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  1. Reserved Account
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      GET
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      GET
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      POST
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      POST
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      POST
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      POST
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      POST
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    • Banks
      GET
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      GET
  • Reserved Account
    • Overview
    • Get Reserved Accounts
      GET
    • Get Reserved Account By Reference
      GET
    • Get Reserved Account
      GET
    • Update Reserved Account
      PUT
    • Delete Reserved Account
      DELETE
    • Create Reserved Account
      POST
  1. Reserved Account

Create Reserved Account

POST
https://devapi.collect.africa/reserved_accounts
Last modified:2025-04-19 09:05:16
Create a reserved account

Request

Authorization
Provide your bearer token in the
Authorization
header when making requests to protected resources.
Example:
Authorization: Bearer ********************
Body Params application/json

Example
{
    "RAW_BODY": "string",
    "email": "test@collect.africa",
    "bvn": "22200000000",
    "account_name": "John Doe",
    "phone_number": "+23480000000000",
    "metadata": {}
}

Request samples

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Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
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curl --location --request POST 'https://devapi.collect.africa/reserved_accounts' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "RAW_BODY": "string",
    "email": "test@collect.africa",
    "bvn": "22200000000",
    "account_name": "John Doe",
    "phone_number": "+23480000000000",
    "metadata": {}
}'

Responses

🟢200OK
application/json
200
Body

Example
{
    "message": "Reserved account created successfully",
    "data": {
        "id": 44,
        "status": "active",
        "account_name": "John Doe",
        "account_number": "7995441901",
        "email": "test@collect.africa",
        "bvn": "22200000000",
        "phone_number": "+23480000000",
        "reference": "ca-va-78",
        "bank_code": "035",
        "bank_name": "Alat",
        "currency": "NGN",
        "country": "NG",
        "metadata": null,
        "created_at": "2022-01-12T14:39:09.519Z",
        "updated_at": "2022-01-12T14:39:09.519Z"
    }
}
🟠400Bad Request
Modified at 2025-04-19 09:05:16
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