List Banks

GET /api/v1/banks - Retrieve supported destination banks

GET /api/v1/banks

List Banks

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.usezentra.com/api/v1/banks \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.usezentra.com/api/v1/banks"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.usezentra.com/api/v1/banks', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.usezentra.com/api/v1/banks",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.usezentra.com/api/v1/banks"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.usezentra.com/api/v1/banks")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.usezentra.com/api/v1/banks")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Fetch the currently supported banks for payout creation and related bank-directory lookups.

Endpoint

GET /api/v1/banks

Query Parameters

country · string · default: "NG"

Country code. The current reviewed default is NG.

Example Request

curl "https://api.usezentra.com/api/v1/banks?country=NG" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_KEY"

Example Response

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": [
    { "code": "058", "name": "Guaranty Trust Bank" },
    { "code": "044", "name": "Access Bank" },
    { "code": "033", "name": "United Bank for Africa" }
  ]
}

Usage Notes

• Cache bank codes in your application and refresh them periodically.
• Pair this endpoint with transfer creation and any tenant-approved beneficiary verification workflow.
• The reviewed public gateway exposes bank-directory lookup on /api/v1/banks, not under /transfers/banks.

Next Steps

Create Transfer

Initiate a bank transfer

Resolve Account

Compatibility note for beneficiary lookup flows