Nigeria Beneficiary

We support transfers to bank accounts in Nigeria through bank transfers.

Here is a sample request to add a beneficiary:

cURL

curl --location '{{sandboxURL}}/beneficiaries' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer {{APIKEY}}' \
    --data '{
        "reference": "<samplereference>",
        "callbackUrl": "https://webhook.site/38a9e65e-3388-4399-89d4-3ceafa8173dd",
        "country": "NG",
        "currency": "NGN",
        "destination": {
            "type": "BANK",
            "bankCode": "000005",
            "accountNumber": "1234567890",
            "sender": {
                "type": "BUSINESS",
                "city": "Sample City",
                "address": "123 Example Street",
                "country": "United States",
                "postCode": "00000",
                "accountName": "Sample Business LTD"
            }
        }
    }'

The parameters for adding Nigerian bank account beneficiaries are:

Parameter	Description	Required
type	This is the payment type. It must be `BANK`	✅
accountNumber	Account number of the beneficiary	✅
bankCode	Code of the receiving bank	✅
sender	Sender information varies depending on type. Sender type can either be BUSINESS or INDIVIDUAL.	✅

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The sender object is used for cross-border remittance compliance reporting. The country field accepts either the full country name (e.g. "United States") or the ISO-3166 alpha-2 code (e.g. "US") — values are normalized to alpha-2 server-side.

Sender Parameters (Business)

Parameter	Description	Required
sender[type]	Type of sender. Must be "BUSINESS".	✅
sender[city]	Sender's city	✅
sender[address]	Sender's street address	✅
sender[country]	Sender's country (full name or ISO-3166 alpha-2 code)	✅
sender[postCode]	Sender's postcode	✅
sender[accountName]	Registered business name	✅

Sender Parameters (Individual)

Parameter	Description	Required
sender[type]	Type of sender. Must be "INDIVIDUAL".	✅
sender[city]	Sender's city	✅
sender[address]	Sender's street address	✅
sender[country]	Sender's country (full name or ISO-3166 alpha-2 code)	✅
sender[postCode]	Sender's postcode	✅
sender[firstName]	Sender's first name	✅
sender[lastName]	Sender's last name	✅

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