Citi

Citi Beneficiary Validation API

Before initiating payment, POST beneficiary validation details to confirm that you are sending to the correct beneficiary. Validating beneficiary information is a two-step process: 1. Make a POST request to the `/paymentservices/v1/beneficiaryvalidations` endpoint and include the required information inside the payload of the request to initiate the transaction. You will receive an initial response, usually within 5 seconds, verifying that your request was received and indicating whether it was accepted. If your request was not accepted, check the request and resubmit it. 2. When you receive the response to your POST request, retrieve the beneficiary details by making a GET request to the `/paymentservices/v1/beneficiaryvalidations/UETR`value endpoint, using the UETR value from your initial response.

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Operations 3

POST /paymentservices/v1/beneficiaryvalidations Validating the beneficiary account details #

GET /paymentservices/v1/beneficiaryvalidations/{uetr} Inquire for the latest status of a beneficiary validation using UETR #

GET /payment/beneficiarysearch Retrieve the Beneficiary details for a given debit and credit account number of… #

Documentation

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/authentication/authentication-only-guide

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/authentication/authentication-api-reference

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/citi/refs/heads/main/authentication/citi-authentication.yml

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/account-reporting/balances/balances-overview

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/account-reporting/balances/balances-api-reference

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/outgoing-payments/payments/payments-overview

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/outgoing-payments/payments/payments-api-reference

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/accept-payments/online-payment-acceptance/online-payment-acceptance-overview

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/accept-payments/online-payment-acceptance/online-payment-acceptance-api-reference

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/commercial-cards/virtual-cards/commercial-cards-overview

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/commercial-cards/virtual-cards/virtual-cards-api-reference

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/fx/gateway/citifx-gateway-overview

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/fx/instant-fx/instant-fx-overview

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/custody/accounts/accounts-overview

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/custody/safekeeping-positions/safekeeping-positions-api-reference

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/transfer-agency/accounts/accounts-overview

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/transfer-agency/accounts/accounts-api-reference

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/open-banking/ukraine-open-banking/ukraine-open-banking-overview

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/open-banking/ukraine-open-banking/ukraine-bank-data-sharing-api-reference

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/trade/standby-letters-of-credit/trade-overview

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/trade/standby-letters-of-credit/trade-api-reference

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/gateway-services/gateway-services-user-guide

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/gateway-services/gateway-services-api-reference

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/additional-payment-services/additional-payment-services/additional-payment-services-overview

https://developer.citi.com/apidocs/additional-payment-services/additional-payment-services/additional-payment-services-api-reference

Specifications

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Other Resources

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Instant Payments Beneficiary Validation API
  description: 'Use the Citi Payments Express API to initiate these types of transaction and check their status:

    * Instant Payments

    * Payment Messages

    * Refunds

    * Beneficiary Validation


    **Note:** The Citi Payments Express API is for direct payments and refunds. To send payments or refunds to a third-party account or via a proxy, use the CitiConnect Payments API'
  contact:
    name: Standards & Developer Hub
    url: https://tts.sandbox.developer.citi.com/citiconnect/
    email: developer-support@citi.com
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://b2b.api.icg.citi.com/citiconnect/prod
  description: production gateway url
- url: https://sandbox.b2b.api.icg.citi.com/citiconnect/sb
  description: 'sbox url '
tags:


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