Flutterwave

53 tools available

Flutterwave is a payments technology company that provides payment infrastructure and APIs enabling businesses to accept and send payments in Africa and globally.

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Connect Flutterwave to Definable to recover failed charges, triage refunds against policy, detect churn signals. Personas call Flutterwave's 53 tools directly from chat or scheduled flows. Hook to a finance or growth persona — react to revenue events the moment they happen.

Common workflows with Flutterwave

Failed charge recovery

Webhook on failed payment
Persona pulls customer context
Drafts a recovery message

Refund triage

Refund request arrives
Agent checks policy + history
Approves or routes for human review

Subscription churn detection

Pull cancellations
Identify common reasons
Trigger a save-flow

Flutterwave actions 53

Every Flutterwave action below is a callable tool any Definable persona can invoke.

Cancel Payment Plan

Tool to cancel a payment plan. Use when you need to prevent all future subscriptions under this plan.

Create Beneficiary

Tool to create a new transfer beneficiary. Use when you need to add a beneficiary before making a transfer.

Create Bulk Tokenized Charge

Tool to create a bulk tokenized charge batch for charging multiple previously tokenized cards. Use when you need to process multiple recurring or subscription charges in a single batch. Each charge must reference a valid card token obtained from prior tokenization.

Create Bulk Virtual Account Numbers

Tool to create multiple virtual account numbers. Use when you need to generate multiple static virtual accounts for customers in a single request.

Create Payment Link

Tool to create a hosted payment link. Use when you need a shareable payment URL for one-time transactions.

Create Payment Plan

Tool to create a new payment plan. Use after confirming plan and customer details.

Create Refund

Tool to create a refund for a transaction. Use when you need to initiate a refund after confirming the transaction ID and refund amount.

Create Subaccount

Tool to create a new subaccount. Use when you need to configure split disbursement accounts.

Create Virtual Account

Tool to create a new virtual account number. Use after confirming customer details when assigning a unique account for bank transfers.

Delete Beneficiary

Tool to delete a beneficiary by ID. Use when you need to remove a saved transfer beneficiary by its unique ID after confirming the ID.

Delete Subaccount

Tool to delete a subaccount by ID. Use when you need to remove a subaccount from your Flutterwave account.

Disable Payment Link

Tool to disable a Flutterwave payment link. Use when you need to prevent further payments from an existing link after confirming the link is valid.

Fetch Beneficiary

Tool to retrieve details of a specific beneficiary by ID. Use after obtaining a beneficiary ID to fetch its full details from Flutterwave.

Fetch Subaccount

Tool to retrieve details of a specific subaccount by ID. Use when you need full subaccount info after creating or updating splits.

Generate Transaction Reference

Tool to generate a unique transaction reference. Use when initiating a new Flutterwave transaction requires a unique reference to prevent duplication.

Get All Subscriptions

Tool to retrieve all subscriptions, including cancelled ones. Use when you need a comprehensive list of subscription records for auditing or reporting.

Retrieve all transactions

Tool to retrieve a list of all transactions with optional filters. Use when you need to paginate or filter transaction history after confirming valid API credentials.

Get All Wallet Balances

Tool to retrieve all wallet balances across currencies. Use when reconciling balances after authentication.

Get Balances per Currency

Tool to retrieve wallet balance for a specific currency. Use after transactions to confirm available and ledger balances in a given currency.

Get Bank Branches

Tool to retrieve branch codes for a specific bank. Use when you need branch information for transfers in countries like Ghana that require branch codes.

Get Banks by Country

Tool to retrieve all banks in a specified country. Use when you need to get available banks for transfers or payments in a specific country.

Get Bill Categories

Tool to retrieve available bill categories. Use after authenticating to Flutterwave to display bill payment options to users.

Get Bulk Tokenized Charge Status

Tool to retrieve the status of a bulk tokenized charge operation by ID. Use after initiating a bulk tokenized charge to check its processing status.

Get Bulk Virtual Account

Tool to fetch bulk virtual account details using batch ID. Use this after creating bulk virtual accounts to retrieve the generated account numbers and their details.

Get Multiple Refund Transactions

Tool to retrieve multiple refund transactions with optional filters. Use when you need to fetch paginated refund data after confirming valid API credentials.

Get Payment Plan

Tool to retrieve details of a specific payment plan by ID. Use after obtaining the payment plan ID to fetch its details from Flutterwave.

Get Payment Plans

Tool to retrieve a list of all payment plans. Use when you need to fetch and present your account’s configured billing plans.

Get Refund

Tool to retrieve details of a specific refund by ID. Use after obtaining the refund ID to fetch its details from Flutterwave.

Get Transaction

Tool to retrieve details of a specific transaction by ID. Use after obtaining the transaction ID to fetch its details from Flutterwave.

Get Transaction Fee

Tool to retrieve the fee for a specific transaction. Use when you need to calculate the total charge including fees before initiating the transaction.

Get Transfer Fee

Tool to retrieve the fee for initiating a transfer. Use when you need to estimate transfer costs before creating a transfer. Example: "Calculate the fee for transferring NGN 5000 to an account."

Get Transfer Rates

Tool to retrieve exchange rates for transfers between currencies. Use when you need to calculate conversion rates before initiating a cross-currency transfer.

Get Virtual Account Number

Tool to fetch details of a virtual account number by order reference. Use when you need to retrieve account details after creation.

Get Wallet Statement

Tool to retrieve wallet balance history with optional filters. Use when you need to view transaction history and balance changes over a period.

Initiate BVN Verification

Tool to initiate BVN verification consent. Use when you need to verify a customer's Bank Verification Number (BVN) by obtaining their consent first. The customer will be redirected to a consent page where they provide approval to access their BVN data.

Initiate Mobile Money Tanzania

Tool to initiate a mobile money payment in Tanzania. Use after collecting customer details to charge via Tanzanian mobile money networks.

List All Beneficiaries

Tool to list all saved beneficiaries. Use when you need to retrieve all transfer beneficiaries associated with your account.

List Biller Products

Tool to retrieve all products available under a specific biller. Use after getting bill categories to display available products for bill payment.

List Billers

Tool to retrieve available billers. Use after authenticating to Flutterwave to display bill payment biller options to users.

List Chargebacks

Tool to retrieve a list of chargebacks with optional filtering by Flutterwave reference. Use when you need to view all chargebacks or search for a specific chargeback by transaction reference.

List Payout Subaccount Refunds

Tool to list all payout subaccount refunds with pagination support. Use when you need to retrieve payout subaccount refund history with optional page filtering.

List Payout Subaccounts

Tool to list all payout subaccounts. Use when you need to retrieve all payout subaccounts associated with your Flutterwave account.

List Recurring Bills

Tool to retrieve all recurring bill payments. Use when you need to view scheduled or active recurring billing arrangements.

List all settlements

Tool to retrieve all settlements with optional filters. Use when you need to fetch settlement records, view transaction settlements, or track payment disbursements.

List All Subaccounts

Tool to fetch all collection subaccounts. Use when you need to retrieve the complete list of subaccounts for split disbursements.

List Transfers

Tool to fetch a list of bulk transfers from your Flutterwave account. Use when you need to retrieve transfer history, check transfer statuses, or filter transfers by reference or status.

Resolve Bank Account

Tool to verify and resolve bank account details. Use when you need to retrieve the account holder name for a Nigerian bank account by providing the account number and bank code.

Resolve Card BIN

Tool to resolve and retrieve card BIN information from Flutterwave. Use when you need to get issuer details, card type, and country information for a 6-digit BIN.

Update Payment Plan

Tool to update an existing payment plan. Use when you need to modify a payment plan's name or status.

Update Subaccount

Tool to update an existing subaccount. Use when you need to modify split disbursement settings or business details.

Validate Bill Item

Tool to validate a bill service before payment. Use before initiating a bill payment to confirm the customer identifier (account number, meter number, etc.) is valid and retrieve customer details.

Verify Transaction by Reference

Tool to verify a transaction using its transaction reference. Use when you have a transaction reference (tx_ref) and need to confirm the transaction status and retrieve its details.

View Transaction Timeline

Tool to retrieve the event timeline for a transaction. Use after obtaining the transaction ID to audit or track the sequence of events.

Frequently asked questions

What can I automate with Flutterwave on Definable?

Anything Flutterwave exposes through its API. Common payment processing workflows on Definable include recover failed charges, triage refunds against policy, detect churn signals. Personas can call any of the 53 Flutterwave tools directly, then chain the result into another integration without you writing code.

How does Flutterwave authentication work?

Flutterwave uses API_KEY on Definable. You connect once from the integrations page, scoped to the permissions you choose, and from then on any persona that has the integration enabled can act on your behalf. Tokens are encrypted at rest and rotated automatically.

Is the Flutterwave integration included in my Definable plan?

Yes — every Definable plan, including Starter, includes access to all 53 Flutterwave tools. You only need a separate Flutterwave subscription if Flutterwave itself charges per seat or per API call.

Is using Flutterwave through Definable secure?

Every call from a persona to Flutterwave is logged with the user, persona, prompt, and response. Tokens never leave Definable's secrets vault, scopes are configurable per persona, and you can revoke access at any time from the integration page.

How do I get started with Flutterwave on Definable?

Sign up for Definable, open the integrations page, find Flutterwave, and connect via OAuth or API key. You can immediately attach Flutterwave to any persona and start running workflows. The free Starter plan includes 5,000 credits/month.

What Flutterwave actions does Definable expose?

Definable exposes all 53 Flutterwave actions as callable tools — including `Cancel Payment Plan`, `Create Beneficiary`, `Create Bulk Tokenized Charge`, plus 50 more. Each tool gets a typed parameter schema so personas know exactly how to call it.

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