APIs
VALR vs Yellow Card
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Category
APIs
APIs
Type
FX / Crypto
FX / Crypto
Country
🇿🇦 South Africa
🌍 Pan-African
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Approval required
Pricing
Not listed
Not listed
Verified
Unverified
Verified
Last verified
5 Jul 2026
5 Jul 2026
Tags
crypto, south-africa, exchange, trading, websocket
payments, crypto, fx, stablecoin, on-off-ramp
Summary
South African cryptocurrency exchange (licensed FSP 53308) providing a REST API for trading and a WebSocket service for streaming market, order and balance updates. Supports buying and selling 60-plus cryptocurrencies and withdrawing both crypto and fiat programmatically. API keys require account 2FA to be enabled.
Licensed stablecoin payments infrastructure across 20+ African countries, offering a single REST API for cross-border payments, local fiat on/off-ramps, USD stablecoin savings and a Treasury Portal. SDKs in cURL/Python/Node/Ruby; converts USDT/USDC against NGN, KES, USD, EUR and 50+ currencies; KYB/KYC and sandbox required.