WorldRemit International Money Transfer API
WorldRemit (Zepz Group) international money transfer REST API for financial institutions and enterprise partners to integrate cross-border remittance services covering 130+ countries with bank transfer, mobile money (M-Pesa, MTN Mobile Money), airtime top-up, and cash pickup disbursement options, particularly strong for Africa-to-diaspora and Asia-Pacific corridors. Enables AI agents to manage transfer initiation for international remittance automation, handle recipient wallet and bank account management for cross-border payment workflow automation, access mobile money disbursement for Africa/Asia remittance automation, retrieve exchange rate and fee quote for FX transparency automation, manage airtime top-up for mobile credit remittance automation, handle transfer tracking for remittance delivery confirmation automation, access cash pickup network for agent-based disbursement automation, retrieve corridor availability for supported country-pair automation, manage compliance verification for AML remittance automation, and integrate WorldRemit with diaspora banking, neobank, and enterprise platforms for Africa and Asia corridor remittance automation.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Global remittance. FCA. OAuth2. UK/EU. Financial transfer and identity data.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
A financial institution, diaspora-focused neobank, or enterprise wanting AI agents to automate international remittance with strong Africa and mobile money coverage through WorldRemit/Zepz's global disbursement network.
Avoid When
MOBILE MONEY AVAILABILITY IS OPERATOR-DEPENDENT: WorldRemit mobile money (M-Pesa, MTN) availability depends on operator partnership status; automated mobile money disbursement must verify operator availability; automated assumption of universal mobile money creates operator not available error in some corridors. TRANSFER LIMITS DIFFER BY PAYMENT METHOD: WorldRemit limits vary by payment method (bank card, bank transfer) and recipient corridor; automated transfer must check method-specific limits; automated universal limit assumption creates over-limit rejection. COMPLIANCE HOLD DELAYS DELIVERY: WorldRemit applies AML holds to high-risk transfers; automated fulfillment must handle COMPLIANCE_HOLD status; automated immediate delivery assumption creates customer expectation mismatch when hold applied. AIRTIME TOP-UP IS NEAR-INSTANT: WorldRemit airtime top-up typically delivers within minutes but bank transfers take 1-3 days; automated delivery time communication must reflect disbursement method timing; automated unified delivery time creates incorrect expectation.
Use Cases
- • Sending remittances to Africa mobile money wallets from diaspora payment agents
- • Delivering cross-border transfers via M-Pesa from Africa corridor agents
- • Topping up mobile airtime internationally from prepaid credit agents
- • Tracking cash pickup availability for international transfer agents
Not For
- • B2B commercial payments (WorldRemit is consumer/diaspora remittance focused)
- • Real-time high-value corporate FX (use banking APIs or Airwallex for B2B)
- • Domestic payments (WorldRemit is cross-border international)
Interface
Authentication
WorldRemit uses OAuth 2.0 for partner API. REST API with JSON. London, UK HQ. Parent: Zepz Group. Founded 2010 by Ismail Ahmed. Backed by TCV, Leapfrog, Accel ($900M+ raised). Products: Consumer app, Partner API, Sendwave (acquired 2021). No public SDK. FCA-regulated. Licensed in US, EU, Africa. 13M+ customers. 130+ countries. Competes with Remitly and Wise for consumer remittance.
Pricing
London UK. Zepz Group. TCV/Accel backed. Partner API pricing negotiated. Consumer per-transfer pricing.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ MOBILE MONEY OPERATOR AVAILABILITY VARIES: WorldRemit mobile money disbursement depends on per-operator status (M-Pesa KE, MTN UG differ); automated mobile money transfer must check operator availability before presenting option; automated universal mobile money assumption creates transfer creation with unavailable operator error
- ⚠ COMPLIANCE HOLD STATUS IS SEPARATE FROM FAILED: WorldRemit returns COMPLIANCE_HOLD status distinct from FAILED; automated transfer handling must handle COMPLIANCE_HOLD as pending not failed; automated treating compliance hold as failure creates unnecessary cancellation and customer confusion
- ⚠ SENDWAVE INTEGRATION IS SEPARATE PRODUCT: WorldRemit's Sendwave is a distinct product/API from WorldRemit API; automated integration choosing between products requires understanding their separate corridor strengths; automated conflating Sendwave and WorldRemit creates wrong product for target corridor
- ⚠ AIRTIME TOP-UP HAS DENOMINATIONS: WorldRemit airtime top-up amounts must match supported denominations per operator; automated airtime top-up must select from valid denomination list; automated arbitrary amount creates invalid denomination error
- ⚠ RECIPIENT PROFILE REQUIRED BEFORE TRANSFER: WorldRemit requires recipient profile (name, bank/wallet details) created before transfer initiation; automated transfer must create recipient first; automated transfer with inline recipient details creates missing recipient_id error
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