Fees & Quotes

PaveWay provides a transparent fee engine that calculates costs in real-time based on the payment method, customer location, and merchant configuration.

Fee Types

Fee Type	Description	Standard Rate
Platform Fee	PaveWay’s processing fee.	1.0%
Provider Fee	Passthrough cost from the gateway (Stripe, Flutterwave, etc.).	Varies by country (1.4% - 4.8%)
Fixed Fee	A flat cost per transaction.	50 XAF (Local MM) / $0.30 (Intl Cards)

Fee Bearer Configuration

You can control who pays the transaction fees using the fee_bearer parameter at PaymentIntent creation.

merchant: Fees are deducted from your final payout. The customer pays exactly the amount you specify.
customer (Default): Fees are added to the transaction amount. The customer sees a slightly higher total at checkout, but you receive the full requested amount.

Fetching a Quote

You can retrieve a real-time fee breakdown before charging the customer.

GET /v1/payment-methods/fee/{payment_method}/{currency}/{amount}

Response Example

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "amount": 10000,
    "currency": "XAF",
    "fee": 350,
    "total_payable": 10350
  }
}

[!NOTE] For high-volume merchants, the Platform Fee is reduced to 0.5%. Contact your account manager for tiered pricing.

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Fee Types

Fee Bearer Configuration

Fetching a Quote

Response Example

​Fee Types

​Fee Bearer Configuration

​Fetching a Quote

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Fee Types

Fee Bearer Configuration

Fetching a Quote

Response Example