Changelog
New features, improvements and fixes to the Atlas API and dashboard.
July 2026
Amounts are always positive
amount is now always a positive number in transaction, payout, checkout, card, payment link and FX swap responses. Use the transaction type to tell money in from money out.
What you need to do
If you relied on a negative amount for outflows, use the transaction type instead.
May 2026
International bank transfers
Send money to bank accounts abroad with international bank transfers.
See the international bank transfers guide.
Bulk payouts
Send several NGN bank transfers in one request with bulk payouts. Atlas accepts the batch with 202 Accepted and processes it in the background.
Track a batch with its status by reference or status by source reference.
See the bulk payouts guide.
March 2026
`source_reference` is required for checkouts and API payouts
source_reference is now required when you:
- initiate a checkout, and
- create a bank transfer payout through the API.
Requests without it fail validation.
What you need to do
Send your own ID for the request as source_reference, and store it so you can look the record up later.
{
"amount": 5000,
"currency": "NGN",
"source_reference": "order_10234"
}Look up checkouts and payouts by your source reference
You can now find records using source_reference, the ID you assign when you create them.
- List checkout transactions by source reference.
- Get a payout transaction by source reference.
- List payouts and get a payout by reference.
Payout and transaction responses now include sourceReference.
December 2025
Atlas is live in Nigeria
Atlas is now available to businesses in Nigeria. You can integrate through the API or work directly in the dashboard.
- Checkout: start a checkout and let customers pay by bank transfer. See the checkout guide.
- Payouts: send NGN to any Nigerian bank account. See the payout quickstart.
- Customers: create, update, blacklist and reactivate the customers you transact with.
- Transactions: list your transactions or look one up by reference.
- Wallets: check your wallet balance.
- Banking: fetch the list of supported banks and confirm an account name before you pay out.