**Last updated**: 17 November 2025 | [**Change log**](/products/apms/changelog/)

# PaysafeCard

A pre-paid, cash-based online payment method.

Note
Make yourself familiar with our [API principles](/products/reference/api-principles) to ensure a resilient integration.

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### Feature summary

| Payment type | Country | Recurring | Reversals | Partial reversals | Dispute |
|  --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| pre-paid | Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |


* Minimum Transaction Value: 1.00 GBP
* Maximum Transaction Value: 1.000 EUR


### Acceptance currencies

| Currency | Currency codes |
|  --- | --- |
| Swiss Franc | CHF |
| Czech Koruna | CZK |
| Danish Krone | DKK |
| Euro | EUR |
| Romanian Leu | RON |
| Pound Sterling | GBP |
| Norwegian Krone | NOK |
| Polish złoty | PLN |
| Swedish Krona | SEK |
| US dollar | USD |


Note
Payments made in RON and NOK are settled in EUR. Payments made with any other acceptance currency are settled in the same currency.

## Get started

Get started using our [API reference](/products/apms/openapi) and set your headers.

## Request

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

### Example request

### Parameters

## 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. `paysafecard`) and type (`direct`)
* a `commandId` generated by us identifying a single merchant interaction (e.g. `cmdYNdIHBPJwbkjLiykzTx0`)


### Example response

Successful
{
    "paymentInstrument": {
        "method": "paysafecard",
        "type": "direct"
    },
    "paymentId": "eyJrIjoiYXBtLXNlcnZpY2UtbG9jYWwiLCJsaW5rVmVyc2lvbiI6IjYuMC4wIn0=.BnnxxcMle38OazhwbF8J+4rtJi8CAq:Y3zUOn1dw6VWfvx:PHL5L0S+5ara5vz6ouV5yBmVUQCiSwQjs+1x5qJIJxAKWMWc2Mlb1doricEYlzsZIRIGCflvnYu1Ns8g1S0+66n6wCELiB9OHfX7cdDZM8QaH19DiFbmMAchPSTy3YhKhjHb7eU81eSTnCsB+em66NOYspir3PJsMwGsI7DgQG6H8RA6ud004Gi7UbmmWuCYako2x2qLNAoCkV0HeDe9tVGUUJ8RPRm2jMHH20eHV:lzKfpwhCpCj20XtN:CPsSI2e:sopgZlkbmyvzDIeWSIThE3J1pPGsapqefRFo:b1Rfx8XquR8u:dBYr5a70wYkewsxOvrYXmLip3Fvy7rdfTE9SB:F5xmui5ij57ItzoUGQqmhdlJEFtZOvawnk19rQ8+2IHhZzeukzTZ41bET6DfydrjX20ywVxbq2Jw==",
    "lastEvent": "pending",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://try.access.worldpay.com/apmPayments/eyJrIjoiYXBtLXNlcnZpY2UtbG9jYWwiLCJsaW5rVmVyc2lvbiI6IjYuMC4wIn0=.BnnxxcMle38OazhwbF8J+4rtJi8CAq:Y3zUOn1dw6VWfvx:PHL5L0S+5ara5vz6ouV5yBmVUQCiSwQjs+1x5qJIJxAKWMWc2Mlb1doricEYlzsZIRIGCflvnYu1Ns8g1S0+66n6wCELiB9OHfX7cdDZM8QaH19DiFbmMAchPSTy3YhKhjHb7eU81eSTnCsB+em66NOYspir3PJsMwGsI7DgQG6H8RA6ud004Gi7UbmmWuCYako2x2qLNAoCkV0HeDe9tVGUUJ8RPRm2jMHH20eHV:lzKfpwhCpCj20XtN:CPsSI2e:sopgZlkbmyvzDIeWSIThE3J1pPGsapqefRFo:b1Rfx8XquR8u:dBYr5a70wYkewsxOvrYXmLip3Fvy7rdfTE9SB:F5xmui5ij57ItzoUGQqmhdlJEFtZOvawnk19rQ8+2IHhZzeukzTZ41bET6DfydrjX20ywVxbq2Jw=="
        }
    },
    "_actions": { },
    "redirect": "http://secure-test.worldpay.com/redirect?tokenId=dc9c308b-d56b-4823-968e-0f94b20d6b73",
    "commandId": "cmdOl8x_MaK4TxcF3exdl5cL0"
}

Error response
{
  "errorName": "bodyDoesNotMatchSchema",
  "message": "The json body provided does not match the expected schema",
  "validationErrors": [
    {
      "errorName": "fieldHasInvalidValue",
      "message": "Field is mandatory",
      "jsonPath": "$.instruction.value.amount"
    }
  ]
}
#### Errors

Check out our API reference for the full [error code schema](/products/apms/openapi/other/payment#other/payment/response&c=400).

**Next steps**

[Manage your PaysafeCard payment](/products/apms/manage/)