Register a Natural Payer or Owner (with SCA enrollment)
Note – SCA triggered for Owners
If UserCategory
is OWNER
, this endpoint triggers SCA enrollment. Your platform needs to use the returned PendingUserAction.RedirectUrl
(and add an encoded returnUrl
query parameter) to redirect the user so they can enroll.
Read more about how to redirect them in the SCA session guide.
Note – Country-based restrictions apply to users
Due to Mangopay’s country restrictions, it is not possible to use blocked countries as the following:
Nationality
CountryOfResidence
Address.Country
Min. length: 1; max. length: 100
The first name of the individual.
Min. length: 1; max. length: 100
The last name of the individual.
Required if UserCategory
is OWNER
. Returned null
if UserCategory
is PAYER
.
The date of birth of the individual.
Note: This is a Unix timestamp in UTC. Ensure you convert your timezone to UTC to avoid midnight being interpreted as the day before.
Format: Two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 format)
Required if UserCategory
is OWNER
. Returned null
if UserCategory
is PAYER
.
The nationality of the individual.
Format: Two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 format)
Required if UserCategory
is OWNER
. Returned null
if UserCategory
is PAYER
.
The country of residence of the individual.
Max. length: 255 characters
Returned null
if UserCategory
is PAYER
.
The occupation of the individual.
Allowed values: 1
, 2
, 3
, 4
, 5
, 6
, null
Returned null
if UserCategory
is PAYER
.
The bracket indicating the income of the individual. The brackets are:
Max. length: 255 characters
Custom data that you can add to this object.
Format: A valid email address
The individual’s email address.
Format: International E.164 standard (preceded by plus sign and country code) or local format
The individual’s phone number. The local format (recommended) requires PhoneNumberCountry
to ensure correct formatting.
If present, the phone number forms part of card transaction data that is passed to issuers to improve authentication rates.
For users with UserCategory
OWNER
, the phone number is used to pre-populate the SCA session for them to confirm and receive an SMS OTP. If the individual modifies the phone number during the session, this data is not updated in the API.
Format: Two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 format)
Required if the PhoneNumber
is provided in local format (recommended), to render the value in the E.164 standard.
The postal address of the user.
Whether the user has accepted Mangopay’s terms and conditions (as defined by your contract, see the T&Cs guide for details).
Must be true
if UserCategory
is OWNER
.
Allowed values: PAYER
, OWNER
The category of the user:
PAYER
– User who can only make pay-ins to their wallets and transfers to other wallets (as well as refunds for pay-ins and transfers).OWNER
– User who can also receive transfers to their wallets. Owners are able to request KYC verification, which if successful gives them the KYCLevel
of REGULAR
and the ability to request payouts.200
Min. length: 1; max. length: 100
The first name of the individual.
Min. length: 1; max. length: 100
The last name of the individual.
Returned null
if UserCategory
is PAYER
.
The date of birth of the individual.
Note: This is a Unix timestamp in UTC. Ensure you convert your timezone to UTC to avoid midnight being interpreted as the day before.
Returned null
if UserCategory
is PAYER
.
The nationality of the individual.
Returned null
if UserCategory
is PAYER
.
The country of residence of the individual.
Max. length: 255 characters
The occupation of the individual.
Returned null
if UserCategory
is PAYER
.
Returned null
if UserCategory
is PAYER
.
The bracket indicating the income of the individual. The brackets are:
The Id
of the KYC Document whose Type
is IDENTITY_PROOF
if validated for the user. If no identity proof is validated, then this value is null
.
The Id
of the KYC Document whose Type
is ADDRESS_PROOF
if validated for the user. If no address proof is validated, then this value is null
.
This is a deprecated parameter.
Format: International E.164 standard (preceded by plus sign and country code) or local format
The individual’s phone number. The local format (recommended) requires PhoneNumberCountry
to ensure correct formatting.
If present, the phone number forms part of card transaction data that is passed to issuers to improve authentication rates.
For users with UserCategory
OWNER
, the phone number is used to pre-populate the SCA session for them to confirm and receive an SMS OTP. If the individual modifies the phone number during the session, this data is not updated in the API.
Format: Two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 format)
Required if the PhoneNumber
is provided in local format (recommended), to render the value in the E.164 standard.
The postal address of the user.
Object containing the link needed for SCA redirection if triggered by the API call (otherwise returned null
).
Max length: 128 characters (see data formats for details)
The unique identifier of the object.
Max. length: 255 characters
Custom data that you can add to this object.
The date and time at which the object was created.
Returned values: NATURAL, LEGAL
The type of the user:
NATURAL
– Natural users are individuals (natural persons).LEGAL
– Legal users are legal entities (legal persons) like companies, non-profits, and sole proprietors.The PersonType
is defined by the endpoint used to create the user and can’t be modified.
Format: A valid email address
The individual’s email address.
Default value: LIGHT
Returned values: LIGHT
, REGULAR
The verification status of the user set by Mangopay:
LIGHT
– Unverified, assigned by default to all users.REGULAR
– Verified, meaning the user has successfully completed the verification process and had the necessary documents validated by Mangopay. Only users whose UserCategory
is OWNER
can submit verification documents for validation. Only users whose KYCLevel
is REGULAR
can request payouts.Whether the user has accepted Mangopay’s terms and conditions (as defined by your contract, see the T&Cs guide for details).
Must be true
if UserCategory
is OWNER
.
The date and time at which the TermsAndConditionsAccepted
value was set to true
.
Returned null
if UserCategory
is PAYER
.
Possible values: PAYER
, OWNER
, PLATFORM
The category of the user:
PAYER
– User who can only make pay-ins to their wallets and transfers to other wallets (as well as refunds for pay-ins and transfers).OWNER
– User who can also receive transfers to their wallets. Owners are able to request KYC verification, which if successful gives them the KYCLevel
of REGULAR
and the ability to request payouts.PLATFORM
– Single specific user that represents the platform. The PLATFORM
value is only assigned by Mangopay and may be used as part of the validated workflow implemented by the platform.Returned values: PENDING_USER_ACTION
, ACTIVE
, CLOSED
The status of the user:
PENDING_USER_ACTION
– The user must enroll in SCA before they can become ACTIVE
.ACTIVE
– The user account is active and the user can access Mangopay features.CLOSED
– The user account is permanently closed. This value is used by Mangopay to close an account following the procedure outlined in the terms and conditions.400 - First name or last name identified as fake
Read more about Mangopay’s AML rule preventing fake names →
400 - Invalid email
400 - Restricted country
Read more about country restrictions →
403 - TermsAndConditionsAccepted must be true if OWNER