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Konbini

Last Updated: 01 October 2025 | Change Log

Konbini

The Konbini and Pay-easy payment method is a collection of payment types that customers in Japan can use to shop online.

Note

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Product overview

Your customers can complete their payment with one of the following:

  • Offline cash payment at a convenience store (Konbini)

  • Offline cash/electronic payment at an ATM (Pay-easy)

  • Online electronic payment by internet banking (Pay-easy)

Feature summary

Payment typeCountryCurrenciesRecurringReversalsPartial reversalsDisputes
E-CashJapanJPY❌❌❌❌

  • Minimum Transaction Value: 100 JPY

  • Maximum Transaction Values:

    The maximum amount for a single transaction depends on what payment option the customer chooses. The default limits are:

    • 299.000 JPY at a convenience store

    • 99.000 JPY at an ATM with cash

    • 999.999 JPY at an ATM with a cash card or with internet banking

    In addition Internet banks may set their own limits.

Get started

Get started using our API reference and set your headers.

Request

POST https://try.access.worldpay.com/apmPayments

Example request

application/json
{
  "transactionReference": "Memory265-13/08/1876",
  "merchant": {
    "entity": "MindPalaceLtd"
  },
  "instruction": {
    "method": "konbini",
    "value": {
      "amount": 100,
      "currency": "JPY"
    },
    "narrative": {
      "line1": "MindPalace"
    },
    "paymentInstrument": {
      "type": "direct",
      "country": "JP"
    },
    "resultUrls": {
      "pending": "https://worldpay.com/pending"
    },
    "customer": {
      "lastName": "Smith",
      "email": "test@email.com",
      "phone": "1234567890"
    }
  }
}

Parameters

transactionReferencestring[ 1 .. 64 ] characters^[a-zA-Z0-9\-_/!@#$%()*=.:;?\[\]{}~+]*$required
merchantobject(MerchantV2)required
merchant.​entitystring[ 3 .. 32 ] characters^([a-zA-Z0-9\- ]*)$required

Used to route the request in Access Worldpay, created as part of on-boarding.

Example: "default"
instructionobject(InstructionV2)required

Object that contains the payment type and details.

instruction.​methodstringrequired

Type of payment method

Value"ach"
Discriminator
instruction.​valueobject(Value)required

The value of the payment.

instruction.​value.​amountinteger(int64)[ 1 .. 2147483647 ]required

The amount in the lowest denomination of the currency e.g. pennies for GBP, cents for USD.

Example: 12
instruction.​value.​currencystringrequired
Enum"AED""AFN""ANG""AOA""ARS""AUD""AWG""AZN""BAM""BBD"
instruction.​narrativeobject(NarrativeBase)required
instruction.​narrative.​line1string[ 1 .. 24 ] characters^[a-zA-Z0-9-., ]*$required

The description shown on your customer's bank statement for the payment.

Example: "MindPalace"
instruction.​paymentInstrumentobject(AchEftPaymentInstrumentV2)required
instruction.​paymentInstrument.​typestringrequired

The type of instrument.

Value"direct"
instruction.​paymentInstrument.​accountTypestringrequired

Account type.

Enum"checking""savings""corporate""corporateSavings"
Example: "checking"
instruction.​paymentInstrument.​accountNumberstring[ 1 .. 17 ] characters^[0-9]*$required

Account number of direct debit account.

Example: "123456789"
instruction.​paymentInstrument.​routingNumberstring= 9 characters^[0-9]*$required

Routing number of direct debit account.

Example: "123456789"
instruction.​paymentInstrument.​checkNumberstring[ 1 .. 15 ] characters^[0-9]*$

Check number of the direct debit account.

Example: "123456789"
instruction.​paymentInstrument.​companyNamestring[ 1 .. 40 ] characters^[0-9]*$

Company name if a corporate account.

Example: "123456789"
instruction.​paymentInstrument.​billingAddressobject(AchEftBillingAddress)required
instruction.​paymentInstrument.​billingAddress.​address1string[ 1 .. 80 ] characters
instruction.​paymentInstrument.​billingAddress.​address2string[ 1 .. 80 ] characters
instruction.​paymentInstrument.​billingAddress.​address3string[ 1 .. 80 ] characters
instruction.​paymentInstrument.​billingAddress.​citystring[ 1 .. 50 ] characters

City.

instruction.​paymentInstrument.​billingAddress.​countryCodestring
Enum"AD""AE""AF""AG""AI""AL""AM""AN""AO""AQ"
instruction.​paymentInstrument.​billingAddress.​postalCodestring[ 1 .. 15 ] characters

Postal code.

instruction.​paymentInstrument.​billingAddress.​statestring[ 1 .. 30 ] characters

State code of the billing address in ISO 3166-2 format.

Example: "US-OH"
instruction.​customerobject(CustomerDetailsAch)required
instruction.​customer.​firstNamestring[ 1 .. 22 ] charactersrequired

Your customer's first name.

instruction.​customer.​lastNamestring[ 1 .. 22 ] charactersrequired

Your customer's last name.

instruction.​customer.​customerIdstring<= 15 characters^[a-zA-Z0-9]*$

Your unique reference for the customer so that the 'pay faster next time' function can be used during checkout. This allows the shoppers chosen bank to be stored for their next payment.

Example: "44528abcd"
instruction.​customer.​emailstring

The customer's e-mail address.

Example: "customer@worldpay.com"

Response

Successful request response

  • an HTTP code 201
  • a paymentId which is unique to the payment - we recommend storing the "id", as you can use it to manage the payment later
  • a redirect to redirect your customer to the APM provider to complete the payment
  • an link to query the payment status
  • an object which will give flow information such as method (e.g. konbini) and type (direct)
  • a commandId generated by us identifying a single merchant interaction (e.g. cmdYNdIHBPJwbkjLiykzTx0)

Example response

{
  "paymentId": "uK9Oh5zz4yKhGuFofhhnC056-K6qn-w8Krt2pRT2oSzwh_KRcHUrrs1qJtQso9gjgJ_wwjT869eMBB_T4PM4D6HdjtgfjDBh7htEkjHxp4Q_KzkRIENkZoejad--FtjVrMslJn1mvz4mwr-TuKlP9ZAhBEzSApkfhL__fXCo-vMkR1a2Zrj_R8rGSgu6m2Wd",
  "lastEvent": "pending",
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/apmPayments/uK9Oh5zz4yKhGuFofhhnC056-K6qn-w8Krt2pRT2oSzwh_KRcHUrrs1qJtQso9gjgJ_wwjT869eMBB_T4PM4D6HdjtgfjDBh7htEkjHxp4Q_KzkRIENkZoejad--FtjVrMslJn1mvz4mwr-TuKlP9ZAhBEzSApkfhL__fXCo-vMkR1a2Zrj_R8rGSgu6m2Wd"
    }
  },
  "_actions": {},
  "redirect": "https://secure-test.worldpay.com/jsp/test/shopper/APMSTSimulator.jsp?customerRef=3417843726&amp;paymentMethod=Konbini&amp;country=DE",
  "paymentInstrument": {
    "method": "konbini",
    "type": "direct"
  },
  "commandId": "cmdEy5vwB0krLe9eMwAcE66c0"
}

Errors

Check out our API reference for the full error code schema.

Next steps

Manage your Konbini payment