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Last updated May 19th, 2022

A

Account ID

After a user has successfully linked their account, a code is returned that can be used with your App secret key to exchange for a unique account ID. You can then use this ID to call the Mono APIs.

API

An application programming interface (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other.

Apps

You can create apps on the dashboard to retrieve your public and secret keys to start integrating Mono with your products.

E

Enrolment

This is the process of a user linking their financial account via Mono, using the Mono Connect widget.

T

Token

This is a token passed to you after successful enrolment. The code generated usually expires after 10 minutes.

Tokenization

Tokenization is the process of protecting sensitive data by replacing it with an algorithmically generated number called a token.

P

Public Key

This is used to initialize the Mono connect widget for enrolment. This can be found on the Apps page of your Mono dashboard.

S

Secret Key

To make an API call for most of our endpoints, you'll need to set the “mono-sec-key” header with your App secret key. To retrieve your secret key, go to the Apps page of your dashboard.

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