manafa | منافع API integration services (SAMA debt crowdfunding · OpenFinance)

Authorized protocol analysis and production-ready API implementations for Saudi debt-based crowdfunding workflows, investor portfolios, and Auto-Invest automation.

From $300 · Pay-per-call available
OpenData · OpenFinance · Protocol analysis · SAMA-aligned

Connect manafa investor accounts, opportunity feeds, and statement data to your stack — under SAMA & PDPL boundaries

The manafa | منافع app holds structured investment data that finance teams, family offices, and SME analytics platforms increasingly need to ingest: opportunity listings, individual subscriptions, scheduled repayments, and cash position. Our studio delivers authorized integration source code and OpenAPI documentation that mirrors the app's investor flows — onboarding, KYC handoff, opportunity browsing, subscription, monitoring, and Auto-Invest — without bypassing manafa's official authorization layer.

Investor onboarding API — Mirror the under-30-second sign-up sequence, including document handoff and SAMA-compatible KYC fields, then bind the resulting investor profile to your back-office CRM.
Opportunity feed sync — Pull short-term (3–12 month) debt-crowdfunding opportunities, sector tags, expected yields, tenors and remaining capacity into your screening engine.
Portfolio & statement export — Subscription history, principal/profit schedules, distribution events and tax-relevant fields exported as JSON, CSV or Excel for accounting and reporting.
Auto-Invest rule bridge — Drive manafa's Auto-Invest feature from your own risk engine: push criteria (sector, min rating, max ticket) and listen for execution callbacks.

Feature modules we build for manafa | منافع

1. Investor account & KYC bridge

Programmatic registration, login token refresh, and a structured handoff for KYC artefacts (national ID, bank IBAN, declared income tier). Use case: a wealth-management dashboard onboards a client into manafa in the same flow that opens their main brokerage account, then mirrors the resulting investor ID into a unified CRM record.

2. Opportunity discovery API

Paginated list of currently open SME debt-crowdfunding opportunities with sector, tenor, target amount, profit rate, current funding progress, and remaining capacity. Use case: a robo-advisor matches each opportunity against client risk policy and surfaces a short-list inside the advisor's own app.

3. Subscription & cash-flow API

Create or read investor subscriptions, retrieve repayment schedules, reconcile distributions against expected cash-flow. Use case: a family-office accounting team imports daily distributions to close their cash book without manual entry.

4. Auto-Invest rule engine adapter

Configure Auto-Invest filters (sector, min rating, max ticket per opportunity, monthly cap), then receive webhook events when a rule fires. Use case: a treasury team caps total Saudi debt-crowdfunding exposure at SAR 250,000 per month across multiple platforms.

5. Statement & reporting export

Time-bounded statement extraction with categorisation (principal returned, profit, fees, withholding) and downloadable Excel/PDF/JSON. Use case: an external auditor generates a quarterly evidence pack for SAMA-aligned reporting.

6. Notification & event hub

Subscribe to lifecycle events: new opportunity published, allocation closed, repayment received, opportunity overdue. Use case: a Slack-native ops bot pings the portfolio manager whenever a tracked SME misses a scheduled installment.

Data available for integration (OpenData inventory)

Below is a working inventory of the data classes that can be exposed via authorized manafa | منافع integration. Granularity is the maximum supported by the source flow; field-level scope is always governed by user consent and PDPL data-minimization rules.

Data typeSource (screen / feature)GranularityTypical use
Investor profileSign-up & KYC flowPer investor: ID, tier (retail / professional), declared income bracketRisk segmentation, professional-investor uplift under SAMA criteria
Opportunity listingsInvestment opportunities feedPer opportunity: sector, target, profit rate, tenor, funded %Pipeline screening, comparative analytics across platforms
Subscription records"My investments" historyPer ticket: amount, opportunity ID, subscription date, statusConcentration analysis, exposure caps, audit trail
Repayment scheduleInvestment monitoring screenPer installment: due date, expected principal & profitCash-flow forecasting, treasury planning
Distribution eventsWallet / cash-out screenPer event: amount, date, category (profit / principal / fee)Reconciliation, P&L reporting, tax preparation
Auto-Invest configurationAuto-Invest settingsPer investor: active rules, filters, monthly capsCross-platform automation, governance approvals
Statement exportsStatements / documentsPer period: aggregated PDF / ExcelAuditor-ready evidence, regulatory filing support

Typical integration scenarios

Scenario A — Multi-platform Saudi crowdfunding portfolio dashboard

Business context: A Riyadh family office allocates capital across several SAMA-licensed crowdfunding platforms and needs a single performance view.

Data & APIs: manafa subscription list + repayment schedule + distribution events; combined with parallel feeds from peer platforms.

OpenFinance mapping: Treats manafa as an Account Information Service (AIS) source under the SAMA Open Banking pattern, normalizing balances and cash-flow into a shared schema.

Scenario B — Auto-Invest controlled by external risk engine

Business context: A wealth-tech startup wants to drive Auto-Invest decisions from its own model, not from manafa's built-in filters alone.

Data & APIs: Opportunity feed (read), Auto-Invest rule push, webhook callback for fired rules; risk score computed externally per opportunity.

OpenFinance mapping: Behaves as a Payment Initiation-style flow (PIS analogue), where the third party orchestrates the action and manafa executes it under recorded user consent.

Scenario C — Accounting / ERP cash-book reconciliation

Business context: An SME corporate treasury invests surplus working capital in short-term manafa opportunities and must reconcile inflows against the bank statement.

Data & APIs: Distribution events stream + statement export endpoint mapped to ERP journal lines (account 7210 "investment income", 1210 "principal returned").

OpenFinance mapping: Aligns with PDPL consent records by storing only the categorised cash-flow needed for the ledger, not the underlying investor profile.

Scenario D — Compliance & audit evidence pack

Business context: A licensed advisor must demonstrate to a regulator that a client's allocation respects exposure limits per issuer and per sector.

Data & APIs: Subscription records + opportunity metadata aggregated per period, signed PDF statement attached as evidence.

OpenFinance mapping: Generates an attested data extract; consent revocation under PDPL purges retained extracts on schedule.

Scenario E — Professional-investor eligibility automation

Business context: manafa's "upgrade to Professional Investor" pathway depends on SAMA criteria; an external onboarding stack wants to evaluate eligibility before nudging the user.

Data & APIs: Investor profile read + declared income / asset attestations + status callback when manafa accepts the uplift.

OpenFinance mapping: A consented identity-attribute exchange; the third party never stores raw documents, only a verified status flag.

Technical implementation snippets

1. Investor login & token refresh

POST /api/v1/manafa/auth/login
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "investor_ref": "INV-9F2A",
  "device_fingerprint": "<hash>",
  "consent_id": "csnt_2025_04_001"
}

200 OK
{
  "access_token": "eyJhbGciOi...",
  "refresh_token": "rft_...",
  "expires_in": 1800,
  "scope": ["opportunities.read", "subscriptions.read", "autoinvest.write"]
}

2. Statement query (fetch monthly cash-flow)

GET /api/v1/manafa/statement?from=2026-03-01&to=2026-03-31
Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>
X-Consent-Id: csnt_2025_04_001

200 OK
{
  "investor_ref": "INV-9F2A",
  "currency": "SAR",
  "events": [
    {"date":"2026-03-04","type":"profit","amount":182.50,"opportunity_id":"OP-7711"},
    {"date":"2026-03-04","type":"principal","amount":1250.00,"opportunity_id":"OP-7711"},
    {"date":"2026-03-18","type":"fee","amount":-36.50,"opportunity_id":"OP-7711"}
  ],
  "next_cursor": null
}

3. Auto-Invest webhook (rule fired)

POST https://your-app.example.com/hooks/manafa
X-Manafa-Signature: t=1714291200,v1=<hmac-sha256>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "event": "autoinvest.executed",
  "rule_id": "ai_rule_88",
  "opportunity_id": "OP-9023",
  "amount_subscribed": 5000.00,
  "currency": "SAR",
  "timestamp": "2026-04-28T07:14:11Z"
}

// Verify HMAC, then idempotently upsert into your ledger
// keyed by (rule_id, opportunity_id, timestamp).

Compliance & privacy

All deliverables for the manafa | منافع app are designed to operate inside Saudi Arabia's regulated perimeter. We align with the SAMA Open Banking Framework, whose first release covered Account Information Services (AIS) and whose second release (February 2024) added Payment Initiation Services (PIS) — the same pattern we use to model investor portfolio reads and Auto-Invest writes. Investor data handling follows the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL), in effect since 2023, which requires informed, specific and revocable consent before any third-party data sharing.

In practice this means: every integration ships with a recorded consent ID, a documented data-minimisation map (only the fields the use case truly needs), retention timers, and a revocation hook that purges downstream copies. We do not deliver any code that bypasses manafa's authentication, that scrapes data without consent, or that retains raw KYC documents outside the licensed perimeter.

Data flow / architecture

A reference pipeline for a manafa integration looks like this:

  1. manafa client app / authorized API — origin of investor, opportunity, subscription, and distribution data.
  2. Integration gateway — our delivered service: handles auth, token refresh, consent enforcement, rate-limiting and signature verification.
  3. Normalised storage — investor-scoped event store with consent metadata, partitioned per data class (profile, subscription, cash-flow, auto-invest rule).
  4. Analytics & downstream APIs — your dashboards, ERP connectors, risk engines and reporting endpoints consume the normalised feed.

Market positioning & user profile

manafa | منافع primarily serves Saudi-resident retail investors entering debt crowdfunding from SAR 1,000, alongside professional investors who satisfy SAMA's higher-tier criteria for unrestricted ticket sizes. The user base skews toward digitally-native individuals (Android and iOS), small family offices, and SME treasurers seeking short-term yield — the same buyers our integration clients build dashboards, advisory tools, and ERP connectors for. Manafa Capital announced a $28M Series A round to extend this product line; integration demand reflects the growing institutional appetite for Saudi alternative-finance data inside Vision 2030's fintech agenda.

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Similar apps & integration landscape

The Saudi alternative-finance ecosystem is widening fast. Teams that integrate manafa often unify it with feeds from peer platforms below; we frame these names purely as part of the broader landscape that benefits from the same OpenData / OpenFinance approach.

Lendo

Shariah-compliant SME debt crowdfunding from a 1,000 SAR ticket. Investors who already hold Lendo positions usually want a unified Saudi-debt cash-flow view.

Funding Souq

Connects global investors to Saudi SMEs with Sharia-compliant private credit. Cross-app reporting needs map to the same statement-export pattern.

Forus

Returns of 6–20% depending on borrower credit rating. Integration value lies in normalised credit-rating fields across platforms.

Raqamyah

Offers both auto-allocation and manual project selection. Ideal counterpart to manafa's Auto-Invest in a unified rule registry.

Ta3meed

Specialises in financing government purchase orders. Integration helps treasury teams reconcile PO-backed cash-flow alongside manafa's general SME book.

Aseel

Saudi real-estate crowdfunding from SAR 1,000. A common cross-asset diversification destination for the same retail investor base.

Safqah Capital

Fully Shariah-compliant real-estate crowdfunding with 13–16% annualised returns. Useful for cross-asset allocation dashboards.

Ethis

Islamic finance crowdfunding and social-finance platform. Adds shariah-screened opportunities to a unified investor view.

THEMAR

Aggregator and informational hub for Saudi crowdfunding. A natural data peer when surfacing market-wide pipeline data.

What we deliver

Deliverables checklist

  • Authorization & protocol-analysis report (token chain, refresh, signature scheme)
  • OpenAPI / Swagger specification for the manafa-shaped surface
  • Runnable source code (Python / Node.js / Go) for login, opportunities, subscriptions, statements, Auto-Invest
  • Webhook receiver template with HMAC verification and idempotency keys
  • Test harness with fixtures for repayment schedules and distribution events
  • Compliance pack: PDPL consent record templates, retention timers, revocation hook

Engagement workflow

  1. Scope confirmation: which manafa flows you need (onboarding, portfolio, Auto-Invest, statements).
  2. Protocol analysis & API design (2–5 business days, complexity-dependent).
  3. Build & internal validation against fixtures (3–8 business days).
  4. Documentation, sample clients, and test cases (1–2 business days).
  5. Typical first delivery: 5–15 business days; SAMA-sandbox approvals may extend timelines.

About our studio

We are an independent technical studio focused on App interface integration and authorized API integration. Team members come from banks, payment gateways, fintech platforms, and protocol-analysis backgrounds. We have shipped end-to-end integrations across financial, e-commerce, travel, and OTT apps, and we work day-to-day inside frameworks such as SAMA Open Banking, PSD2, UPI, and PDPL/GDPR.

  • Protocol analysis, data extraction, and OpenData implementation
  • Custom Python / Node.js / Go SDKs and test harnesses
  • Full pipeline: protocol analysis → build → validation → compliance handover
  • Source code delivery from $300 — receive runnable API source code and full documentation; pay after delivery upon satisfaction
  • Pay-per-call API billing — access our hosted API and pay only per call, no upfront cost; ideal for teams that prefer usage-based pricing

Contact

To request a quote for the manafa | منافع app, or to submit your own target app and integration scope:

Open the contact page

Typical first response within one business day. NDA templates are available on request before sharing sensitive scope details.

FAQ

What do you need from me to start a manafa integration?

The target app (manafa | منافع — already known), the concrete data classes you want to surface (e.g. subscription history, distributions, Auto-Invest events), and any existing investor authorization or sandbox credentials you can share under NDA.

How long does delivery take?

Most first drops land in 5–12 business days; flows that require SAMA-sandbox conformance can take longer because external testing windows are involved.

How do you handle compliance?

We work only with authorized or documented public APIs, log every consent ID, ship retention timers, and never deliver code that bypasses manafa's authentication or stores raw KYC artefacts outside the licensed perimeter.

Can you also integrate other Saudi crowdfunding platforms?

Yes — Lendo, Funding Souq, Forus, Raqamyah, Ta3meed, Aseel, Safqah Capital, Ethis and similar platforms can be wired into the same normalised investor schema we deliver for manafa.
📱 Original app overview (appendix)

manafa | منافع is a Saudi debt-based crowdfunding mobile app published by Manafa Capital, a fintech licensed by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) for debt-based crowdfunding. The app lets retail and professional investors browse short-term SME financing opportunities, subscribe from as little as 1,000 SAR, monitor their portfolio, and use an Auto-Invest engine to allocate capital to opportunities that match their criteria.

According to public sources, Manafa was founded in 2018 by Amr Murad and Abdulaziz Al-Adwani, secured a $28M Series A round, and as of recent reporting serves over 105,000 investors with more than SAR 1.5 billion in funding facilitated for Saudi SMEs. Investors typically see indicative yearly returns around 15% on short-term (3–12 month) opportunities, with manafa charging 20% of net profit (excluding VAT) per opportunity.

Headline features named by the app include:

  • Quick & easy onboarding — register as an investor in under 30 seconds.
  • Wide range of investment opportunities — short-term SME debt opportunities across sectors.
  • Investment monitoring — track current and past investments in one dashboard.
  • Auto-Invest — automatic subscription to opportunities that match your criteria, with no additional fees.
  • Upgrade to Professional Investor — meet SAMA criteria to invest without retail caps.

The app is positioned as part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 / Financial Sector Development Program agenda, and operates alongside the SAMA Open Banking Framework and the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) that governs personal financial data sharing in the Kingdom.