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 the KYCLevel of REGULAR 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 value PENDING_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 encoded returnUrl query parameter)
  • New LegalRepresentative object to group parameters related to the declared legal representative. This object includes the new LegalRepresentative.PhoneNumber and LegalRepresentative.PhoneNumberCountry, which may be used to pre-populate the user’s phone number in the SCA session

Attributes

Name
string

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.

ProofOfRegistration
string

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.

ShareholderDeclaration
string

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.

Statute
string

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.

CompanyNumber
string

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.

PendingUserAction
object

Object containing the link needed for SCA redirection if triggered by the API call (otherwise returned null).

HeadquartersAddress
object

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.

Id
string

The unique identifier of the object.

Tag
string

Max. length: 255 characters

Custom data that you can add to this object.

CreationDate
timestamp

The date and time at which the object was created.

PersonType
string

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.

Email
string

Format: A valid email address

The email address for the entity.

KYCLevel
string

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.
TermsAndConditionsAccepted
boolean

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.

TermsAndConditionsAcceptedDate
timestamp

The date and time at which the TermsAndConditionsAccepted value was set to true.

Returned null if UserCategory is PAYER.

UserCategory
string

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 the KYCLevel of REGULAR and the ability to request payouts.
  • PLATFORM – Value assigned only by Mangopay.
UserStatus
string

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.