LatAm · Mexico

SPEI Payout Integration

Mexico's SPEI moves pesos between banks in minutes, nearly around the clock. WePesa settles gift-card escrow to any CLABE — BBVA, Banorte, Santander, Nu, Spin.

You get paid in gift cards by a foreign client and you need pesos in your Mexican account. SPEI is the rail for that, and this page documents how our leg of it behaves.

At a glance

What this rail delivers.

Median settle

6 min

Banks

All CLABEs

Daily ceiling

MXN 400k

Success rate

99.2%

How it works

From gift card to settled payout.

  1. 01

    Lock the MXN quote

    Live USD/MXN plus the card's rate, locked for 10 minutes while you upload.

  2. 02

    Enter your CLABE

    18 digits, any Mexican institution. We validate the checksum and resolve the holder name before releasing funds.

  3. 03

    SPEI settles

    Once the card clears escrow the transfer is submitted. Most land inside 10 minutes; overnight orders settle at the next window.

Coverage

Providers, banks, and wallets we settle to.

DestinationTypeNotesTypical settle
BBVA, Banorte, Santander, HSBCRetail bankCLABE over SPEI2–15 min
Nu México, Hey BancoDigital bankInstant credit in practice2–8 min
Spin by Oxxo, Mercado PagoWalletCLABE-backed wallets3–15 min
Nequi / PSE (Colombia)Wallet / bankBeta — COP quotes5–20 min
USDT (TRC-20)CryptoSkip MXN exposure≈30s

Limits & fees

Exactly what lands in your account.

TierPer transactionPer dayRail fee
New sellerMXN 20,000MXN 20,000Absorbed
ID verifiedMXN 150,000MXN 400,000Absorbed
Hub / pro traderBy agreementBy agreementAbsorbed
Above capsAuto-splitAcross windowsAbsorbed

Rail fees are absorbed by WePesa unless a row says otherwise. The quote you lock is the amount that settles.

Reliability

How we keep the rail up when the network isn't.

Settlement window awareness

SPEI has brief nightly maintenance. Orders placed inside it queue at the locked rate and release at the first window — no re-quote.

CLABE validation up front

We check the 18-digit checksum and resolve the holder name before any money moves, so a mistyped digit fails instantly instead of landing elsewhere.

CEP receipt for every payout

Banxico's CEP receipt is attached to each order, which is the document your contador or the bank will ask for.

Licensed local partner

The MXN leg runs through a regulated Mexican payment institution, not an informal counterparty.

For builders

Trigger payouts programmatically.

POST /v1/payouts — SPEI

json

{
  "rail": "spei",
  "destination": { "clabe": "012180001234567895" },
  "source_card": { "brand": "amazon_us", "face_value_usd": 100 },
  "quote_id": "qt_44ad71"
}

// 201 Created
{
  "id": "po_3Wd9",
  "status": "queued",
  "amount_mxn": 1548.00,
  "beneficiary_name": "L. HERNANDEZ",
  "eta_seconds": 360
}

API access is available to verified Hub accounts. Sandbox keys are issued same day.

FAQ

What sellers ask about this rail.

Can I be paid to a Spin or Mercado Pago wallet?+

Yes — both issue CLABEs, so they behave like any bank destination.

Are SPEI fees deducted?+

No, we absorb them. The locked MXN amount is what arrives.

Why did my night-time payout take longer?+

SPEI has a short maintenance window overnight. Orders queue and settle at the next window at the same locked rate.

Do you support Colombia or Argentina?+

Colombia (Nequi/PSE) is in beta. Argentina is on the roadmap; USDT is the practical option there today.

Is a CURP or RFC required?+

Only above MXN 150,000 per day, where local KYC guidance applies.

Sell a card for pesos.

Lock a quote, upload the card, watch the payout land. Escrow protected end to end.

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