Changelog

Creating a customer requires `type` and `has_wallet`

Creating a customer has new requirements:

• type is required: individual or business.
• has_wallet is required: true or false.
• Disposable email addresses are rejected.
• Customer endpoints are available to NGN businesses only.

What you need to do

Send type and has_wallet on every create customer request, and use a real email address for each customer.

{
  "type": "individual",
  "first_name": "Ada",
  "last_name": "Okafor",
  "email": "ada@example.com",
  "phone": "+2348012345678",
  "has_wallet": false
}

More customer fields

When you create a customer:

• business customers take a business_name,
• wallet_va_name sets the name on the customer's wallet account,
• provider_name chooses the wallet provider (globus or wema), and
• first and last names can be up to 250 characters.

Customer responses now include businessName and type. firstName and lastName return an empty string instead of null when not set.

Business customers

When you create a customer, you can set type to individual or business. Business customers don't need first_name or last_name.

See the customers guide.

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.