Mojaloop Open API for FSP Interoperability Specification
The Mojaloop specification set defines an open API for interoperable transactions between financial service providers, enabling a payer at one provider to pay a payee at another. It documents the FSP Interoperability (FSPIOP), Administration, Settlement and Third-party Payment Initiation APIs and is published under a Creative Commons license. It is the reference standard behind several national instant payment switches used in Africa and beyond.
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