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Overview

Fingo Pay delivers asynchronous events (e.g., final transaction results) via HTTP POST to your endpoint.

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Registering webhook URLs

  • Provide a per-request webhookUrl (as in C2B/B2C endpoints), and/or
  • Configure an account-level default webhook with our team (recommended for reliability).

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Security — Signature verification

We sign every webhook with an HMAC SHA‑256 signature using your webhook secret. Headers: 
X-Fingo-Signature: t=<unix>, v1=<hex_hmac>
X-Fingo-Event-Id: evt_...
Compute v1 = hex(hmac_sha256(secret, t + ”.” + raw_body)) and require timestamp t within 5 minutes. 
import crypto from 'node:crypto'
import express from 'express'

const app = express()
app.use(express.raw({ type: 'application/json' }))

function verifySignature(secret, timestamp, rawBody, signature) {
  const payload = `${timestamp}.${rawBody.toString('utf8')}`
  const expected = crypto.createHmac('sha256', secret).update(payload).digest('hex')
  return crypto.timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(expected, 'hex'), Buffer.from(signature, 'hex'))
}

app.post('/webhooks/fingo', (req, res) => {
  const sig = req.header('X-Fingo-Signature') || ''
  const evtId = req.header('X-Fingo-Event-Id')
  const t = sig.split(',')[0]?.split('=')[1]
  const v1 = sig.split(',')[1]?.split('=')[1]
  if (!t || !v1) return res.status(400).end()

  const fiveMinutes = 5 * 60
  if (Math.abs(Math.floor(Date.now()/1000) - Number(t)) > fiveMinutes) {
    return res.status(400).send('timestamp_out_of_window')
  }

  const ok = verifySignature(process.env.FINGO_WEBHOOK_SECRET, t, req.body, v1)
  if (!ok) return res.status(400).send('invalid_signature')

  const event = JSON.parse(req.body)
  // handle event.type
  res.sendStatus(200)
})

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Delivery & retries

  • Expect 2xx within 10 seconds.
  • Retries use exponential backoff for up to 24 hours.
  • Each event is delivered at least once; de‑duplicate using X-Fingo-Event-Id.

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Event types

  • transaction.created
  • transaction.processing
  • transaction.succeeded
  • transaction.failed
  • transaction.creation_failed
  • transaction.reversed
transaction.* events apply to all transaction flows, including collections and payouts.

Webhook Event Reference

View detailed webhook event schemas and examples for transaction.* event types

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Example payloads

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C2B (M-Pesa Charge) Webhooks

Sent when the customer successfully completes the STK Push payment.
{
  "id": "evt_k8m2x9p4lq7n",
  "type": "transaction.succeeded",
  "created": 1736697600,
  "data": {
    "id": "txn_01j7b6f9p5y9h",
    "merchantTransactionId": "mtx_123",
    "status": "completed",
    "message": "The service was accepted successfully",
    "amount": 10000,
    "currency": "KES",
    "type": "charge",
    "paymentMethod": "mobile_money",
    "chargedPhone": "254712345678",
    "narration": "Invoice #1234",
    "processor": "mpesa",
    "processorReference": "ODI31ABC123XYZ",
    "createdAt": "2025-01-12T14:30:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2025-01-12T14:30:45.000Z",
    "metadata": {
      "orderId": "ORD-987",
      "source": "api"
    }
  }
}

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Payout transaction webhooks

Sent when transaction creation fails due to non-retriable errors like insufficient balance, duplicate transaction, or account not found.
{
  "id": "evt_k8x9m2y4abc1",
  "type": "transaction.creation_failed",
  "created": 1737043200,
  "data": {
    "id": "txn_abc123xyz789",
    "merchantTransactionId": "order_12345",
    "status": "failed",
    "error": {
      "code": "INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE",
      "message": "Insufficient balance on payout account"
    },
    "amount": 100000,
    "currency": "KES",
    "type": "payment",
    "paymentMethod": "mobile_money",
    "processor": "mpesa",
    "createdAt": "2026-01-16T12:00:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-01-16T12:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "DUPLICATE_TRANSACTION",
    "message": "Duplicate merchantTransactionId: order_12345"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "ACCOUNT_NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Debit account not found"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "NO_PAYOUT_ACCOUNT",
    "message": "No payout account configured"
  }
}