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The primary use case of the Veem API is sending money to vendors/suppliers around the world simply by using an email. Users of the API can make a request that initiates a bill payment process and then follow up on its status.

There are 2 main types of Send Money:

  • Send money in domestic currency

  • Send money in foreign currency

Any funding method can be used to send money, each sending method has a different fee structure, which is applied to the total amount charged once the payment is processed. Fee information is also included once you start the payment process. You can find more details about Veem’s fees at Veem fees and timelines.

Send Money in Domestic Currency

If the money being sent is in the same currency as the sender's bank account, then the only client call that should be made is createPayment. For example:

POST https://sandbox-api.veem.com/veem/v1.2/payments

Headers:

X-Request-Id:
Authorization: Bearer <access_token>

Notes:
X-Request-Id can be any string, but it must be unique for each different transaction you do using the same account. We recommend generating this value as a GUID, and save it for reference. You cannot create two different payments using the same X-Request-Id value, if you try it, you simple get the date for the first payment created using that value.

{
    "purposeOfPayment": "Goods",
    "paymentAttributes": {
           "type" : [
               "FAST_TRANSFER"
           ]
    },
    "payee":{
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "firstName": "Payee First Name",
        "lastName": "Payee Last Name",
        "countryCode": "US",
        "phone": "2102102101",
        "type": "Incomplete"
        
    },
    "amount": {
        "number": 100,
        "currency": "USD"
    },
    "fundingMethod": {
        "id": 1591,
        "type": "Bank"
    }
}

When the Veem services receive the request, the following actions are triggered:

  1. Payee account (Guest) is created if it doesn't already exist
  2. Payment is created in Veem
  3. An email is sent to the payee
  4. The money is pulled from the specified funding method, this field is required.

Note: "paymentAttributes" is optional, and the only supported options right now is "FAST_TRANSFER". It is only used when the specified funding method is a bank account, and if both payer and payee are eligible to make this kind of transaction.

Note: emails are sent in Sandbox env so please use test emails accounts using 3rd party provide like mailinator
Note: we use E.164 standard for phone numbers. You can use following google-library to validate your customer's phone-number before you send to Veem via API.

The response returned to the client will include all the input fields included in the request, as well as a payment id field that can be used to fetch the status of the payment:

{
    "requestId": "51ec1517-fa12-42af-9e8a-1b53cbf78d9b",
    "payee": {
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "countryCode": "US",
        "phone": "tel:+1-210-210-2101"
    },
    "payeeAmount": {
        "number": 100.00,
        "currency": "USD"
    },
    "status": "Sent",
    "id": 452953,
    "exchangeRate": {
        "fromAmount": 100.50,
        "fromCurrency": "USD",
        "toAmount": 100.00,
        "toCurrency": "USD"
    },
    "feeInformation": {
        "payerInfo": {
            "originalAmount": 100.00,
            "feeAmount": 0.50,
            "totalAmount": 100.50,
            "currency": "USD"
        }
    },
    "timeCreated": "2022-20-10T04:17:17.034Z",
    "timeUpdated": "2022-20-10T04:17:18.432Z",
    "claimLink": "https://api.dev.veem.com/api/c/BTxcTGDm"
}

Send Money in Foreign Currency

If the money being sent is in a different currency from the sender's bank account, then the createPayment should be preceded by a createQuote call . For example:

Prior to the expiry of the priceQuote, the createPayment call should then be made with the price quote id. For example:

{
    "purposeOfPayment": "Goods",
    "payee":{
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "firstName": "Payee Firt Name",
        "lastName": "payee Last Name",
        "countryCode": "MX",
        "phone": "2102102101",
        "type": "Incomplete"
        
    },
    "amount": {
        "number": 7000,
        "currency": "MXN"
    },
    "fundingMethod": {
        "id": 96,
        "type": "Card"
    }
}

When the Veem services receive the request, the following actions are triggered:

  1. Payee account is created if it doesn't already exist
  2. Payment is created in Veem
  3. An email is sent to the payee
    Note: emails are sent in Sandbox env so please use test emails accounts (ie @mailinator)
  4. Funding method information must be provided for the payment to be processed.

The response returned to the client will include all the input fields included in the request, as well as a payment id field that can be used to fetch the status of the payment:

{
    "requestId": "08738500-79ea-4479-94a9-085d464e4fa0",
    "payee": {
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "countryCode": "USD",
        "phone": "tel:+1-210-210-2101"
    },
    "payeeAmount": {
        "number": 7000.00,
        "currency": "MXN"
    },
    "status": "Sent",
    "id": 452954,
    "exchangeRate": {
        "fromAmount": 367.33,
        "fromCurrency": "USD",
        "toAmount": 7000.00,
        "toCurrency": "MXN"
    },
    "feeInformation": {
        "payerInfo": {
            "originalAmount": 360.00,
            "feeAmount": 7.33,
            "totalAmount": 367.33,
            "currency": "USD"
        }
    },
    "timeCreated": "2022-20-10T04:19:10.435Z",
    "timeUpdated": "2022-20-10T04:19:11.813Z",
    "claimLink": "https://api.dev.veem.com/api/c/7tQRslmG"
}

Updated almost 2 years ago