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Tinker Payments
Unified Payment Middleware

Architecting a high-availability payment infrastructure that consolidates multiple gateways through a single, secure API, powering seamless transactions for modern businesses.

99.9%
Uptime SLA
<100ms
API Response
256-bit
Encryption
PCI DSS
Compliant
01

Payment Chaos at Scale

Modern businesses face a fragmented payment landscape. Multiple gateway integrations, inconsistent fraud detection, complex compliance requirements, and scattered transaction data create operational nightmares and security vulnerabilities.

Gateway Fragmentation

Businesses juggling 3-5 different payment providers with separate APIs, dashboards, and reconciliation processes.

Security Gaps

Inconsistent fraud detection across providers, manual compliance checks, and no unified view of suspicious activity.

Developer Friction

Teams spending months on integration work, maintaining separate codebases, and dealing with inconsistent documentation.

02

API-First Architecture

We approached this challenge with a unified API architecture philosophy: one interface to rule all payment operations, with security baked in from day one.

1

Gateway Abstraction Layer

Designed a unified interface that abstracts away the complexity of individual payment providers, exposing a single, consistent API.

2

Configurable Rule Engine

Built a flexible fraud detection system with customizable rules, allowing businesses to define their own risk thresholds and triggers.

3

Security-First Development

Implemented 256-bit encryption, PCI DSS compliance protocols, and secure key management from the ground up, not as an afterthought.

4

Developer Experience Focus

Created comprehensive documentation, SDKs, and a developer portal that makes integration a matter of hours, not months.

03

Enterprise Payment Infrastructure

A complete payment middleware platform that handles everything from transaction processing to fraud prevention through a single, elegant API.

Unified Payment API

Single interface for all payment operations. Process, track, refund, and block payments across multiple gateways seamlessly.

Real-Time Fraud Detection

Advanced risk assessment with configurable rules engine, ML-powered pattern recognition, and comprehensive fraud history tracking.

Secure Authentication

Enterprise-grade security with token-based auth, API key rotation, role-based access control, and session management.

Real-Time Analytics

Comprehensive dashboard with payment metrics, fraud alerts, transaction history, and business intelligence in real-time.

Developer Portal

RESTful API with comprehensive documentation, code examples, SDKs for major platforms, and sandbox environments for testing.

Webhook System

Configurable webhooks for payment events, fraud alerts, and status updates with automatic retries and delivery confirmation.

04

Measurable Success

Tinker Payments now powers seamless transactions for businesses worldwide, delivering reliability, security, and developer happiness.

99.9%
Uptime achieved with enterprise SLA
<100ms
Average API response time
24/7
Enterprise support coverage
Hours
Integration time, not months

"Tinker Payments transformed how we handle transactions. What used to take our team weeks to integrate now takes hours. The unified API is elegant, the documentation is comprehensive, and the support is outstanding."

BW
Boniface Wambua
Founder, Msalo
Technologies Used

Built With

Go
Node.js
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Redis
Docker
AWS
React
Next.js
Tailwind CSS

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