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Verify CBE Birr Transactions

CBE Birr is the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia's mobile wallet service. CBE Birr receipts require the transaction reference and the payer's phone number for verification.

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Required information

  • Transaction reference (required), e.g. CB12345678
  • Payer phone number (required), format: 2519XXXXXXXXX

Reference number format

Alphanumeric transaction reference

Example: CB12345678

How to verify CBE Birr with cheki

  1. Get the transaction reference from the customer's CBE Birr receipt
  2. Get the payer's phone number (format: 2519XXXXXXXXX)
  3. cheki fetches the receipt from CBE Birr's public endpoint

How CBE Birr receipt verification works

The CBE Birr receipt endpoint is: https://cbepay1.cbe.com.et/aureceipt?TID={REFERENCE}&PH={PAYER_PHONE}

This is a public URL that returns a HTML page containing the official transaction data. No authentication is required.

Who uses CBE Birr verification

  • Merchants verifying CBE Birr payments
  • Businesses reconciling CBE Birr deposits
  • Apps integrating CBE Birr payment verification

Verifying CBE Birr via API

cheki provides a free REST API for CBE Birr verification:

POST https://chekiapp.vercel.app/api/verify

Request body: { "bank": "cbebirr", "reference": "CB12345678" }

See the API documentation for full details.

Frequently asked questions