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Flutterwave overview

Flutterwave is a payment gateway that is supported in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, United States, United Kingdom, and the rest of Europe.

In addition to the local cards of these countries/regions, Flutterwave also allows you to receive payments from all MasterCard and Visa Cards.

How to set up Flutterwave payment gateway?

1. Log in to your Avnato admin panel.
2. Navigate to the Settings → Payments in your admin panel.
3. Click on the “Add payment method” anchor text.
4. If available with your store currency, select “Flutterwave” as your payment provider (if not available, follow these steps).
5. Here, on the “Enable payment method” section, click on the toggle to enable the payment method.
6. Then, enter the “Secret Key” from your Flutterwave account, then click on the Submit button.

To acquire an API Key for the initial setup:

1. Navigate to the Settings area of your Flutterwave dashboard.
2. Choose the Developers tab and select API Keys. This section displays your Test API Keys and Live Public Keys.
3. Click on Generate Secret Key to obtain your live Secret key. An authentication code will be dispatched to your email address.
4. Input the 7-digit authentication code received in your email.

If you already have an API key and wish to generate new ones, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Settings section in your Flutterwave dashboard.
2. Navigate to the API keys option under the Developers tab.
3. Click on Generate secret key to obtain live API keys.
4. Choose the desired expiration period for your current API keys.
5. Enter the 7-digit authentication code that was sent to you and click on Generate new API keys.

You can also enable the Sandbox mode to test the key. For this,

• Click on the More options on the same page, and click on the toggle to enable the Sandbox mode.
• Next, write down the same keys to the “test Secret key” input box to test the Flutterwave payment method at the checkout.

Flutterwave supported currencies

Currencies that Flutterwave supports are the followings:

CURRENCY NAME	CURRENCY CODE
United States Dollar	USD
British Pound Sterling	GBP
Canadian Dollar	CAD
Central African CFA Franc	XAF
Chilean Peso	CLP
Colombian Peso	COP
Egyptian Pound	EGP
SEPA	EUR
Ghanaian Cedi	GHS
Guinean Franc	GNF
Kenyan Shilling	KES
Malawian Kwacha	MWK
Moroccan Dirham	MAD
Nigerian Naira	NGN
Rwandan Franc	RWF
Sierra Leonean Leone	SLL
São Tomé and Príncipe dobra	STD
South African Rand	ZAR
Tanzanian Shilling	TZS
Ugandan Shilling	UGX
West African CFA Franc BCEAO	XOF
Zambian Kwacha	ZMW

For the latest list, check out the currencies you can charge cards in Fuletterwave.

Flutterwave isn’t available with your store currency

If Flutterwave payment isn’t available due to your store currency, you cannot select this payment provider. For this, you need to change your store’s currency.

Learn more about “Setting up a currency for your online store”

To change your store’s currency:

• Head to the Settings → General in your Avnato admin panel.
• Click on the “Standards and formats” settings.
• From the Currency dropdown, menu select the currency that Flutterwave supports.

Read more about “payment gateway doesn’t support your currency”.