# ChainPal

> Secure your Business for the Future

ChainPal helps African businesses accept digital currency payments and get payouts in local currency through a payment gateway, invoicing tools, and developer APIs.

ChainPal helps businesses in Africa accept digital currency payments and receive local payouts through a payment gateway, invoicing, and APIs. Users can accept global payments, complete KYC/KYB, monitor revenue in a dashboard, and integrate with developer-friendly tools. The platform partners with regulated providers for fiat payouts and applies AML controls to protect transactions.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Payments
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2024-07-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/chainpal

## Products

- [ChainPal](https://thegrid.id/profiles/chainpal): ChainPal is a merchant payment gateway and API for businesses to accept crypto payments and settle in fiat. It provides invoicing, split payouts, KYC/KYB workflows, and a dashboard to track transactions and balances, with a unified REST API, webhooks, and role-based access for teams. (Merchant Payment Gateway, Live, Main Product)

## Links

- [Main](https://chainpal.org)
- [Documentation](https://docs.chainpal.org)
- [Media Kit/branding](https://chainpal.org/mediakit)
- [Privacy policy](https://chainpal.org/privacy)
- [Terms of Service](https://chainpal.org/termsofuse)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/chainpalhq)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/chainpalhq)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/ChainPalhq)
- [Medium](https://medium.com/@chainpal-blog)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/chainpalhq)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@thechainpalhq)

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- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
- [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships
- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
- [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types
- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP