Accept payments from PesaNet customers.

Create a payment, send the customer to a hosted page or show a code at the counter, and follow it from created to paid to paid out. Build in the sandbox today; PesaNet enables Live after verifying your business.

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PesaNet Business

Example · volume, last 7 days

BIF 48,920,000

Recent payments

order_8817BIF 250,000Paid

order_8816BIF 95,000Paid

order_8814BIF 600,000Paid

HOW IT WORKS

A payment, from your till to your payout account

1
You create the payment
From your system with one API call, carrying your own order reference, the amount and its currency.
2
The customer pays in PesaNet
They open the hosted page or enter the code in their app and confirm with their PIN. Your webhook hears the result.
3
You are paid out
The amount after PesaNet's fee is credited to your balance, and the balance is paid out to your mobile-money account in Burundi or your bank account in the United States.

WHAT YOU GET

The workspace and the API, in one account

Payments you can follow

Every payment is listed with a named state, the fee, what was credited to you and why it failed if it did — searchable by your own order reference.

Payouts to mobile money or a bank account

Paid amounts, net of fee, are paid out to your mobile-money account in Burundi, in BIF, or to your bank account in the United States, in USD. The workspace shows what is awaiting payout.

Signed webhooks

Payment and refund events arrive with an HMAC signature, a replay window and automatic retries.

Isolated environments

Sandbox payments and live payments are kept in separate databases. Build in sandbox from day one; live is enabled by PesaNet under a signed agreement.

DEVELOPERS

Built for developers

Self-serve sk_test sandbox keys; sk_live keys once Live is enabled for your account
Same endpoints in sandbox and Live
Simulate the customer paying, or failing to pay, in the sandbox
Webhook signatures you verify with your own signing secret

Get your sandbox keys

Create a payment

POST /v1/payment_intents
Authorization: Bearer sk_test_…

{
  "amount": "25000",
  "currency": "BIF",
  "merchantOrderRef": "order-8817"
}

→ 201 { "data": {
    "id": "…",
    "status": "PENDING_IDENTIFY",
    "hostedUrl": "https://pay.pesanet.app/i/…",
    "livemode": false } }

CONTROLS

Controls you can check yourself

Sandbox kept apart from Live

Separate data for each. A sandbox key cannot touch live data, and a real customer cannot pay a sandbox payment.

Verifiable webhooks

HMAC-signed and timestamped, so your systems can reject forged or replayed events.

Verified businesses

A business review by PesaNet and a signed agreement before any merchant can take a real payment.

Ready to start accepting payments?

Create your account and build in sandbox today. Live is enabled by PesaNet after verification and a signed agreement.

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