# Knot > Knot is the merchant connectivity platform. We connect banks, fintechs, and wallet providers to online merchant accounts via API. ## About Knot enables financial institutions to read and write data to their users' merchant accounts (Amazon, Netflix, Uber, etc.). Founded in 2020, headquartered in NYC. ## Products - **CardSwitcher** — Update default payment methods at 6,000+ merchants - **TransactionLink** — Retrieve SKU-level transaction data from merchant accounts - **AgenticShopping** — AI-powered cart creation and checkout - **Vaulting** — Vault digital wallets as default payment at merchants - **Detect** — Identify which merchant accounts a user has - **CardUpdater** — Server-side card provisioning without re-authentication ## Links - Website: https://www.knotapi.com - Documentation: https://docs.knotapi.com - Full LLM context: https://www.knotapi.com/llms-full.txt