Does FBS publish a public API?
Not in any usable sense. FBS Systems, the on-premise farm accounting and management software, publishes no public API reference — no developer portal, no endpoint documentation, no self-serve integration access. The vendor has described bespoke API interfaces built with specific partners, but nothing is published for a third-party platform to build against. For practical purposes, an outside system cannot sync with FBS directly.
What does that mean for expense automation?
It means card and expense platforms cannot offer a genuine API sync with FBS today. Any claim of automatic posting into FBS should be treated with caution until the vendor publishes documentation. In practice, farm operations running FBS handle card spend manually: download statements, gather receipts, allocate each charge to the right enterprise or account, and key the entries in.
How does Vergo connect to FBS?
Through files, honestly labeled as such. Vergo captures card transactions in real time, cardholders attach receipts, and your team codes each transaction inside Vergo. Vergo then provides a custom-built CSV export matched to the import format FBS expects, and your bookkeeper loads it as a batch. The re-keying disappears; the coding happens close to the purchase instead of at month end.
What does the workflow look like day to day?
Cardholders spend as normal. Each transaction shows up in Vergo the moment it posts, with a prompt to snap the receipt. Coding rules can pre-fill the likely allocation, and your bookkeeper reviews rather than types. At close, generating the FBS import file is one step, and loading it is another — two steps in place of an afternoon of statement work. Nothing about your FBS setup changes; the system simply receives cleaner batches, faster.
Could FBS's API situation change?
Possibly — the vendor's partner-built interfaces suggest the capability exists internally, and if FBS publishes a reference, direct integrations become feasible. Until then, the file import is the path that actually works, and Vergo's export is built specifically for it.
Does FBS have a public API?
No public reference is published. FBS Systems has mentioned bespoke API interfaces built with individual partners, but there is no documented API a third-party platform can connect to on its own.
How does Vergo get card transactions into FBS?
Via a custom-built CSV export matched to FBS's import format. Transactions are captured and coded in Vergo, then loaded into FBS as a batch file.
Can any expense platform sync with FBS over an API?
Not today. Without published documentation there is nothing to build a supported sync against, so file import is the working path for every platform.
Does this work with FBS on-premise?
Yes. FBS is on-premise software, and a file-based connection fits that deployment — the import happens inside FBS, with no infrastructure changes.
