Collection Steps & API Overview

A user journey guide for collecting fiat from your customers, including the API reference at each step.

User journey step	What to show on the UX	What to ask the user for	API reference	What's returned from the API
Payment screen	A place for the user to view the amount to pay	n/a	Get Channels to retrieve all supported payment methods Get Rates to retrieve rates for the supported countries	Limits for a given payment channel Rate of local fiat/ USD
Chooses a preferred payment channel	List of payment channels available to them eg: Bank Transfer, Mobile Money, P2P transfer	Their preference of payment method	Get Channels	A list of available payment options for the given country
a. IF they chose Mobile Money: Provide Mobile Money Details screen	Input fields for customer to enter beneficiary details: First name Last name mobile number (country code + string) Select provider (mobile network)	Please add mobile money details:	Mobile provider = Get Networks	A list of available networks
Enter reason for sending	Ask the user the reason for their transaction	To choose from a list of reasons	Reason for sending = Payment Reasons	Pre-defined list of reasons to select.
Review payment details	Transaction details including: Payment Option Payment channel Payment Network Account number/ Mobile number Total amount Rate (if req)	To confirm the payment.	Submit Collection Request	A quote to make the collection
Initiate payment	Confirmation the transaction is being processed	n/a	Accept Collection request Deny Collection Request	Confirmation or rejection of the transaction
Payment successful	Confirmation that payment was successful.	n/a	n/a Webhooks to determine status of transaction	n/a
Retrieve information about a specific payment	View of transaction details	View transaction details	Lookup Collection	Information about a specific payment

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