Payment methods

Supported payment methods

Monite supports the following payment methods:

Name	Type code	Description
Afterpay (Clearpay)	`afterpay_clearpay`	Afterpay is the most popular "buy now, pay later" payment method in Australia and New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Spain, Afterpay is known as Clearpay.
Alipay	`alipay`	Alipay is an e-wallet based in China that provides online payments and has over a billion active users around the world.
BLIK	`blik`	BLIK is Poland's most popular mobile payment system that allows users to make instant payments and withdraw cash using only the user's standard mobile banking app.
Bancontact	`bancontact`	Bancontact is the most popular online payment method in Belgium.
Card payments	`card`	Payment via credit or debit cards.
Electronic Payment Standard	`eps`	Electronic Payment Standard (EPS) is an Austrian online payment method that allows customers to perform online transactions using their bank credentials
Giropay	`giropay`	Giropay is the official German payment method for online banking transactions.
iDEAL	`ideal`	iDeal is the most popular payment method in the Netherlands.
Przelewy24	`p24`	Przelewy24 is a common payment method in Poland.
Multibanco	`multibanco`	Multibanco is the most popular post-pay payment method in Portugal.
SEPA Payments	`sepa_credit`	Cashless payments in credit transfer via Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) system.
SEPA Direct Debit	`sepa_debit`	Cashless payments in direct debit via Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) system.
SOFORT	`sofort`	SOFORT is a popular online payment method in Europe, especially in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Belgium.
WeChat Pay	`wechat_pay`	WeChat Pay is a digital wallet connected to the Chinese app WeChat that allows users to chat, browse, and make payments in one place.

Get all available payment methods for an entity

Get all available payment methods for an entity

To get the list of all the payment methods available for a particular entity, call GET /entities/{entity_id}/payment_methods:

curl -X GET 'https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/entities/3fa85f64...3f66afa6/payment_methods' \
     -H 'X-Monite-Version: 2023-03-14' \
     -H 'X-Monite-Entity-Id: ENTITY_ID' \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PARTNER_TOKEN'

The successful response returns the list of payment methods available for the particular entity. The example below lists all payment methods Monite supports:

{
  "data": [
    {
      "name": "Afterpay (Clearpay)",
      "type": "afterpay_clearpay",
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "name": "Alipay",
      "type": "alipay",
      "status": "inactive"
    },
    {
      "name": "BLIK",
      "type": "blik",
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bancontact",
      "type": "bancontact",
      "status": "inactive"
    },
    {
      "name": "Card payments",
      "type": "card",
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "name": "Electronic Payment Standard",
      "type": "eps",
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "name": "Giropay",
      "type": "giropay",
      "status": "inactive"
    },
    {
      "name": "iDEAL",
      "type": "ideal",
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "name": "Przelewy24",
      "type": "p24",
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "name": "Multibanco",
      "type": "multibanco",
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "name": "SEPA Payments",
      "type": "sepa_credit"
    },
    {
      "name": "SEPA Direct Debit",
      "type": "sepa_debit"
    },
    {
      "name": "SOFORT",
      "type": "sofort",
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "name": "WeChat Pay",
      "type": "wechat_pay",
      "status": "active"
    }
  ]
}

With all the available payment methods in hand, you can select which ones must be presented to the payer.