ClearBank Customer Due Diligence API
The Customer Due Diligence API from ClearBank — 1 operation(s) for customer due diligence.
The Customer Due Diligence API from ClearBank — 1 operation(s) for customer due diligence.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Customer Due Diligence API
version: 1.0know-your-customer
tags:
- name: Customer Due Diligence
paths:
/customer-due-diligence/v1/retail/onboard:
post:
description: Use this endpoint to conduct KYC checks for a new retail customer. If the checks pass, the provided details are then used to create a new retail customer.
parameters:
- name: Authorization
in: header
description: Your API token, retrieved from the web portal.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: DigitalSignature
in: header
description: Signed hash of the body of the request. The hash is signed by your private key.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: X-Request-Id
in: header
description: A unique identifier for the request.
required: true
schema:
type: string
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RetailCustomerCheckRequest'
text/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RetailCustomerCheckRequest'
application/*+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RetailCustomerCheckRequest'
responses:
'202':
description: Accepted
content:
text/plain:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RetailCustomerCheckResponse'
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RetailCustomerCheckResponse'
text/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RetailCustomerCheckResponse'
'400':
description: Bad Request
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
tags:
- Customer Due Diligence
components:
schemas:
Address:
required:
- countryCode
- postalCode
- streetName
anyOf:
- required:
- buildingName
- required:
- buildingNumber
type: object
properties:
buildingName:
maxLength: 255
pattern: ^(?=.*[a-zA-Z0-9])[a-zA-Z0-9 ,.'()\-]+$
type:
- string
- 'null'
example: null
description: The building's name at this address. You must provide either this and/or a buildingNumber.
buildingNumber:
maxLength: 255
pattern: ^(?=.*[a-zA-Z0-9])[a-zA-Z0-9 ,.'()\-]+$
type:
- string
- 'null'
example: '270'
description: The building's number at this address. You must provide either this and/or a buildingName.
subBuilding:
maxLength: 255
pattern: ^(?=.*[a-zA-Z0-9])[a-zA-Z0-9 ,.'()\-]+$
type:
- string
- 'null'
example: null
description: Details of the sub-building at this address, such as an annexe, apartment, or flat.
streetName:
maxLength: 50
minLength: 1
pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9\-',.() ]+$
type: string
example: Long Road
description: The street of the customer's address.
city:
maxLength: 40
pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9\-',.() ]+$
type:
- string
- 'null'
example: York
description: The postal city of the customer's address.
county:
maxLength: 40
pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9\-',.() ]+$
type:
- string
- 'null'
example: Yorkshire
description: The county of the customer's address.
postalCode:
maxLength: 10
minLength: 2
pattern: ^([Gg][Ii][Rr] 0[Aa]{2})|((([A-Za-z][0-9]{1,2})|(([A-Za-z][A-Ha-hJ-Yj-y][0-9]{1,2})|(([A-Za-z][0-9][A-Za-z])|([A-Za-z][A-Ha-hJ-Yj-y][0-9]?[A-Za-z])))) [0-9][A-Za-z]{2})$
type: string
example: YO31 7UH
description: The postal code of the customer's address. This must be formatted as a UK postcode, including the appropriate use of whitespace.
countryCode:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CountryCode'
description: The country of the customer's address, represented as an ISO 3166 Alpha-3 country-code.
additionalProperties: false
ProblemDetails:
type: object
properties:
type:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: A URI reference [RFC3986] that identifies a problem type. When dereferenced, it provides a human-readable documentation for the problem type. When not present, default value is assumed to be 'about:blank'.
title:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.
status:
type:
- integer
- 'null'
format: int32
description: The HTTP status code ([RFC7231], Section 6) generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.
detail:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: A human-readable explanation of what went wrong. It can include specifics about the issue, missing parameters, or invalid data.
instance:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: A URL reference to a retrieve more information about the error, if available.
additionalProperties: {}
PersonName:
required:
- firstName
- surname
type: object
properties:
firstName:
maxLength: 40
minLength: 1
pattern: ^[a-zA-Z.'\- ]+$
type: string
example: Adrien
middleName:
maxLength: 100
pattern: ^[a-zA-Z.'\- ]+$
type:
- string
- 'null'
example: Edin
surname:
maxLength: 40
minLength: 1
pattern: ^[a-zA-Z.'\- ]+$
type: string
example: Reed-Myers
additionalProperties: false
CustomerData:
required:
- currentAddress
- dateOfBirth
- email
- name
- nationalInsuranceNumber
- nationality
- taxResidency
type: object
properties:
name:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonName'
description: The customer's full name. Their first name and surname are required.
dateOfBirth:
type: string
format: date
example: '1976-01-26'
maxLength: 10
description: 'The customer''s date of birth, formatted: yyyy-MM-dd.'
nationality:
minItems: 1
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CountryCode'
description: An array containing the customer's nationalities as ISO 3166 Alpha-3 country-codes. You can provide multiple values for customers with more than one nationality. Does not accept US nationals.
example:
- GBR
- IRL
taxResidency:
minItems: 1
maxItems: 1
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CountryCode'
description: An array containing the country the customer resides in for tax purposes, represented as an ISO 3166 Alpha-3 country-code. Currently does not accept more than one country.
example:
- GBR
nationalInsuranceNumber:
minLength: 9
maxLength: 9
pattern: ^[a-zA-Z]{2}\d{6}[a-zA-Z]$
example: AB112233C
type: string
description: The UK National Insurance (NI) number of the customer. Should not include whitespace.
email:
type: string
format: email
example: example@emailprovider.co.uk
description: The customer's email address.
mobile:
pattern: ^(?:[+][1-9])?\d{11,14}$
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: The customer's international mobile number, including its country-code prefix. For example '+44' for UK numbers. The use of '+' is optional.
example: '+447725666777'
currentAddress:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Address'
description: The customer's current residential address.
idvEmailsEnabled:
type: boolean
default: true
description: If set to false, you'll receive Additional Info Required webhooks.
additionalProperties: false
RetailCustomerCheckRequest:
required:
- customerData
type: object
properties:
customerData:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerData'
additionalProperties: false
RetailCustomerCheckResponse:
type: object
properties:
applicationId:
type: string
format: uuid
example: aac7c700-1ea6-5664-8804-ceeb066d3cf5
description: A unique ID for each submitted application. Use this to identify which application a corresponding webhook pertains to.
additionalProperties: false
CountryCode:
format: ISO 3166 Alpha-3 country-code
type: string
example: GBR