generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://www.usbank.com/about-us-bank/company-blog/article-library/us-bank-to-acquire-small-business-payments-software-company-Bento-Technologies.html
summary: >-
  Bento Technologies (Bento for Business) is a retired API provider. The company was
  acquired by U.S. Bank in August 2021 and its card program — and with it the public
  developer surface — was fully discontinued in June 2024. No live API, developer
  portal, status page, or published deprecation policy remains.

status: retired

company_lifecycle:
  - date: '2015-02'
    event: seed
    detail: $2.5M seed round led by Anthemis Group; Blumberg Capital, LionBird and
      Pivot Investment Partners participating.
    source: https://www.anthemis.com/portfolio/bento/
  - date: '2021-08-11'
    event: acquisition-announced
    detail: U.S. Bank (U.S. Bancorp) signs agreement to acquire Bento Technologies,
      a small-business payments software company.
    source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210812005586/en/U.S.-Bank-to-Acquire-Small-Business-Payments-Software-Company-Bento-Technologies
  - date: '2021-08-31'
    event: acquisition-closed
    detail: Acquisition closed; Bento folded into U.S. Bank small-business spend
      management alongside Elavon and talech.
    source: https://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/u-s-bancorp-acquires-bento--18b1cabf
  - date: '2024-04-30'
    event: partial-shutdown
    detail: Ability to reload funds to Bento cards was switched off.
    source: https://www.pexcard.com/blog/bento-for-business-closing-a-smooth-transition-to-pex-ahead/
  - date: '2024-06-25'
    event: sunset
    detail: All services in connection with the Bento card program were discontinued;
      customers directed to alternative spend-management providers.
    source: https://www.pexcard.com/blog/bento-for-business-closing-a-smooth-transition-to-pex-ahead/

api_lifecycle:
  status: retired
  historical:
    name: Bento for Business API
    documentation: https://apidocs.bentoforbusiness.com/
    base_url: https://api.bentoforbusiness.com
    authentication: Per-account Access Key + Secret Key, provisioned on request via
      api-support@bentoforbusiness.com (not self-service).
    surface: Employee and utility virtual card issuance, card number retrieval, card
      activation and billing-address customization, card transaction reads, and
      outbound webhooks for completed and declined card transactions.
    webhooks: true
  retirement:
    effective: '2024-06-25'
    reason: Card program discontinued following the U.S. Bank acquisition.

versioning:
  scheme: unknown
  note: No versioning policy was recoverable; the documentation host is offline.

deprecation:
  policy_url: null
  sunset_header: null
  note: Bento published no deprecation policy and no RFC 8594 Sunset/Deprecation
    header contract that is recoverable. The 2024 wind-down was communicated to
    account holders directly, not via a public policy page. No `Deprecation`
    pointer is emitted because there is no provider-published policy.

sla:
  url: null

status_page: null
status_page_note: No status page found. status.bentoforbusiness.com does not resolve
  in DNS. No `StatusPage` pointer is emitted.

dns_evidence:
  probed: '2026-07-20'
  resolves:
    - host: bentoforbusiness.com
      result: 200, redirects to https://www.usbank.com/business-banking/business-credit-cards/spend-management.html
    - host: www.bentoforbusiness.com
      result: 200, redirects to U.S. Bank (CloudFront)
  does_not_resolve:
    - apidocs.bentoforbusiness.com
    - api.bentoforbusiness.com
    - developer.bentoforbusiness.com
    - status.bentoforbusiness.com

successor:
  organization: U.S. Bank
  url: https://www.usbank.com/business-banking/business-credit-cards/spend-management.html