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Payment API

Payments Infrastructure for Developers

A single API for every payment rail. Accept, send, and manage money with clean RESTful endpoints, real-time webhooks, and SDKs in 6 languages.

200M+
API Calls / Month
<100ms
Median Latency
99.99%
Uptime SLA
6
SDK Languages

Ship Your First Payment in Minutes

A single cURL command creates a payment. Flow handles routing, compliance checks, status updates, and webhook delivery automatically.

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Smart Rail Routing

One API call, automatic routing to the optimal payment rail based on speed, cost, and availability. You send the payment — we pick the fastest path.

POST /v1/payments
Kinetic Flow
Smart Rail Router
speed · cost · availability
FedNow
Instant
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RTP
Instant
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ACH
1-2 days
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SWIFT
1-5 days
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Real-Time Event Streaming

Every state change fires a webhook with automatic retries, HMAC signature verification, and an event dashboard for debugging.

  • At-least-once delivery guarantee
  • HMAC-SHA256 signature verification
  • Automatic exponential backoff retries
  • Full event log with replay capability
webhook events
listening

SDKs for Every Stack

First-class SDKs in 6 languages, auto-generated from our OpenAPI 3.1 spec and hand-tuned for idiomatic usage.

$ npm install @kinetic/flow
import { Kinetic } from '@kinetic/flow';

const kinetic = new Kinetic('sk_live_...');

const payment = await kinetic.payments.create({
  amount: 50000,
  currency: 'USD',
  rail: 'ach',
  destination: 'acc_28471',
  idempotencyKey: 'pay_unique_123',
});

console.log(payment.id); // "pay_8842"

Live in 4 Steps

From signup to production in the same afternoon.

01

Get API Keys

Sign up and receive sandbox keys in seconds. No sales call required.

02

Install SDK

npm, pip, gem — pick your language and install Flow's SDK in one command.

03

Send First Payment

Create a payment with a single API call. See it complete in real-time.

04

Go Live

Swap sandbox keys for production. Same API, same code, real money.

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