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Jenga API
Send Money - IMT
Pesalink - Bank Account

IMT Pesalink - To Bank Account

Test URL

POSThttps://uat.finserve.africa/v3-apis/transaction-api/v3.0/remittance/pesalinkacc/imt

Live URL

POSThttps://api.finserve.africa/v3-apis/transaction-api/v3.0/remittance/pesalinkacc/imt

This web service enables an application to send money to a PesaLink participating bank. It is restricted to Kenya.

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This service is only available in Kenya

📘 Pesalink Participating Banks

To check whether your recipient's bank is participating on PesaLink, go to partners link (opens in a new tab)

200 Success Response Schema

Field NameField TypeField Description
statusstringResponse status
codenumberResponse code
messagestringResponse message
data.transactionIdstringunique transaction id
data.statusstringTransaction status

Example Request

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In the example below, please remember to replace the variables enclosed within curly brackets {{ }} with the actual values.

Signature Formula
transfer.amount+transfer.currencyCode+transfer.reference+destination.name+source.accountNumber
Request Fields
Field NameField TypeRequiredDescription
source.countryCodestringYesThe country code of the sender's bank account.
source.namestringYesThe name of the account holder.
source.accountNumberstringYesThe account number of the sender.
sender.namestringYesThe name of the sender.
sender.documentTypestringYesThe document type (e.g., NationalId).
sender.documentNumberstringYesThe document number of the sender.
sender.countryCodestringYesThe country code of the sender.
sender.mobileNumberstringYesThe mobile number of the sender.
sender.emailstringYesThe email address of the sender.
destination.typestringYesThe type of destination (e.g., bank).
destination.countryCodestringYesThe country code of the destination account.
destination.namestringYesThe name of the destination account holder.
destination.bankCodestringYesThe bank code of the recipient's bank.
destination.accountNumberstringYesThe destination account number.
destination.mobileNumberstringYesThe mobile number of the recipient.
destination.documentTypestringYesThe document type (e.g., NationalId) of the recipient.
destination.documentNumberstringYesThe document number of the recipient.
transfer.typestringYesThe type of transfer (e.g., Pesalink).
transfer.amountstringYesThe amount to be transferred.
transfer.currencyCodestringYesThe currency code (e.g., KES).
transfer.datestringYesThe date of the transfer.
transfer.descriptionstringNoA description of the transfer.
Example Request
curl --request POST \
     --url https://uat.finserve.africa/v3-apis/transaction-api/v3.0/remittance/pesalinkacc/imt \
     --header 'Authorization: Bearer TofFGUeU9y448idLCKVAe35LmAtL' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --header 'signature: huKUSJ1mKy67ptMCDHgSADgPmN8h6Wm5ZYKfLoTJSHWDtA+i2Ra1e3Wc12Pp3Z/Nk+g2JcTGrvWPVw3BCae9QiFI8YpU+GPvezIOmOJvZupo09khePH2nz8TZGKuR6mRhcXd1RNc4dnE6UQbAeqpqPoXbJwOA+02RtfhSDJeLao9bRat4vGWTAlWe/T+mgzMvudeeIpToZLMvBtUVVlLuZFyQb0GeeW9YOghEqfgyzC+6Gpjtg9lnZfDDdAc3fFnGSZ3S0hgaalK94RZSNuF/7OCFKHm5Rv2Q+X91YSqL3Ka3YKkiDfS8kE2w0/8GsWp5WrZo/n3NUTkFonVvucb6w==' \
     --data '
        {
            "source": {
                "countryCode": "KE",
                "name": "John Doe",
                "accountNumber": "0011547896523"
            },
            "sender": {
                "name": "Sender Name",
                "documentType": "NationalId",
                "documentNumber": "12345",
                "countryCode": "KE",
                "mobileNumber": "0763000000",
                "email": "sender.name@example.com"
            },
            "destination": {
                "type": "bank",
                "countryCode": "KE",
                "name": "A N.Other",
                "bankCode": "03",
                "accountNumber": "101080530003",
                "mobileNumber": "0763123456",
                "documentType": "NationalId",
                "documentNumber": "123456"
            },
            "transfer": {
                "type": "Pesalink",
                "amount": "1000",
                "currencyCode": "KES",
                "date": "2018-08-18",
                "description": "some remarks here"
            }
        }
        '

Example Response

Example Response
{
    "status": true,
    "code": 0,
    "message": "success",
    "data": {
      "transactionId": "",
      "status": "SUCCESS"
    }
}