Kenya lookup

Payment Account Types

The supported payment account types in Kenya are:

• MOBILE_MONEY
• BANK_ACCOUNT

Mobile Money

The supported mobile money operators in Kenya are:

• SAFARICOM (aka M-PESA)
• AIRTEL

Banks

We support lookups for various banks in Kenya. To retrieve the most current list of supported banks, use the list banks endpoint.

For full API details and parameters, see the Lookup resource.

Sample request

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Info: In the sandbox environment, lookup responses return fictitious account holder names and no real-time queries are performed against external providers. Use these requests for testing only; production responses will reflect real data.

curl -X GET \
  "https://rest.sandbox.rafiki-api.com/v1/lookups/+254712345678?payment_account_type=MOBILE_MONEY&operator=SAFARICOM" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <sandbox_api_key>" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"