Thunes
"Thunes is the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world." [1]
Thunes is a REST API for cross-border payouts and payment acceptance, covering 140+ countries with use cases spanning gig worker payouts, marketplace disbursements, MTO infrastructure, NGO transfers, and e-commerce refunds. Pricing is custom-negotiated with no published rates, requires a sales agreement before production access, and includes minimum volume commitments with non-usage fees. The API supports webhooks, HMAC signature auth, and a sandbox environment, and holds certifications for GDPR, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS. Customers include Revolut, PayPal, Uber, Western Union, and Remitly.
Best for / Avoid if
Best for: Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box
Avoid if: You need to start building today without contacting sales; You need transparent pricing up front; You want to try it free before paying
Pricing & procurement
- Pricing model
- Contact sales [2]
- Published pricing
- ✗ No
- Free tier
- ✗ No
- Self-serve signup
- ✗ No
- Requires sales call
- ✓ Yes [3]
- Enterprise plan
- ✓ Yes
- Minimum commitment
- Monthly Volume Target and Minimum Corridor Commitment specified per Order Document; Non-Usage Fee charged for months where Monthly Volume Target is not met; Early Termination Fee applies if agreement is cancelled before Initial Term expiry. [4]
Capabilities
- Supported actions
- create_payout, create_quotation, confirm_transaction, cancel_transaction, credit_party_lookup, credit_party_verification, get_exchange_rates, list_services, list_payers, list_countries, get_transaction_status, get_balance, get_balance_movements, get_topup_instructions, get_transaction_reports, upload_file_attachment, simulate_transaction_status, create_payment_order, charge_payment_order, refund_payment_order, cancel_payment_order, create_quotation_acc, recipient_onboarding, merchant_onboarding, create_internal_transfer, create_payout_request, webhooks, batch_payouts [5]
- Regions
- 140+ countries, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, UK, USA, Vietnam, Zambia, SEPA region [6]
- Input types
- bank transfer, local bank rails, ACH, Same-Day ACH, RTP (real-time payment rails), SEPA, SWIFT, mobile wallet, push-to-card (Mastercard, Visa, UnionPay), stablecoin wallet (USDC, USDT), open banking, credit/debit card, cash pickup, BNPL [7]
- Output types
- JSON, webhook events, payment status, transaction reports (file download), FX rate quotes, balance statements, remittance data
- Webhooks
- ✓ Yes [8]
- Sandbox / test mode
- ✓ Yes [9]
- SDK languages
- Unknown
- MCP server
- ✗ No
Trust & compliance
- SOC 2
- – Unknown [10]
- HIPAA
- – Unknown [11]
- GDPR
- ✓ Yes [12]
- ISO 27001
- ✓ Yes [13]
- PCI DSS
- ✓ Yes [14]
- Published SLA
- ✗ No [15]
- Known restrictions
- Requires negotiated enterprise agreement and Order Document before production access, Minimum Volume and Minimum Corridor Commitments apply per agreement; Thunes may increase fees if volume drops 20%+ over 3 months, Money Transmitter Licenses held in all 50 US states; Authorised Payment Institution (UK FCA); Major Payment Institution (MAS Singapore); Payment Institution License (French ACPR); Money Service Operator (Hong Kong) - clients must comply with local AML/KYC requirements, No published per-transaction fees or FX markup rates; pricing is custom negotiated, Sandbox/pre-production access requires account creation (endpoint details provided upon account creation), KYC/AML compliance required: mandatory sender/beneficiary fields for KYC screening, 64-bit integer required for Quotation IDs and Transaction IDs - 32-bit data types will break integrations, Non-Usage Fee charged monthly if Monthly Volume Target is not attained [16]
Developer surface
Integration
- API style
- rest
- Version
- v2
- Versioning
- url
- Stability
- ga
- Auth methods
- basic, hmac_signature
- Idempotency keys
- ✗ No
- Error format
- vendor-specific
- Webhook signing
- hmac_sha256
Adoption & maturity
- Launched
- 2019-01-01
- Notable customers
- Revolut, PayPal, Grab, Uber, Deliveroo, Remitly, Western Union
Other Payouts & Disbursement APIs
PayPal Payments
"Accept payments in 200+ markets, 130+ currencies, and 30+ payment methods with a single, developer-friendly platform."
Adyen
"One platform for payments, data, and financial products. Built to scale with the world's leading businesses."
Razorpay
"India's All-in-One Finance Platform" that helps businesses accept payments, make payouts, manage banking, automate payroll, and access credit - all from a single platform.
Stripe
Financial infrastructure to grow your revenue.
Trolley
"The Payouts Platform for the Internet Economy"
Wise Platform
"Payments infrastructure to power the world's money" - banks, financial institutions and enterprises can plug into Wise's network to offer cross-border payment, card issuing, and multi-currency account capabilities.
References
- ↑Description: thunes.com · prnewswire.com
- ↑Pricing model: thunes.com · thunes.zendesk.com
- ↑Requires sales call: docs.thunes.com
- ↑Minimum commitment: thunes.com · thunes.com
- ↑Supported actions: docs.thunes.com · docs.thunes.com
- ↑Regions: prnewswire.com · thunes.com
- ↑Input types: prnewswire.com · prnewswire.com · en.wikipedia.org
- ↑Webhooks: docs.thunes.com
- ↑Sandbox: docs.thunes.com · docs.thunes.com
- ↑SOC 2: thunes.com
- ↑HIPAA: thunes.com
- ↑GDPR: thunes.com
- ↑ISO 27001: thunes.com · thunes.com
- ↑PCI DSS: thunes.com · thunes.com
- ↑Published SLA: docs.thunes.com
- ↑Known restrictions: en.wikipedia.org · thunes.com
Change history
- 2026-06-21 Capabilities: {} → {"fx_included":true,"mass_payments":true,"global_coverage":true,"recipient_onbo…
- 2026-06-21 Summary Md: (none) → Thunes is a REST API for cross-border payouts and payment acceptance, covering …
- 2026-06-21 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 0
- 2026-06-21 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 25
- 2026-06-21 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 15
- 2026-06-21 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 40
- 2026-06-21 Best For: (none) → Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box
- 2026-06-21 Avoid If: (none) → You need to start building today without contacting sales, You need transparent…
- 2026-06-21 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
- 2026-06-21 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 0
- 2026-06-21 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 10
- 2026-06-21 Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.thunes.com/
- 2026-06-21 Sandbox Available: set to Yes
- 2026-06-21 SDK Languages: set to (none)
- 2026-06-21 SDK Packages: set to (none)
- 2026-06-21 MCP Server Available: set to No
- 2026-06-21 Pricing Model: set to contact_sales
- 2026-06-21 Has Published Pricing: set to No
- 2026-06-21 Free Tier Available: set to No
- 2026-06-21 Minimum Commitment: set to Monthly Volume Target and Minimum Corridor Commitment specified per Order Docum…
- 2026-06-21 Self Serve Signup: set to No
- 2026-06-21 Requires Sales Call: set to Yes
- 2026-06-21 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
- 2026-06-21 GDPR: set to Yes
- 2026-06-21 ISO 27001: set to Yes
- 2026-06-21 PCI DSS: set to Yes
- 2026-06-21 SLA Published: set to No
- 2026-06-21 Known Restrictions: set to Requires negotiated enterprise agreement and Order Document before production a…
- 2026-06-21 Auth Methods: set to basic, hmac_signature
- 2026-06-21 Auth Docs URL: set to https://docs.thunes.com/money-transfer/v2/
- 2026-06-21 API Style: set to rest
- 2026-06-21 API Version: set to v2
- 2026-06-21 Versioning Scheme: set to url
- 2026-06-21 Stability: set to ga
- 2026-06-21 Quickstart URL: set to https://docs.thunes.com/money-transfer/v2/
- 2026-06-21 Idempotency Supported: set to No
- 2026-06-21 Slug: set to thunes
- 2026-06-21 Webhook Signing: set to hmac_sha256
- 2026-06-21 Requires Verification: set to Yes
- 2026-06-21 Launched At: set to 2019-01-01
- 2026-06-21 Notable Customers: set to Revolut, PayPal, Grab, Uber, Deliveroo, Remitly, Western Union
- 2026-06-21 Fields Not Found: set to soc2, hipaa, documented_rate_limits, sdk_languages, mcp_server_available, free_…
- 2026-06-21 Source Confidence: set to high
- 2026-06-21 Extractor: set to claude-subagent:sonnet
- 2026-06-21 Last Verified At: set to 2026-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- 2026-06-21 Status: set to published
- 2026-06-21 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
- 2026-06-21 Name: set to Thunes
- 2026-06-21 Vendor ID: set to cbacd845-dac3-4851-a1e7-da013cfc4d82
- 2026-06-21 Website URL: set to https://www.thunes.com
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