Mezan:Investing API integration & Shariah data services

OpenFinance protocol analysis, halal compliance data export, watchlist sync, and authorized API delivery for Muslim-focused investing flows

From $300 · Pay-per-call available
OpenData · OpenFinance · Shariah screening · Halal portfolio sync

Bring Mezan:Investing data — compliance verdicts, financial ratios, watchlists — into your stack

Mezan:Investing classifies thousands of equities as Compliant, Questionable, or Not Compliant using interest-bearing debt ratio, cash ratio, and revenue screening. We deliver authorized integrations that surface this verdict data, financial breakdowns, and personal watchlist state through clean APIs your platform can consume in production.

Compliance verdict API — Pull the Compliant / Questionable / Not Compliant status for any ticker, with the exact ratios that drove the decision.
Watchlist & learning progress sync — Mirror a user's saved tickers and module progress to your CRM, robo-advisory, or back-office dashboards.
Stock search proxy — Query any ticker symbol through a normalized endpoint and receive both the financial ratios and the Shariah verdict in one response.

What Mezan:Investing actually holds — and why integration matters

Mezan:Investing is an educational halal-investing platform built around three things Muslims keep asking the market for: a clear yes/no on whether a stock fits Shariah principles, a transparent breakdown of why a stock got that verdict, and a way to keep tracking those decisions over time. The app stores per-user account state — saved tickers, learning module progress, and Mezan Pro subscription tier — alongside per-ticker compliance metadata that is regenerated as company financials change.

That combination matters because halal investing is now a real category, not a niche. Global Islamic finance assets reached roughly US$4.93 trillion and are projected to hit US$7.53 trillion by 2028, while the Islamic fintech segment alone hit ~US$198 billion in transaction volume and assets under management in 2024/25, on its way to ~US$341 billion by 2029 (≈11.5% CAGR). Around 484 Islamic fintech companies are tracked globally, with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Malaysia, the UK, and Indonesia leading. In a market that size, brokers, robo-advisors, accounting tools, and zakat calculators all need to plug into compliance signals — and that is exactly what Mezan:Investing produces.

Our service turns that signal stream into something a backend can reliably consume. We deliver authorized API implementations covering compliance verdict lookups, ratio breakdowns, watchlist read/write, learning module progress, and Mezan Pro entitlement checks, packaged as runnable source code or pay-per-call hosted endpoints.

Feature modules we build

Halal compliance verdict API

Submit a ticker (e.g. AAPL, 2222.SR) and get back the verdict (Compliant / Questionable / Not Compliant), the screening methodology used, and a timestamp. Used by trading platforms to gate or label trades before order submission.

Financial ratio breakdown API

Returns the exact ratios that decided the verdict: interest-bearing debt ratio, cash & interest-bearing securities ratio, non-permissible revenue percentage, plus the threshold each was tested against. Use case: explainer panels in Islamic robo-advisory dashboards and audit logs for Shariah supervisory boards.

Watchlist sync

Read and write the user's personal watchlist of tickers. Use case: when a user adds a ticker in your broker app, mirror it into Mezan; when Mezan re-screens that ticker and the verdict flips, push a webhook back so your front-end can flag the position.

Learning module progress

Expose how far a user is through the structured learning modules (foundations of halal investing, Islamic finance principles, reading stock charts, market analysis). Use case: gamified onboarding inside neo-banks, where completed modules unlock new product tiers.

Mezan Pro entitlement check

A lightweight endpoint that confirms whether the linked Mezan account holds an active Pro subscription. Use case: B2B partners that want to grant premium content cross-app without rebuilding the billing layer.

Bulk screening & webhook stream

Submit a list of up to several thousand tickers in one call, receive a paginated verdict report, and subscribe to webhooks when verdicts change between screening cycles. Use case: monthly Shariah portfolio reviews and ETF re-balancing.

Data available for integration

The table below maps the data Mezan:Investing exposes inside the app to the integration surface we deliver. Each row is derived from the in-app screens and the documented behaviour of the platform; granularity is what we can realistically extract and re-emit through a stable contract.

Data typeSource (in-app screen / feature)GranularityTypical use
Shariah compliance verdictHalal Compliance CheckerPer ticker · Compliant / Questionable / Not Compliant · timestampedOrder pre-trade gating, portfolio labelling, audit log
Interest-bearing debt ratioDetailed Financial ReportsPer ticker · numeric % · screening thresholdExplainer UI, Shariah board reports
Cash & interest-bearing securities ratioDetailed Financial ReportsPer ticker · numeric % · thresholdRisk & compliance dashboards
Non-permissible revenue screeningDetailed Financial ReportsPer ticker · numeric % · category breakdownESG-style reporting, ethical-investing scorecards
Stock search resultsPowerful Stock SearchFree-text query · ranked tickers + verdictEmbedded halal search inside broker apps
Personal watchlistPersonal WatchlistPer user · list of tickers · added_atCross-app sync, alerts when verdict flips
Learning module progressStructured Learning ModulesPer user · per module · % completeOnboarding gamification, education credits
Subscription entitlementMezan ProPer user · active / inactive · renewal_atB2B premium-feature gating

Typical integration scenarios

1. Halal pre-trade gate inside an Islamic broker

Business context: an Islamic-friendly broker wants every market order to be screened before it goes to the exchange, so non-compliant trades surface a warning or a hard block. Data involved: compliance verdict + interest-bearing debt ratio. OpenFinance mapping: a consent-scoped read of the verdict at order-construction time, mirroring how PSD2 SCA-style checks fire on payment initiation. The verdict is cached for the trading session and refreshed on a daily webhook.

2. Robo-advisory portfolio re-balancing

Business context: a Shariah robo-advisor needs to re-screen its model portfolios monthly. Data involved: bulk verdict export + ratio breakdown for every ticker in the universe. OpenFinance mapping: scheduled batch pull through an authorized B2B contract, equivalent to an account-information service drawing transaction history on a recurring schedule. We deliver a paged export endpoint plus a webhook stream for verdict deltas.

3. Accounting & zakat calculation pipeline

Business context: a zakat or wealth-management tool wants to attach a "halal-eligible" flag to every holding it imports from a user's brokerage. Data involved: per-ticker verdict + non-permissible revenue percentage. OpenFinance mapping: similar to a categorization layer over open-banking transactions, but applied to securities holdings; the verdict tags the holding so the zakat engine can compute the right base.

4. Watchlist mirror across two apps

Business context: a user keeps a watchlist in their broker app and a separate halal watchlist in Mezan; both should stay in sync. Data involved: watchlist read/write API + verdict change webhook. OpenFinance mapping: bidirectional account-information + payment-initiation pattern, where the broker is the system of record for "what I own" and Mezan is the system of record for "what I'm allowed to own."

5. Compliance audit feed for a Shariah supervisory board

Business context: a Shariah Supervisory Board (the AAOIFI-style three-scholar committee that every Islamic financial institution maintains) needs an evidence trail for every screened ticker. Data involved: verdict + ratios + timestamp + screening methodology (DJ / FTSE / S&P / MSCI / AAOIFI). OpenFinance mapping: read-only audit endpoint with consent-scoped tokens, log-shipped into the board's review tool; we provide WORM-style retention guidance.

What we deliver

Deliverables checklist

  • OpenAPI / Swagger specification for every endpoint
  • Protocol & auth flow report (OAuth-style token chain, refresh, session)
  • Runnable source code in Python or Node.js (compliance lookup, ratio fetch, watchlist sync, webhook receiver)
  • Postman collection plus pytest / Jest test harness
  • Integration runbook: rate limits, retry strategy, schema versioning
  • Compliance guidance: AAOIFI screening methodology references, consent & data-minimization notes

API example: compliance verdict (pseudocode)

POST /api/v1/mezan/compliance/check
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>

{
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "methodology": "AAOIFI"
}

200 OK
{
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "verdict": "Compliant",
  "ratios": {
    "interest_bearing_debt_ratio": 0.21,
    "cash_ratio": 0.14,
    "non_permissible_revenue_pct": 0.02
  },
  "thresholds": { "debt": 0.33, "cash": 0.33, "revenue": 0.05 },
  "as_of": "2026-04-29T08:00:00Z"
}

API example: watchlist sync (pseudocode)

// Read user's watchlist
GET /api/v1/mezan/users/{uid}/watchlist
Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>

// Add ticker
POST /api/v1/mezan/users/{uid}/watchlist
{ "ticker": "2222.SR" }

// Webhook on verdict change
POST https://your.app/webhooks/mezan
{
  "event": "verdict.changed",
  "ticker": "TSLA",
  "from": "Compliant",
  "to": "Questionable",
  "as_of": "2026-04-29T08:00:00Z"
}

API example: bulk screening + auth (pseudocode)

POST /oauth/token
grant_type=client_credentials
client_id=...&client_secret=...

POST /api/v1/mezan/compliance/bulk
Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>
{
  "tickers": ["AAPL","MSFT","TSLA","2222.SR","005930.KS"],
  "methodology": "AAOIFI",
  "page": 1, "page_size": 100
}

// Errors
401 invalid_token   // refresh and retry
429 rate_limited    // exponential backoff, retry-after header
422 bad_ticker      // unknown symbol

Compliance & privacy

Halal-investing data sits at the intersection of financial and religious-belief data, so the regulatory perimeter is wider than a generic markets API. We implement integrations against three layers:

  • AAOIFI — the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (Bahrain, est. 1991) maintains 100+ Shariah, accounting, auditing, and governance standards adopted in 45+ countries; mandatory in Bahrain and the UAE. Our delivery records the methodology used (DJ / FTSE / S&P / MSCI / AAOIFI) on every verdict so a Shariah Supervisory Board can audit the screening trail.
  • GDPR & equivalent — religious belief is a special category under GDPR Article 9; even an indirect signal ("the user investigated halal status of stock X") deserves explicit consent, data minimization, and a documented retention window. Our deliverables include a consent record schema and a default 13-month retention policy for verdict-lookup logs.
  • Local financial supervision — depending on the deployment region, the integration may also fall under SAMA (Saudi Arabia), CBUAE (UAE), Bank Negara Malaysia, or the FCA (UK) framework for advice and recommendation. We do not deliver investment advice; we deliver data plumbing, with clear "informational only" disclaimers baked into the OpenAPI contract.

All work proceeds under documented authorization or publicly-documented endpoints; we never bypass authentication, never extract data without consent, and never resell user-identifiable data downstream.

Data flow / architecture

The pipeline is intentionally short — fewer hops mean fewer places for compliance regressions to hide:

Mezan:Investing client Authorized ingestion layer (OAuth, rate-limit, schema validation) Compliance & ratio store (versioned, with audit timestamps) Outbound API + webhook stream (your stack)

The ingestion layer normalizes ticker formats (US, Tadawul, KOSPI, etc.) and pins the screening methodology per request. The store keeps a full history of verdicts so you can answer "was this stock compliant on 2026-01-15?" — useful for reconciliation and audit. The outbound layer is the only thing your stack ever sees.

Market positioning & user profile

Mezan:Investing's user base is Muslim retail investors who want to either start investing without breaking Shariah principles or audit an existing portfolio against them. The split skews toward beginners who use the structured learning modules first and graduate into the screening tools, plus a smaller segment of experienced investors who use it as a sanity-check layer over their existing broker. Primary regions track the global Islamic-finance gravity centres: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Malaysia, Indonesia, the UK, and growing North-American diaspora demand. The app is mobile-first on Android and iOS, and integration partners typically come from the broker, robo-advisor, accounting, and zakat-tooling ecosystems.

App screenshots

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Similar apps & integration landscape

Halal investing is now a category with multiple credible players — many of our clients integrate with several of them in parallel. The list below is the broader ecosystem we see in the wild; each entry is part of the integration landscape, not a ranking.

Zoya — Shariah screening across roughly 40,000+ stocks and funds globally; clients often need a unified verdict feed that combines Zoya and Mezan output.
Musaffa — 30,000+ Shariah ratings with a documented B2B API and webhook streams; a common reference design for Islamic-broker plug-ins.
Wahed — A robo-advisor available in 150+ countries running Sharia-supervised portfolios across equities, sukuk, and gold; integrators pair it with screeners like Mezan for explainability.
Cur8 (IFG) — Shariah-compliant private-market opportunities (real estate, VC, sukuk); used alongside public-equity screeners for a full halal portfolio view.
Islamicly — Halal screening with strong international stock coverage, frequently combined with Mezan to fill gaps in regional listings.
HalalScreener — Stock screening + AI Islamic-scholar guidance, AAOIFI-compliant, with a documented REST API.
Tabadulat — Halal stocks, ETFs, and screener tooling; relevant when partners want ETF-level halal data alongside per-stock verdicts.
Muslim Xchange — Halal stock screener positioned for retail; included in many cross-app comparison flows.
Sarwa — UAE-based fintech offering Sarwa Invest (robo-advisory) and Sarwa Trade with halal portfolio options; common GCC integration target.
Finispia — Halal stock finder API delivered via JSON, Excel, and trading-terminal connectors; useful when clients need bulk pass/fail screening.
Amana Funds — Long-running scholar-supervised mutual fund family; integrated for users who want fund-level halal exposure alongside single-stock screening.
IslamicStock — Screener India — Regional halal screener focused on Indian equities; complements Mezan in pan-Asia integration projects.

Users who already work with Zoya, Musaffa, Wahed, Cur8, Islamicly, HalalScreener, Tabadulat, Muslim Xchange, Sarwa, Finispia, Amana Funds or IslamicStock often need a unified compliance-and-watchlist export across several of these — that is the kind of work we typically handle.

About us

We are an independent technical studio focused on app interface integration, OpenData / OpenFinance / OpenBanking, and authorized API delivery. The team has shipped integrations for retail brokers, payment gateways, and Islamic-finance products across the GCC, Southeast Asia, and Europe. We understand AAOIFI and IFSB expectations, GDPR-grade privacy handling, and how to keep a halal-data feed auditable without leaking user identity.

  • Halal investing, robo-advisory, zakat tooling, Islamic-banking add-ons
  • Protocol analysis & reverse engineering for authorized data extraction
  • Custom Python / Node.js / Go SDKs, OpenAPI specs, and webhook receivers
  • End-to-end flow: scope → protocol analysis → build → validation → compliance review
  • Source code delivery from $300 — runnable API source code and full documentation; pay after delivery upon satisfaction
  • Pay-per-call API billing — access our hosted endpoints and pay only per call, no upfront cost

Contact

Send us the target app and your concrete requirements (compliance lookup, watchlist sync, bulk screening, learning-progress export, etc.) and we will respond with a scope estimate, timeline, and price.

Contact page

Engagement workflow

  1. Scope confirmation: which Mezan endpoints you need (compliance, ratios, watchlist, learning, Pro entitlement) and your auth model.
  2. Protocol analysis & API design — typically 2–5 business days.
  3. Build & internal validation against a real device or sandbox account — 3–8 business days.
  4. Documentation, sample integrations, and test suite — 1–2 business days.
  5. First delivery usually lands in 5–15 business days; methodology vetting by a Shariah supervisory board on the client side may extend the timeline.

FAQ

What do you need from me to start?

The target app name (already provided), the specific data you need (verdict, ratios, watchlist, etc.), and any existing test credentials or sandbox access — if you have none, we work from a clean account.

How long does the first integration take?

Usually 5–12 business days for a first API drop and documentation; bulk screening and webhook streams may take a little longer because we add backfill tooling.

How do you handle Shariah compliance specifically?

We record the screening methodology (DJ / FTSE / S&P / MSCI / AAOIFI) on every verdict, log thresholds and timestamps, and ship retention defaults that suit a Shariah Supervisory Board audit.

Do you provide investment advice?

No. We deliver data plumbing only; the verdicts and ratios are informational, and we mark them as such in the OpenAPI contract.
📱 Original app overview (appendix)

Mezan:Investing (package com.mezan.investing) is an educational halal-investing platform built for Muslims who want to navigate the stock market according to Shariah principles. It pairs an instant Halal Compliance Checker with detailed financial reports so users can not only see whether a stock is Compliant, Questionable, or Not Compliant but also understand why — through the interest-bearing debt ratio, cash ratio, revenue screening, and other Shariah compliance indicators.

The app is positioned as an educational platform first. Structured learning modules walk a user from foundations of halal investing, through Islamic finance principles, into reading stock charts, market analysis basics, and practical trading education. A powerful stock-search experience lets users instantly look up any ticker, see the compliance status and financial breakdown, and discover halal opportunities, while a personal watchlist keeps research organized over time.

  • Instant Halal Compliance Checker — Compliant / Questionable / Not Compliant for thousands of stocks
  • Detailed Financial Reports — interest-bearing debt ratio, cash ratio, revenue screening, and other Shariah compliance indicators
  • Structured Learning Modules — step-by-step trading and investing education for both beginners and experienced investors
  • Powerful Stock Search — instant ticker lookup with compliance status and financial breakdowns
  • Personal Watchlist — track favourite stocks, monitor potential halal investments, stay organized
  • Mezan Pro Subscription — unlimited learning modules, advanced financial analysis, expanded reporting tools, and premium educational content

Terms and conditions: mezaninvesting.com/terms-conditions · Privacy policy: mezaninvesting.com/privacy-policy. Mezan's stated mission is to bridge the gap between faith and finance and give Muslims the knowledge, confidence, and tools to build wealth the halal way.