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Welcome

The Xente Developer Application Programming Interface (API) is a powerful tool for creating applications that:

  1. Issue virtual and physical Visa cards for global payments wherever Visa is accepted online, at point-of-sale (POS) or ATM.

  2. Make payments using mobile money, bank transfers, or through bank agents.

  3. Collect global and domestic payments using Visa, Mastercard, mobile money, and bank agents.

  4. Extend the core functionality of Xente

Requirements

What you need to get started

Applications

Create an application

Authentication & Authorization

Authenticate and authorize all API calls

Instant Payment Notification

Get a call back every time a payment event happens on your account

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Issue Visa Debit cards

Issue virtual and physical Visa debit cards.

Cards overview

Issue physical and virtual Visa debit cards

Issue virtual cards

Issue virtual cards for global online payments.

Issue physical cards

Issue physical cards for global point-of-sale (POS) and ATM payments

Manage cards

Add funds, View transactions, activate and deactivate

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Make payments

Make payments to mobile money, bank accounts and bill payments.

Payments overview

Make payments with Xente

Mobile money

Send funds to mobile money accounts

Bank transfers

Transfer funds to domestic and international bank accounts

Airtime

Send airtime

Internet

Send mobile internet bundles

Bill Payments

Make merchant and utility payments

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Collect Payments

Collect cards, mobile money, and bank payments without hassle

Collections overview

Collect payments with Xente.

Checkout

Integrate payments seamlessly into your website or mobile app.

Mobile Money

Collect mobile money payments.

Bank

Collect payments via bank accounts

Agent Banking

Collect payments through bank agents

Requirements