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POST
/
v1
/
transfers
/
bank
/
lookup
Perform bank account lookup
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.nomba.com/v1/transfers/bank/lookup \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'accountId: <accountid>' \
  --data '
{
  "accountNumber": "0554772814",
  "bankCode": "053"
}
'
{
  "code": "00",
  "description": "Success",
  "data": {
    "accountNumber": "0554772814",
    "accountName": "M.A Animashaun"
  }
}

Documentation Index

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Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

Nomba authenticates API calls with OAuth2 HTTP bearer tokens. There are two methods of authentication; Client-Credentials method and PKCE (Proof Key for Code Exchange) method. In each of the methods, You will get an ACCESS_TOKEN. You need to use an "Authorization" HTTP header to provide your ACCESS_TOKEN. For example: Authorization: {ACCESS_TOKEN}.

Headers

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accountId
string<uuid>
required

The parent accountId of the business.

Example:

"890022ce-bae0-45c1-9b9d-ee7872e6ca27"

Body

application/json

The request payload required to perform bank account lookup

A structure representing a bank account lookup request

​
accountNumber
string
required

The account number to be looked up.

Required string length: 10
Example:

"0554772814"

​
bankCode
string
required

The bankCode of the bank the account number belongs to. This can be obtained from a call to /v1/transfers/banks

Example:

"053"

Response

OK - your request was successful.

​
code
string
required

Response Code

Example:

"00"

​
description
string
required

Response description

Example:

"Success"

​
data
object
required

A structure representing a bank account lookup result