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remittances

Initiate remittance

post/v2/remittances

Headers

Content-Digeststring string

SHA-256 or SHA-512 hash of the request body.

Signaturestring string

Signature of the request according to RFC-9421.

Signature-Inputstring string

Signature input according to RFC-9421.

Accept-Signaturestring string

Expected signature algorithm of the response according to RFC-9421.

Accept-Digeststring string

Expected digest algorithm of the response according to RFC-9421.

Request body

remittanceIdstring uuid required

A UUIDv4 based unique ID for this payment. We require you to provide the unique ID for all initiated payments to ensure you can always reconcile all payments. Please store this ID in your system before initiating the payment with PawaPay.

customerMessagestring

A short narration for the transaction. Depending on the 'provider', this message may be visible to the customer in the SMS receipt or within their transaction history.

Defaults to your company name as registered on your PawaPay account trimmed to fit the length limitations.

amountstring required

The amount of the payment.

Amount must follow below requirements or the request will be rejected:

  • Not all providers support decimals. Find which ones do from providers or dynamically using active configuration endpoint.
  • Transaction limits apply. Find them from the Active Configuration endpoint.
  • Leading zeroes are not permitted except where the value is less than 1. For any value less than one, one and only one leading zero must be supplied.
currencystring required

The currency in which the amount is specified.

Format must be the ISO 4217 three character currency code in upper case. Read more from Wikipedia.

Find the supported currencies for the provider.

The active configuration endpoint has all the providers configured for your account together with the supported currencies.

Example request

{
  "remittanceId": "f4401bd2-1568-4140-bf2d-eb77d2b2b639",
  "recipient": {
    "type": "MMO",
    "accountDetails": {
      "phoneNumber": "260763456789",
      "provider": "MTN_MOMO_ZMB"
    },
    "recipientDetails": {
      "firstName": "John",
      "lastName": "Doe"
    }
  },
  "sender": {
    "transactionDetails": {
      "transactionReference": "de83150a-5916-48a2-b048-bd85e022cb55",
      "originalAmount": "100",
      "originalCurrency": "USD",
      "buyFxRate": "23.88",
      "senderFees": "1",
      "purposeOfFunds": "FAMILY_SUPPORT",
      "sourceOfFunds": "SALARY"
    },
    "senderDetails": {
      "firstName": "Jane",
      "lastName": "Doe",
      "nationality": "USA",
      "gender": "FEMALE",
      "phoneNumber": "12124567890",
      "dateOfBirth": "1977-12-31",
      "placeOfBirth": "USA",
      "occupation": "Project manager",
      "relationshipRecipient": "PARTNER",
      "address": {
        "addressLine": "1476 Sandhill Rd",
        "postalCode": "84058",
        "city": "Orem",
        "country": "USA"
      },
      "identification": {
        "type": "PASSPORT",
        "number": "E00007730"
      }
    }
  },
  "customerMessage": "Note of 4 to 22 chars",
  "amount": "15",
  "currency": "ZMW",
  "metadata": [
    {
      "orderId": "ORD-123456789"
    },
    {
      "customerId": "customer@email.com",
      "isPII": true
    }
  ]
}

Response

Request has been accepted for processing by PawaPay

remittanceIdstring uuid required

A UUIDv4 based unique ID for this payment. We require you to provide the unique ID for all initiated payments to ensure you can always reconcile all payments. Please store this ID in your system before initiating the payment with PawaPay.

status'ACCEPTED' | 'REJECTED' | 'DUPLICATE_IGNORED' required

The initiation status of the remittance:

  • ACCEPTED - The remittance has been accepted by PawaPay for processing.
  • REJECTED - The remittance request has been rejected by PawaPay. See failureReason for details.
  • DUPLICATE_IGNORED - The remittance has been ignored as a duplicate of and already accepted remittance. Deduplication is based on remittanceId.
createdstring date-time

The timestamp of when the payment was created in the PawaPay platform. Format defined by 'date-time' in RFC3339 section 5.6 from IETF

Example response

{
  "remittanceId": "f4401bd2-1568-4140-bf2d-eb77d2b2b639",
  "created": "2020-02-21T17:32:29Z"
}