Taappa

Card issuance infrastructure for African mobile-money wallets.

Launch branded, wallet-linked cards for your customers without building the infrastructure yourself.

Your Brand

6666 1234 5678 9012

Issued On

04/26

Number

912345678

Cardholder

AMINA HASSAN

TAAPPA

Taappa Terminal ready to accept a tap
Taappa Terminal

Accepted at any merchant running Taappa Terminal.

Any Android phone or tablet running the Taappa Terminal app can accept Taappa-issued wallet cards with a tap.

How it works

Partner API to Terminal tap, settled on your rails.

  1. 01

    Connect

    Get Taappa Partner API access.

  2. 02

    Issue

    Launch digital and physical cards in your wallet.

  3. 03

    Tap

    Customers pay at merchants running Taappa Terminal.

  4. 04

    Settle

    Taappa initiates the payment through your payment APIs.

Go live

Start in the developer portal.

Create keys, read the Partner API, and wire issuance into your wallet app.

TaappaDeveloper Portal

Overview

Partner workspace

Test keys

2

Live keys

1

Live access

Enabled

Webhooks

1

Quick links

  • Manage API keys →
  • Configure webhooks →
  • Read API documentation →
In your app

Wire these actions in your app.

Get Card, show the digital card, then physical issuance, replace, freeze, and unlink through the Partner API.

  1. 01 · Issue

    Get Card

    One entry point in the wallet. Issue a wallet-linked digital card.

    Partner API

  2. 02 · Present

    Show the digital card

    Display PAN, issued-on, linked number, and cardholder for use at Taappa Terminal.

    Your Brand

    6666 1234 5678 9012

    Issued On

    04/26

    Number

    912345678

    Cardholder

    AMINA HASSAN

    TAAPPA

  3. 03 · Manage

    Lifecycle controls

    Expose these after issuance. Each maps to a Partner API call.

    • Request physical card

      Ship plastic for the same wallet-linked PAN.

      Partner API

    • Replace card

      Retire the current instrument and issue a new one.

      Partner API

    • Freeze / Unfreeze

      Pause or restore acceptance without unlinking the wallet.

      Partner API

    • Unlink wallet

      End card issuance for this wallet completely.

      Partner API
Physical cards

Run physical card issuance from one portal.

Manage customer physical card requests from production through delivery.

TaappaCard Studio

Overview

Physical card production at a glance.

Pending requests

18

In production

6

Completed today

24

Failures

1

Issuance (7 days)

03-30
03-31
04-01
04-02
04-03
04-04
04-05

Recent production

Card seriesStatusCreated
ABCD123456PRINTING2h ago
EFGH789012ENCODING5h ago
IJKL345678COMPLETEDYesterday

View all production →

Webhooks

Tell customers when their physical card is ready.

Use Taappa webhooks to notify holders in your app when plastic is produced and ready.

The tap

The card you issue, accepted at the tap.

Wallet-linked cards meet Taappa Terminal. One acceptance network for every card you launch.

Taappa Terminal

Your Brand

6666 1234 5678 9012

Issued On

04/26

Number

912345678

Cardholder

AMINA HASSAN

TAAPPA