Corridors and destinations
A corridor defines a payment route by its funding currency, destination country, and destination currency.
It is more specific than a destination country: the same destination can have different corridors depending on the currencies.
For example, USD to PHP in the Philippines is one corridor.
Change the destination or currency and the requirements may change substantially.
Why corridors matter
Access varies
Corridor access is resolved from your partner agreement and can vary by destination and currency.
Party data varies
One destination may require a local clearing code, another additional recipient identification, and another a different address or bank format.
Compliance varies
Local regulation, banking rules, payment-network requirements, transaction purpose, and supporting evidence can differ between corridors. Every payment is still reviewed against the applicable controls.
Limits and availability vary
Minimum and maximum amounts and operational availability are resolved for the specific route.
For this reason, an integration should not treat every payout as the same request with a different country code. The corridor determines whether the route can be used and which information must be collected before the payment is submitted.
Corridor requirements
Alongside the information required for every payment, a corridor can impose additional requirements or restrictions, such as:
- recipient or business identification;
- local bank, clearing, or routing codes;
- country-specific value formats and validation patterns;
- required address components;
- permitted account or relationship types;
- additional supporting evidence or compliance information; and
- minimum and maximum payment amounts.
Information that is optional for one destination may therefore be required for another. Corridor availability, complete payment data, and payment approval are separate checks.
See Payment details for the information in a payment and how Axiym handles your existing data.
Discover available corridors
The corridor endpoints identify the routes available to you and their applicable limits and requirements. Follow Discover corridors to retrieve this information in your application.
You can also explore destination requirements in the Country Playbook.