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# Bank Transfer

This endpoint calls the Pretium payment protocol to verify that the payment has been made to the settlement wallet and settle the payment to the recipient bank account number.

```
POST {{uri}}/v1/pay/MWK
```

**Body Request**

***

| Name              | Type    | Description                                                        |
| ----------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| type              | String  | Type of payment, BANK\_TRANSFER                                    |
| account\_number   | String  | Recipient bank account number                                      |
| bank\_code        | String  | This is the code assigned to each bank by the central bank         |
| amount            | Integer | Amount to disburse                                                 |
| chain             | String  | CELO                                                               |
| transaction\_hash | String  | 0x2cc419f14f6f1fefdb58e0359480fa321866a10668513488e71677c345339f27 |
| callback\_url     | URL     | URL to receive payment notification                                |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Sample Request" %}

```
{

    "type": "BANK_TRANSFER",
    "account_name": "John Doe",
    "account_number": "001918181",
    "bank_name": "Standard Bank",
    "bank_code": "247247",
    "amount": "500",
    "fee": "10",
    "chain": "CELO",
    "transaction_hash": "0x55a572efe1720250e442f38741477a4fc3f7f152e5cd208cc52f8222a1c2a13b",
    "callback_url": "https://pretium.africa/callback"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="200 - Success" %}

```
{
    "code": 200,
    "message": "Disburse initiated",
    "data": {
        "status": "PENDING",
        "transaction_code": "TSALX",
        "message": "Success! Processing payment."
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400 - Bad Request" %}

```
{
   "code": 400,
   "message": "Failed - Bad Request"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}