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POST
/
v1
/
accounts
/
virtual
Create virtual account
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.nomba.com/v1/accounts/virtual \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'accountId: <accountid>' \
  --data '
{
  "accountRef": "1oWbJQQHLyQqqf1SwxjSpudeA21",
  "accountName": "Daniel Scorsese",
  "bvn": "12345678",
  "expiryDate": "2026-01-30 12:15:00",
  "expectedAmount": "200.00"
}
'
{
  "code": "00",
  "description": "Success",
  "data": {
    "createdAt": "2023-09-04T07:09:06.900Z",
    "accountHolderId": "01a10aeb-d989-460a-bbde-9842f2b4320f",
    "accountRef": "1oWbJQQHLyQqqf1SwxjSpudeA21",
    "bvn": "12234412345",
    "accountName": "Daniel Scorsese",
    "currency": "NGN",
    "bankName": "Nombank MFB",
    "bankAccountNumber": "9391076543",
    "bankAccountName": "Nomba/Ifeoluwa Adeboye",
    "callbackUrl": "https://webhook.site/98ef100f-5adc-4434-800a-0808h60bd8d7",
    "expired": true
  }
}

Documentation Index

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Authorizations

​
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

​
accountId
string<uuid>
required

The parent accountId of the business.

Example:

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

Body

application/json

The request payload required to create an account

​
accountRef
string
required

Account reference

Required string length: 16 - 64
Example:

"1oWbJQQHLyQqqf1SwxjSpudeA21"

​
accountName
string
required

Account holder's name

Required string length: 8 - 64
Example:

"Daniel Scorsese"

​
bvn
string

Account holder's BVN. Optional.

Example:

"12345678"

​
expiryDate
string

Account expiry date. Optional. ⚠️Be careful with this.

Example:

"2026-01-30 12:15:00"

​
expectedAmount
number<double>

Amount the account can receive. Optional.

Example:

"200.00"

Response

Virtual account creation successful.

​
code
string
required

Response Code

Example:

"00"

​
description
string
required

Response description

Example:

"Success"

​
data
object
required