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Quick Start Guides

Accept Payments

Securely collect payments from cards, bank accounts, and mobile wallets.

Send Money & Payouts

Make instant transfers to bank accounts and mobile money users.

Verify Identities

Authenticate user details like phone numbers, bank accounts, and identity documents.

More Tools & Solutions

Explore our SDKs, plugins, and no-code tools to integrate payments without direct API coding.

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Core API Workflows

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Accept a Payment

Here’s your guide to using the Payvessel API to accept a single payment. Before you begin: All Payvessel API requests must be authenticated with your secret API keys. Next Step: POST api.payvessel.com/transaction/initialize 
# cURL Example
curl https://api.payvessel.com/transaction/initialize \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"amount": "500000", "email": "[email protected]"}' \
  -X POST

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Initiate a Transfer

Here’s how quickly you can send money programmatically with Payvessel. Before you begin: All Payvessel API requests must be authenticated with your secret API keys. Next Step: POST api.payvessel.com/transfer/recipient 
# cURL Example
curl https://api.payvessel.com/transfer/recipient \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"type": "nuban", "name": "John Doe", "account_number": "0001234567", "bank_code": "058"}' \
  -X POST

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Explore Our Code Demos

We’ve built simple, real-world projects to show you how to use the Payvessel API. Explore all demos or start with these popular examples:

E-Commerce Store

APIs Used: Accept Payments, Verify Transactions
Tech: Vue.js

Event Ticketing App

APIs Used: Accept Payments, Verify Transactions
Tech: Android (Kotlin)

Subscription Service

APIs Used: Create Customer, Manage Subscriptions
Tech: React

Point of Sale (POS)

APIs Used: Payment Requests, Terminal Events
Tech: Node.js