Nigeria

Accept Monnify
without building the integration

Monnify is Moniepoint's payment gateway for Nigerian merchants, built around reserved virtual accounts: each transaction gets its own account number, the customer transfers to it from any bank app, and the payment confirms instantly. Cards, USSD and cash at agent locations sit alongside it.

  • NGN
Nigeria
4 payment methods
0% PaymentHood fee
Monnify
Region
Nigeria
Methods
4
Credentials
Server-side only
PaymentHood fee
None
Status
Live
At a glance

Monnify in summary

Coverage
  • Nigeria

Among the markets Monnify serves — their own list is authoritative (opens in new tab).

Currencies
  • NGN

Among those supported. Which ones your account can charge in depends on its registered country.

Fees
Set and billed by Monnify, and published on their pricing page (opens in new tab). PaymentHood adds nothing on top, at any volume.

Written against Monnify's own documentation on . This page deliberately states no fees, no counts and no completeness claims, because those change without notice — for anything you are about to build on, Monnify's own documentation (opens in new tab) is the authority.

Payment methods

What your customers can pay with

Every method below runs through the same PaymentHood checkout. Turning one on or off is a dashboard setting, not a code change.

Bank transfer

A one-time virtual account number generated per transaction

Cards

Verve, Mastercard and Visa with 3-D Secure

USSD

A dial string returned alongside the account details

Cash at agents

Payment in cash at a Moniepoint agent location

Integration

What PaymentHood handles for you

A direct Monnify integration is not just an API call. These are the parts every team ends up rebuilding — and the parts PaymentHood ships already done.

Credentials
API key and secret key exchanged for a bearer token, held server-side in PaymentHood
Webhook security
Signed transaction completion webhook, validated before an order is released
Payment verification
Server-side transaction status re-check against the Monnify API before fulfilment
  • Idempotent charge creation, so a retried request never double-charges a customer
  • Automatic failover to another configured provider when Monnify is unreachable
  • One reconciliation view across Monnify and every other provider you run
  • Provider credentials never reach the storefront or the customer's browser
  • Adding or switching a provider later is a dashboard change, not a re-integration
Setup

Connecting Monnify takes three steps

1

Open your Monnify account

Register directly with Monnify and complete their onboarding. Funds settle from Monnify into your own bank account — PaymentHood never holds merchant money.

2

Add the credentials to PaymentHood

Paste your Monnify API credentials into the PaymentHood dashboard. They are stored server-side and never exposed to your storefront.

3

Enable it at checkout

Install the PaymentHood plugin for your platform, paste your PaymentHood API key, and Monnify appears as a payment option. Test in sandbox, then switch to live.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Monnify generates a dedicated account number for that specific transaction. The customer transfers the exact amount from any Nigerian bank app or USSD code, and the payment is matched and confirmed automatically. The account is short-lived — around 40 minutes — so an abandoned checkout does not leave a payable account lying around.

This is the flow's main edge case and the thing worth testing before launch. Confirm Monnify's current behaviour for late and partial transfers, and make sure your order handling matches it.

Yes, at Moniepoint agent locations nationwide — an unusual and genuinely useful option for customers with no bank app.

No. Monnify bills you directly for its own fees, and PaymentHood takes no percentage and no per-transaction cut at any volume. See PaymentHood pricing.

Start accepting Monnify payments

Free plugin, no PaymentHood transaction fee, and the option to add another provider later without touching your checkout.