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Interswitch Transfers API

Quickteller Send Money APIs covering Single Transfer (POST /quicktellerservice/api/v5/transactions/TransferFunds), Bulk Transfer, Name Inquiry, and Bank Code Resolution. Used by banks, fintechs, and PSPs to disburse funds across NIBSS-Instant-Payment-connected Nigerian bank accounts with SHA-512 MAC authentication on each request.

Interswitch Transfers API is one of 32 APIs that Interswitch publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Transfers, Payouts, Disbursement, Bank Transfer, and Africa. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2024-01-01.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://sandbox.interswitchng.com, https://saturn.interswitchng.com.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2024-01-01
Servers
https://sandbox.interswitchng.com
https://saturn.interswitchng.com
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Interswitch Transfers API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (InterswitchAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Transfers 1
POST
/quicktellerservice/api/v5/transactions/TransferFunds
Send Single Transfer
sendSingleTransfer 1 param body → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SingleTransferRequest (6 properties), TransferResponse (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TransferResponse
object
4 properties
SingleTransferRequest
object
6 properties 6 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

interswitch-transfers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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