Configuring Card Products with the Marqeta API

Modern payment infrastructure relies on flexible API integrations to deploy card programs quickly. Understanding how to configure these systems is essential for building next-generation fintech applications. This text-based course guides you through the foundational concepts of modern card issuing, enabling you to design and manage custom card products using the Marqeta API. You will learn to define card behaviors, set usage controls, and implement secure transaction channels. What you'll learn: - Understand the core architecture of modern card issuing platforms and the card product lifecycle - Configure card product attributes including cardholder controls, expiration rules, and design templates - Define usage controls for specific transaction channels such as ATM withdrawals, e-commerce, and point-of-sale terminals - Apply API requests to create, retrieve, and update card products within a sandbox environment - Implement security best practices, including tokenization basics and modern API authentication methods The course starts with essential terminology and the fundamentals of card payment networks before guiding you through structured API configuration scenarios and written practice exercises. Designed for fintech developers, product managers, and payment enthusiasts, this course requires no prior experience with card issuing systems, though basic familiarity with REST APIs is helpful. Start building your payment infrastructure knowledge today.