Bank Account Verification in Cameroon

Verify a Cameroonian mobile-money account and retrieve the account holder's name before initiating a transfer.

Cameroon account verification routes through the mobile-money operator's network. Most accounts in the Cameroonian market are held with MTN Mobile Money.

Prerequisites

You'll need an API key. See Quickstart or Authentication if you don't have one yet.

Note: Verification endpoints use an API key in the X-API-Key header — not a Bearer token.

Make the verification request

curl -X POST https://api.lira.com/api/v1/verify/account \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "accountNumber": "6000000001",
    "country": "CM",
    "bankCode": "MTN"
  }'

Request body fields

Note: mode: "async" is not supported for Cameroon in v1. All CM verifications are synchronous.

Supported operators

Read the result

Successful verification

{
  "id": "a1b2c3d4-...-...-...-...",
  "status": "success",
  "verificationType": "ACCOUNT_NUMBER",
  "identifier": "6000000001",
  "country": "CM",
  "verifiedAt": "2026-04-24T10:05:00.000Z",
  "verified": true,
  "accountNumber": "6000000001",
  "accountName": "Test Nkomo",
  "bankCode": "MTN"
}

Failed verification

{
  "id": "a1b2c3d4-...-...-...-...",
  "status": "failed",
  "verificationType": "ACCOUNT_NUMBER",
  "identifier": "6000000001",
  "country": "CM",
  "verifiedAt": "2026-04-24T10:05:00.000Z",
  "verified": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "ACCOUNT_NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "No account found for the provided details"
  }
}

Note: A 200 OK HTTP response does not mean the verification succeeded. Always check the status field.

Error handling

For the full error code reference, see Errors.

Next steps

• Phone Number in Cameroon — verify Cameroonian mobile-money subscribers
• Bank Account Overview — general bank account verification guide
• Errors — complete error code reference