Live mobile payments API

Accept mobile payments from anywhere in the world.

Reach 30M+ Kenyan mobile-money users with a single API — no local entity, no paybill, no operator paperwork. Malipo is the licensed layer that collects, settles to your wallet, and pays out for you.

Free in test mode · No credit card · First payment in under 5 minutes

malipo · payments
# Charge a customer — prompt appears on their phone
curl -X POST https://api.malipo.dev/api/v1/payments/stk_push \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mlp_live_•••" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"phone":"+254712345678","amount":2500}'

# → 201 Created · customer enters PIN · wallet credited
STK Push C2B Paybill B2C Payouts Live KES Wallet REST API Idempotent requests Per-key rate limits Real-time settlement Sandbox + Live STK Push C2B Paybill B2C Payouts Live KES Wallet REST API Idempotent requests Per-key rate limits Real-time settlement Sandbox + Live
30M+

Mobile money customers you can reach

~4s

From API call to phone prompt

Instant

Wallet settlement on success

One

API for collections & payouts

What You Can Do

Everything you need to move money

Collect from customers. Pay out to anyone. Track every transaction. All through one API.

Push-to-Pay

Send a payment prompt straight to your customer's phone. They tap, enter their mobile money PIN, and the money is yours.

Manual Collections

Hand out a stable account number for customers to pay at their own pace — perfect for invoices, subscriptions, and offline sales.

Instant Payouts

Disburse from your wallet to any mobile-money number. Salaries, refunds, supplier payments — settled in real time.

Live Wallet

Track balances, history, and settlement status as it happens over a live connection. No spreadsheets, no guesswork.

Built for businesses outside Kenya

Reach Kenya without setting up in Kenya

Accepting mobile payments used to mean incorporating locally and surviving the operator's onboarding. Malipo collapses all of that into one integration.

  • No Kenyan entity required

    You don't need a local company, bank account, or mobile money till. Malipo is the licensed layer that fronts the mobile networks for you.

  • No Daraja paperwork

    Skip the paybill applications, go-live reviews, and callback wrangling. We hold the integration; you just call our API.

  • Settle and pay out freely

    Collections land in your KES wallet instantly. Disburse to any mobile money number whenever you're ready.

Your app

Anywhere in the world

Malipo

Licensed payments layer

Customer

Pays via mobile money in Kenya

Your wallet

Credited instantly in KES

How It Works

Up & running in minutes

No integration headaches. No weeks of setup. Create an account, get your key, start collecting.

  1. 01

    Create your account

    Sign up and create your organization. We provision your wallet and API key instantly.

  2. 02

    Send your first request

    Make one POST call with a phone number and amount. The customer gets a prompt on their phone.

  3. 03

    Collect & pay out

    Funds land in your wallet on success. Pay out to any number. Track everything live.

Ready to start collecting?

Join businesses using Malipo to accept mobile payments from Kenya. Free in test mode. Your first transaction in under 5 minutes.

Create Your Account
Malipo

The mobile payments platform for every business. Charge Kenyan customers via STK Push, collect through C2B Paybill, and disburse via B2C — all through one API. An Uhandisi Hub project.

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