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Let's build better financial products together.

Monime gives you one programmable API to build financial products on Mobile Money, cards, banks and digital wallets. Accept payments, send payouts and manage accounts. Explore guides, examples and the API reference to start building.

Get startedAPI reference
# Creates a payment page hosted by Monime and returns its link
curl https://api.monime.io/v1/checkout-sessions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MONIME_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Monime-Space-Id: $MONIME_SPACE_ID" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: order-1042" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Order #1042",
    "lineItems": [{
      "type": "custom",
      "name": "Event ticket",
      "quantity": 1,
      "price": { "currency": "SLE", "value": 25000 }
    }],
    "metadata": { "event": "Kenema Music Festival" }
  }'
# Creates a USSD code to pay with mobile money e.g. *715*123456#
curl https://api.monime.io/v1/payment-codes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MONIME_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Monime-Space-Id: $MONIME_SPACE_ID" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: order-1042" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Order #1042",
    "mode": "one_time",
    "amount": { "currency": "SLE", "value": 25000 },
    "duration": "30m",
    "authorizedProviders": ["m17", "m18"],
    "reference": "order-1042",
    "metadata": { "event": "Kenema Music Festival" }
  }'
// Asks the customer to pay in Dash with the method they choose
const payment = await this.dash.payments.request({
  order: {
    name: 'Order #1042',
    reference: 'order-1042',
    lineItems: [{
      name: 'Event ticket',
      quantity: 1,
      unitPrice: { currency: 'SLE', value: 25000 },
    }],
    metadata: { event: 'Kenema Music Festival' },
  },
});

if (payment.status === 'completed') {
  this.navigation.replace('ticket', { reference: 'order-1042' });
}
# Sends money to a bank account e.g. Sierra Leone Commercial Bank
curl https://api.monime.io/v1/payouts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MONIME_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Monime-Space-Id: $MONIME_SPACE_ID" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: payout-1042" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "amount": { "currency": "SLE", "value": 25000 },
    "destination": {
      "type": "bank",
      "providerId": "slb001",
      "accountNumber": "003000000000001042"
    },
    "metadata": { "purpose": "Event vendor payment" }
  }'

Get started

Go from sign-up to your first API request in three steps.

  1. Create your accountSign up as a Monimeer and verify your details to reach the dashboard.
  2. Set up a SpaceCreate the business Space that owns your accounts, payments and API access.
  3. Get an access tokenGenerate a token and authenticate your first request in test mode.

What's new

The latest additions to Monime and these docs.

NewDash Dots

Mini apps inside Dash. Customers pay in Dash's own payment sheet, from a linked account, by card or with mobile money. You build the experience, and payments come with it.

NewUSSD Flows

USSD menus that reach every phone, with mobile money built in: subscribers pay with their network PIN, right in the session.

Explore by product

Accept money, move it between accounts and send it out, across every channel Monime supports.

Checkout SessionA Monime-hosted payment page for one or more items.3 pagesPayment CodesShort-lived codes payers enter or scan to pay.PayoutsDisburse funds to bank accounts and mobile money wallets.Financial AccountsLedger balances that hold and track money in a currency.Internal TransfersMove funds between accounts inside the same Space.ReceiptsEntitlements issued when a payment completes.USSD FlowsUSSD menus for any phone, with mobile money payments built in.33 pagesDash DotsNewMini apps in Dash, with payments built in.95 pages

Developer tools

Everything you need to integrate, test and ship.

API ReferenceEvery resource, operation and object, with a live playground.WebhooksReal-time event notifications sent to your systems.15 pagesMonime CLINewLog in, switch Spaces, script against Monime and build Dots from your terminal.7 pagesIntegration PluginsAccept payments in WooCommerce, GiveWP and custom plugins.17 pagesMCP ServerConnect these docs to AI clients like Cursor, VS Code and Claude.ChangelogWhat changed in each API release.

Build in the open

Browse the source for Monime's open-source libraries, SDKs and platform plugins.
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