limits on the Core API. Specific RPS is contracted per program.

2 Limits Throttle: 429
FinTechBaaSCard IssuingPaymentsEmbedded FinanceRate Limiting

Limits

Core API program
requests_per_second
100
Default; programs can negotiate higher.
RTD Timeout program
milliseconds
2000
Real-time decisioning hard timeout.

Policies

Backoff Strategy
Exponential backoff on 429.
Idempotency
Use idempotency-key headers on POST endpoints.

Sources