Turn WhatsApp into a full banking app

Launch full fintech banking on WhatsApp in minutes.

Meet customers where they already chat. Embed accounts, payments and escrow in WhatsApp; the demo below shows Nigerian NUBANs, NIP transfers and local airtime. Product availability depends on the market.

Built for the Meta WhatsApp Cloud API

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Paddle Banking

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Hi
🏦 Welcome to Paddle WhatsApp Banking! 1. Balance 2. Account 3. Transfer 4. Airtime 5. Escrow
Tap a prompt below…

Simulated conversation with sample data.

Every core rail, inside the chat.

Dedicated virtual NUBANs

Issue Nigerian NUBANs through Wema and Providus right inside the chat.

Chat-to-pay transfers

Single and bulk Nigerian NIP payouts, confirmed with the user's PIN.

Social commerce escrow

Milestone trust contracts that protect buyers and sellers selling on WhatsApp and Instagram.

Airtime, data & power

Top up MTN, Airtel, Glo and 9mobile, and buy electricity tokens.

Instant WhatsApp invoicing

Generate shareable payment links and send them straight to a customer's inbox.

Your brand. Your bot. Our rails.

Start building

1. Connect your number

Link your WhatsApp Business number to Paddle.

2. Receive messages

Inbound chats arrive on your webhook.

3. Confirm with PIN

Money moves only after the user confirms.

4. Go live

Complete KYB and switch to production keys.

Send a payment link in one call.

Create a payment link and deliver it to your customer's WhatsApp. Confirmation lands on your webhook.

Full WhatsApp API reference
payment-link.sh
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.getpaddle.online/v1/whatsapp/payment-link \
  --header 'authorization: Bearer sk_test_••••' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "phone": "2348012345678",
    "amount": 5000,
    "reference": "order_1042"
  }'

# Inbound messages are delivered to your webhook:
# https://api.getpaddle.online/v1/whatsapp/webhook

No app download

Users bank in the chat they already open daily

NIP

Transfers to 120+ Nigerian banks

PIN-confirmed

Every money movement verified by the user

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