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POST
/
v1
/
global-payout
/
transfer
/
authorize
cURL
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.nomba.com/v1/global-payout/transfer/authorize \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'accountId: <accountid>' \
  --data '
{
  "amount": 500,
  "sourceCurrency": "USD",
  "destinationCurrency": "USD",
  "receiverName": "John Cena",
  "sourceCountryIsoCode": "CD",
  "destinationCountryIsoCode": "CD",
  "authCode": "2580",
  "paymentMethod": "MobileMoney",
  "accountType": "INDIVIDUAL",
  "accountNumber": "0903086112",
  "institutionCode": "access_bank",
  "institutionName": "Mpesa",
  "bankAccountType": "CHECKING",
  "purposeOfPayment": "FAMILY_SUPPORT",
  "narration": "Family support",
  "lockedExchangeRateId": "01k7pcakf0t8g03rvny3z5mr1p",
  "bankAddress": "383 Madison Avenue",
  "bankCity": "New York",
  "bankState": "NY",
  "bankZipCode": "10017",
  "beneficiary": {
    "beneficiaryEmail": "[email protected]",
    "securityQuestion": "What is your pets name?",
    "securityQuestionAnswer": "Fluffy",
    "transitNumber": "<string>",
    "beneficiaryAddress": "123 Main Street",
    "beneficiaryCity": "New York",
    "beneficiaryState": "NY",
    "beneficiaryPostCode": "10001"
  }
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.nomba.com/v1/global-payout/transfer/authorize"

payload = {
    "amount": 500,
    "sourceCurrency": "USD",
    "destinationCurrency": "USD",
    "receiverName": "John Cena",
    "sourceCountryIsoCode": "CD",
    "destinationCountryIsoCode": "CD",
    "authCode": "2580",
    "paymentMethod": "MobileMoney",
    "accountType": "INDIVIDUAL",
    "accountNumber": "0903086112",
    "institutionCode": "access_bank",
    "institutionName": "Mpesa",
    "bankAccountType": "CHECKING",
    "purposeOfPayment": "FAMILY_SUPPORT",
    "narration": "Family support",
    "lockedExchangeRateId": "01k7pcakf0t8g03rvny3z5mr1p",
    "bankAddress": "383 Madison Avenue",
    "bankCity": "New York",
    "bankState": "NY",
    "bankZipCode": "10017",
    "beneficiary": {
        "beneficiaryEmail": "[email protected]",
        "securityQuestion": "What is your pets name?",
        "securityQuestionAnswer": "Fluffy",
        "transitNumber": "<string>",
        "beneficiaryAddress": "123 Main Street",
        "beneficiaryCity": "New York",
        "beneficiaryState": "NY",
        "beneficiaryPostCode": "10001"
    }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<authorization>",
    "accountId": "<accountid>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: '<authorization>',
    accountId: '<accountid>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    amount: 500,
    sourceCurrency: 'USD',
    destinationCurrency: 'USD',
    receiverName: 'John Cena',
    sourceCountryIsoCode: 'CD',
    destinationCountryIsoCode: 'CD',
    authCode: '2580',
    paymentMethod: 'MobileMoney',
    accountType: 'INDIVIDUAL',
    accountNumber: '0903086112',
    institutionCode: 'access_bank',
    institutionName: 'Mpesa',
    bankAccountType: 'CHECKING',
    purposeOfPayment: 'FAMILY_SUPPORT',
    narration: 'Family support',
    lockedExchangeRateId: '01k7pcakf0t8g03rvny3z5mr1p',
    bankAddress: '383 Madison Avenue',
    bankCity: 'New York',
    bankState: 'NY',
    bankZipCode: '10017',
    beneficiary: {
      beneficiaryEmail: '[email protected]',
      securityQuestion: 'What is your pets name?',
      securityQuestionAnswer: 'Fluffy',
      transitNumber: '<string>',
      beneficiaryAddress: '123 Main Street',
      beneficiaryCity: 'New York',
      beneficiaryState: 'NY',
      beneficiaryPostCode: '10001'
    }
  })
};

fetch('https://api.nomba.com/v1/global-payout/transfer/authorize', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.nomba.com/v1/global-payout/transfer/authorize",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'amount' => 500,
    'sourceCurrency' => 'USD',
    'destinationCurrency' => 'USD',
    'receiverName' => 'John Cena',
    'sourceCountryIsoCode' => 'CD',
    'destinationCountryIsoCode' => 'CD',
    'authCode' => '2580',
    'paymentMethod' => 'MobileMoney',
    'accountType' => 'INDIVIDUAL',
    'accountNumber' => '0903086112',
    'institutionCode' => 'access_bank',
    'institutionName' => 'Mpesa',
    'bankAccountType' => 'CHECKING',
    'purposeOfPayment' => 'FAMILY_SUPPORT',
    'narration' => 'Family support',
    'lockedExchangeRateId' => '01k7pcakf0t8g03rvny3z5mr1p',
    'bankAddress' => '383 Madison Avenue',
    'bankCity' => 'New York',
    'bankState' => 'NY',
    'bankZipCode' => '10017',
    'beneficiary' => [
        'beneficiaryEmail' => '[email protected]',
        'securityQuestion' => 'What is your pets name?',
        'securityQuestionAnswer' => 'Fluffy',
        'transitNumber' => '<string>',
        'beneficiaryAddress' => '123 Main Street',
        'beneficiaryCity' => 'New York',
        'beneficiaryState' => 'NY',
        'beneficiaryPostCode' => '10001'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <authorization>",
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "accountId: <accountid>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.nomba.com/v1/global-payout/transfer/authorize"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"amount\": 500,\n  \"sourceCurrency\": \"USD\",\n  \"destinationCurrency\": \"USD\",\n  \"receiverName\": \"John Cena\",\n  \"sourceCountryIsoCode\": \"CD\",\n  \"destinationCountryIsoCode\": \"CD\",\n  \"authCode\": \"2580\",\n  \"paymentMethod\": \"MobileMoney\",\n  \"accountType\": \"INDIVIDUAL\",\n  \"accountNumber\": \"0903086112\",\n  \"institutionCode\": \"access_bank\",\n  \"institutionName\": \"Mpesa\",\n  \"bankAccountType\": \"CHECKING\",\n  \"purposeOfPayment\": \"FAMILY_SUPPORT\",\n  \"narration\": \"Family support\",\n  \"lockedExchangeRateId\": \"01k7pcakf0t8g03rvny3z5mr1p\",\n  \"bankAddress\": \"383 Madison Avenue\",\n  \"bankCity\": \"New York\",\n  \"bankState\": \"NY\",\n  \"bankZipCode\": \"10017\",\n  \"beneficiary\": {\n    \"beneficiaryEmail\": \"[email protected]\",\n    \"securityQuestion\": \"What is your pets name?\",\n    \"securityQuestionAnswer\": \"Fluffy\",\n    \"transitNumber\": \"<string>\",\n    \"beneficiaryAddress\": \"123 Main Street\",\n    \"beneficiaryCity\": \"New York\",\n    \"beneficiaryState\": \"NY\",\n    \"beneficiaryPostCode\": \"10001\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<authorization>")
	req.Header.Add("accountId", "<accountid>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.nomba.com/v1/global-payout/transfer/authorize")
  .header("Authorization", "<authorization>")
  .header("accountId", "<accountid>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"amount\": 500,\n  \"sourceCurrency\": \"USD\",\n  \"destinationCurrency\": \"USD\",\n  \"receiverName\": \"John Cena\",\n  \"sourceCountryIsoCode\": \"CD\",\n  \"destinationCountryIsoCode\": \"CD\",\n  \"authCode\": \"2580\",\n  \"paymentMethod\": \"MobileMoney\",\n  \"accountType\": \"INDIVIDUAL\",\n  \"accountNumber\": \"0903086112\",\n  \"institutionCode\": \"access_bank\",\n  \"institutionName\": \"Mpesa\",\n  \"bankAccountType\": \"CHECKING\",\n  \"purposeOfPayment\": \"FAMILY_SUPPORT\",\n  \"narration\": \"Family support\",\n  \"lockedExchangeRateId\": \"01k7pcakf0t8g03rvny3z5mr1p\",\n  \"bankAddress\": \"383 Madison Avenue\",\n  \"bankCity\": \"New York\",\n  \"bankState\": \"NY\",\n  \"bankZipCode\": \"10017\",\n  \"beneficiary\": {\n    \"beneficiaryEmail\": \"[email protected]\",\n    \"securityQuestion\": \"What is your pets name?\",\n    \"securityQuestionAnswer\": \"Fluffy\",\n    \"transitNumber\": \"<string>\",\n    \"beneficiaryAddress\": \"123 Main Street\",\n    \"beneficiaryCity\": \"New York\",\n    \"beneficiaryState\": \"NY\",\n    \"beneficiaryPostCode\": \"10001\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.nomba.com/v1/global-payout/transfer/authorize")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<authorization>'
request["accountId"] = '<accountid>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"amount\": 500,\n  \"sourceCurrency\": \"USD\",\n  \"destinationCurrency\": \"USD\",\n  \"receiverName\": \"John Cena\",\n  \"sourceCountryIsoCode\": \"CD\",\n  \"destinationCountryIsoCode\": \"CD\",\n  \"authCode\": \"2580\",\n  \"paymentMethod\": \"MobileMoney\",\n  \"accountType\": \"INDIVIDUAL\",\n  \"accountNumber\": \"0903086112\",\n  \"institutionCode\": \"access_bank\",\n  \"institutionName\": \"Mpesa\",\n  \"bankAccountType\": \"CHECKING\",\n  \"purposeOfPayment\": \"FAMILY_SUPPORT\",\n  \"narration\": \"Family support\",\n  \"lockedExchangeRateId\": \"01k7pcakf0t8g03rvny3z5mr1p\",\n  \"bankAddress\": \"383 Madison Avenue\",\n  \"bankCity\": \"New York\",\n  \"bankState\": \"NY\",\n  \"bankZipCode\": \"10017\",\n  \"beneficiary\": {\n    \"beneficiaryEmail\": \"[email protected]\",\n    \"securityQuestion\": \"What is your pets name?\",\n    \"securityQuestionAnswer\": \"Fluffy\",\n    \"transitNumber\": \"<string>\",\n    \"beneficiaryAddress\": \"123 Main Street\",\n    \"beneficiaryCity\": \"New York\",\n    \"beneficiaryState\": \"NY\",\n    \"beneficiaryPostCode\": \"10001\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "code": "00",
  "description": "Successful",
  "data": {
    "wtTransactionId": "01kky197w3xc6wyjenpc5r0tnp",
    "coreTransactionId": "API-FX_TX_DR-08A1B-6add611a-e538-4e67-bcf9-661c77a16804",
    "status": "PROCESSING",
    "coreStatus": "PAYMENT_SUCCESSFUL",
    "type": "TRANSFER",
    "prettyStatus": "Successful",
    "meta": {
      "source_amount": "250.0",
      "destination_amount": "250.0",
      "source_currency": "USD",
      "destination_currency": "USD",
      "amount_charged": "255.0",
      "currency_pair_name": "USD/USD",
      "payment_method": "MobileMoney",
      "destination_country": "CD",
      "destination_country_name": "Congo DR",
      "source_country": "CD",
      "narration": "Family support",
      "trade_side": "BUY",
      "spread_amount": "0.0",
      "spread_currency": "USD",
      "wt_transaction_id": "01kky197w3xc6wyjenpc5r0tnp",
      "trade_context": "default",
      "transactionCategory": "General",
      "payment_destination_type": "Account",
      "tradeType": "FIXED_TRADE"
    }
  }
}

Headers

​
Authorization
string
required

Bearer token for authentication.

Example:

"Bearer <token>"

​
accountId
string
required

The parent accountId of the business.

Example:

"890022ce-bae0-45c1-9b9d-ee7872e6ca27"

Body

application/json

Transfer authorization payload

​
amount
number
required
Example:

500

​
sourceCurrency
string
required
Example:

"USD"

​
destinationCurrency
string
required
Example:

"USD"

​
receiverName
string
required
Example:

"John Cena"

​
sourceCountryIsoCode
string
required
Example:

"CD"

​
destinationCountryIsoCode
string
required
Example:

"CD"

​
authCode
string<password>
required
Example:

"2580"

​
paymentMethod
enum<string>
required

Payment rail. Determines which additional fields are required. Use Fetch Payment Methods with code or name to get method-specific requirements.

Available options:
BANK,
MobileMoney,
INTERAC,
FASTER_PAYMENTS,
SEPA,
ACH,
WIRE
Example:

"MobileMoney"

​
accountType
enum<string>
required

Required account type of the recipient. Select one of the values returned in accountTypes from Fetch Payment Methods. ACH supports only INDIVIDUAL; WIRE supports INDIVIDUAL and CORPORATE.

Available options:
INDIVIDUAL,
CORPORATE
Example:

"INDIVIDUAL"

​
accountNumber
string

Account number, IBAN, or phone number for MobileMoney. Required for BANK, MobileMoney, FASTER_PAYMENTS, SEPA.

Example:

"0903086112"

​
institutionCode
string

Routing code. Bank code from /bank/providers for BANK (DRC). Sort code for FASTER_PAYMENTS, SWIFT/BIC for SEPA, institution number for BANK (Canada).

Example:

"access_bank"

​
institutionName
string

Bank or provider display name. Use displayName from List Institution Providers.

Example:

"Mpesa"

​
bankAccountType
enum<string>

Recipient bank account type. Required for ACH and WIRE. Select one of the values returned in bankAccountTypes from Fetch Payment Methods.

Available options:
CHECKING,
SAVINGS
Example:

"CHECKING"

​
purposeOfPayment
string

Reason for the transfer. Required for ACH, WIRE, and SEPA. Select one of the values returned in purposeOfPayments from Fetch Payment Methods; do not send arbitrary text.

Example:

"FAMILY_SUPPORT"

​
narration
string
Example:

"Family support"

​
lockedExchangeRateId
string

Optional locked exchange rate ID from Convert Money. Use this when you want to lock the exchange rate and destination amount before authorizing.

Example:

"01k7pcakf0t8g03rvny3z5mr1p"

​
bankAddress
string

Bank street address. Required for United States WIRE.

Example:

"383 Madison Avenue"

​
bankCity
string

Bank city. Required for United States WIRE.

Example:

"New York"

​
bankState
string

Bank state. Required for United States WIRE.

Example:

"NY"

​
bankZipCode
string

Bank ZIP code. Required for United States WIRE.

Example:

"10017"

​
beneficiary
object

Required for INTERAC; partially required for BANK (Canada).

Response

200 - application/json

Transfer authorized successfully.

​
code
string
Example:

"00"

​
description
string
Example:

"Successful"

​
data
object