The Legal User object (SCA)
Description
Mangopay started communicating by email about SCA on Owners during February 2025. Your platform will be required to complete the necessary integrations, with specific deadlines communicated during the year.
For any questions, please contact our teams via the Dashboard.
The Legal User object represents a legal entity (legal person) like a company, non-profit or sole proprietor (read more about user types).
Mangopay users have one of two categories, indicated by UserCategory
:
PAYER
– User who can only make pay-ins to their wallets and transfers to other wallets.OWNER
– User who can also receive transfers to their wallets. Owners are able to request KYC verification, which if successful gives them theKYCLevel
ofREGULAR
and the ability to request payouts.
To enable OWNER
users to enroll in SCA, Mangopay released new versions of the user objects and new endpoints.
Guides
Read more about SCA on Owner users
Changes from non-SCA object
The changes to the Legal User object are:
- New
UserStatus
valuePENDING_USER_ACTION
indicating that the user must enroll in SCA - New response parameter
PendingUserAction.RedirectUrl
containing the SCA session URL to which the individual must be redirected (after adding an encodedreturnUrl
query parameter) - New
LegalRepresentative
object to group parameters related to the declared legal representative. This object includes the newLegalRepresentative.PhoneNumber
andLegalRepresentative.PhoneNumberCountry
, which may be used to pre-populate the user’s phone number in the SCA session
Attributes
Max. length: 255 characters
The registered legal name of the entity. The Name
value should be the one registered with the relevant national authority.
Returned values: BUSINESS, PARTNERSHIP, ORGANIZATION, SOLETRADER
The type of legal user. For information on which LegalPersonType
to use for a particular local legal structure, see the verification requirements.
Caution: Modification of the LegalPersonType
may result in a verification downgrade.
Information about the legal representative declared for the user.
The Id
of the KYC Document whose Type
is REGISTRATION_PROOF
if validated for the user. If no registration proof is validated, then this value is null
.
The Id
of the KYC Document whose Type
is SHAREHOLDERS_DECLARATION
if validated for the user. If no Shareholder Declaration is validated, then this value is null
.
The Id
of the KYC Document whose Type
is ARTICLES_OF_ASSOCIATION
if validated for the user. If no articles of association document is validated, then this value is null
.
Required if UserCategory
is OWNER
and LegalPersonType
is BUSINESS
. Returned null
if UserCategory
is PAYER
.
The registration number of the entity, assigned by the relevant national authority. For information on the expected format for a specific country, see the Company number guide. To validate the format of a number before submitting documents for verification, use POST Validate the format of User data.
Object containing the link needed for SCA redirection if triggered by the API call (otherwise returned null
).
The legally registered address of the entity’s administrative center.
This object’s sub-parameters are null
if the UserCategory
is PAYER
.
The address of the entity’s legal representative.
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 email address for the entity.
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 whoseUserCategory
isOWNER
can submit verification documents for validation. Only users whoseKYCLevel
isREGULAR
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
.
Returned 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.OWNER
– User who can also receive transfers to their wallets. Owners are able to request KYC verification, which if successful gives them theKYCLevel
ofREGULAR
and the ability to request payouts.PLATFORM
– Value assigned only by Mangopay.
Returned values: PENDING_USER_ACTION
, ACTIVE
, CLOSED
The status of the user:
PENDING_USER_ACTION
– The user must enroll in SCA before they can becomeACTIVE
.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.
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