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10x Banking and Pismo side by side in the Core Banking and Ledgers Index 2026: scores, evidence, published facts and awards.
In the Core Banking and Ledgers Index, 10x Banking scores higher overall: 2.6 out of 5 (52 out of 100) against 2.5 (50), ranking 4 and 5 of 12. 10x Banking scores higher for fintechs building their own products; they tie for banks and building societies and e-money and payment firms.
Overall and segment scores out of 100, and the score out of 5.
| Score | 10x Banking | Pismo |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 5 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Score out of 100 | 52 | 50 |
| Overall rank | 4 of 12 | 5 of 12 |
| For banks and building societies (out of 100) | 59, rank 4 | 59, rank 2 |
| For E-money and payment firms (out of 100) | 50, rank 5 | 50, rank 4 |
| For fintechs building their own products (out of 100) | 46, rank 5 | 42, rank 7 |
| Type | Cloud-native core banking platform | Cloud-native banking and card processing platform |
Each score with the evidence behind it.
| Criterion | 10x Banking | Pismo |
|---|---|---|
| Product coverage | 3/5 Deposits and lending published; cards, payments and multi-currency not confirmed on the pages read. | 4/5 Accounts, lending, cards and payments published; multi-currency not stated. |
| Published pricing | 0/5 Not published. | 0/5 Not published. |
| Deployment choice | 2/5 Vendor-run SaaS only; no cloud named. | 2/5 Cloud-native, no named cloud. |
| Integration | 3/5 SDK and a stated launch example; no public sandbox found. | 2/5 API reference only on the pages read. |
| Security and regulated clients | 3/5 Named regulated banks; certifications shown as logos only. | 4/5 SOC 2 stated with named regulated banks; ISO 27001 not found. |
| Proven scale | 5/5 Throughput, uptime and account figures published. | 3/5 One figure: 46 million cards. |
Each criterion is scored 0 to 5 against the best published offer in the Core Banking and Ledgers Index. 0 means not offered or not published. How it is scored
What each provider publishes on its own pages, read on 26 October 2026.
| Fact | 10x Banking | Pismo |
|---|---|---|
| Product coverage | Banking products across retail, mutual and corporate banking, including lending; Fabric core ledger; ProductKit SDK and no-code product configuration. | Credit, debit and prepaid cards for Visa, Mastercard and private labels; digital lending; corporate demand deposit accounts "in a multi-country, multi-region, and multi-branch structure"; digital wallets; merchant processing. |
| Pricing | Not published on the pages read. | Not published on the pages read. |
| Deployment | Cloud-native SaaS; no cloud providers named on the pages read. | "A truly cloud-native API platform"; no cloud provider named on the pages read. |
| Integration | ProductKit SDK; states an Australian client built a full product suite "in two weeks". | API reference and documentation linked from the homepage. |
| Security and clients | AICPA SOC and BSI ISO 27001 logos shown, with no written statement. Named clients: Chase UK, Westpac, Old Mutual, West Brom Building Society, The Co-operative Bank. | "Pismo achieves SOC 2 compliance". Client quotes from Citi TTS, Itaú and BTG Pactual. |
| Scale | "It processes over 10,000 transactions per second, runs at 99.99% uptime"; more than 100 million accounts stated. | Client quote from Grow cites Pismo's expertise in "managing 46 million cards". |
| Date read | 26 October 2026 | 26 October 2026 |
Not published or not stated by 10x Banking: pricing, deployment and product coverage.
Not published or not stated by Pismo: pricing, deployment, product coverage and security and regulated clients.
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: 10xbanking.com, 10xbanking.com/core-banking-platforms-compared; and pismo.io.
Awards follow from the published scores and cannot be bought.
No award in this index.
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