Countries

List supported banks for a country

get/client/countries/{country}/banks

Return the active list of supported banks for a given country. Use the returned `id` as the `bankCode` value when creating an account verification.

Authorization

Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Path parameters

countrystringrequired

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g. `NG`, `ET`, `ZM`, `TZ`). Case-insensitive.

Response

banksobject[]required

List of active banks supported for the requested country.

Show child attributes

idstringrequired

Bank code. Pass this exact value as `bankCode` when calling /verify/account.

namestringrequired

Display name of the bank.

Request

curl -X GET 'https://api.lira.com/api/v1/client/countries/{country}/banks' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN'

const response = await fetch('https://api.lira.com/api/v1/client/countries/{country}/banks', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.lira.com/api/v1/client/countries/{country}/banks",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"},
)

data = response.json()

Response

{
  "banks": [
    {
      "id": "231402",
      "name": "Commercial Bank of Ethiopia"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "message": "NG Account Number verification is not enabled for your organisation.",
  "code": "SERVICE_NOT_ENABLED",
  "action": {
    "type": "CONTACT_ADMIN",
    "hint": "Ask your administrator to enable NG Account Number verification in the Lira dashboard."
  }
}