Payment methods

This section contains information about different payment methods to buy or sell cryptocurrencies.

Currently available payment methods:

Incoming transaction (Payment method)	Outgoing Transaction	Description
card	blockchain	Buy a cryptocurrency with a card transfer.
applepay	blockchain	Buy a cryptocurrency using Apple Pay. See how to enable Apple Pay (Apple Pay usually requires a couple of steps on your end in order to enable it on your integration). See how Apple Pay works.
googlepay	blockchain	Buy a cryptocurrency using Google Pay. See how Google Pay works.
bank	blockchain	Buy a cryptocurrency with a bank transfer.
sepa	blockchain	(Optional usage) Buy a cryptocurrency with a SEPA bank transfer. Available only for end-users in European Economic Area. Note that you can simply use the bank payment method for the same purpose. Our system will always use SEPA transfers where possible. The sepa payment method has been made available only for our partners that require to have this payment method explicitly separated from the regular bank transfer method.

Payment method object

The object represents a single payment method, containing the information about how and with what currencies the money
transfer can and should be performed, and optionally the fees that are going to be applied to the amounts.

Key	Type	Description
inMedium	String	The medium for the in transfer of the trade - by what way the customer pays
outMedium	String	The medium for the out transfer of the trade - what way the customer receives funds
inCurrencies	List	The possible currencies in which the incoming amount can be made, optionally filtered by request arguments
outCurrencies	List	The possible currencies in which the outgoing amount can be made, optionally filtered by request arguments
inFixedFees	Object	Object of inCurrencies and fixed fees for each currency for the in transfer.
inPercentageFee	Float	Percentage fee for the in transfer.
minimumInFees	Object	Minimum fee for the in transfer.
outFixedFees	Object	Object of outCurrencies and fixed fees for each currency for the out transfer.
outPercentageFee	Float	Percentage fee for the out transfer.
minimumOutFees	Object	Minimum fee for the out transfer.
minimumInAmounts	Object	Object of inCurrencies and the minimum limit for each.
limitInAmounts	Object	Object of inCurrencies and the trader's current limit for each currency, based on the current limits of the trader. Note: Only included for authenticated requests.
canTrade	Boolean	Can this trader create new trades for this payment method? Note: Only included for authenticated requests. If inCurrency, inAmount, outCurrency and outAmount are all provided in request, this value determines if a trade with the specific amounts/currencies can be made. Otherwise, this value determines if any trade can be made with this payment method.
cannotTradeReasons	List	(Optional) List of reason objects why the trader cannot create new trades (why canTrade is false). Note: Only included for authenticated requests if canTrade is false.
inCurrency	String	(Optional, if inCurrency parameter provided) Echo of inCurrency parameter.
inAmount	Float	(Optional, if inAmount parameter provided) Echo of inAmount parameter.
outCurrency	String	(Optional, if outCurrency parameter provided) Echo of outCurrency parameter.
outAmount	Float	(Optional, if outAmount parameter provided) Echo of outAmount parameter.

cannotTradeReason object

This object represents a reason for why a trader cannot create a trade with a given payment method. The only field that is always present in the object is the reasonCode. Depending on the value of the reasonCode, other reason-specific fields may be present in the object.

Key	Type	Description
reasonCode	String	Machine-readable code for the reason why the trade cannot create a trade. See possible reasonCode values for a list of possible values.

reasonCode values

reasonCode value	Description	Extra fields
forced_delay	Trader must wait until a specific time before creating trade	delayEnd (string): ISO-8601 timestamp for when the delay is over.
trade_in_progress	Trader must wait until a specific trade has completed	tradeId (integer): ID of trade that must be completed
limits_exceeded	Creating trade would exceed the trader's limits	None
country_not_supported	Trading is not currently supported in the trader's country. See supported countries for querying a partner's supported countries.	None