BVN
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country
NG
id_type
BVN
id_number
Bank verification number
Country
YES
IDType
YES
IDNumber
YES
IssuanceDate
YES
ExpirationDate
N/A
FullName
YES
DOB
YES
Photo
YES
PhoneNumber
YES
PhoneNumber2
IF AVAILABLE
Document
NO
Gender
YES
Address
YES
All fields are returned as string
To limit the probability of your user mistyping the id number, we advice that you enforce the format of the id number field in your app. You can use the regex below:
/^[0-9]{11}$/
The Nigeria BVN can be used on any of the following products:
⚠ Important: For Basic KYC, we can only match the following fields: first_name, middle_name, last_name, gender, dob, phone_number.
To test the Nigeria BVN in our Sandbox, we provide you with 5 different id numbers to mirror various scenarios you can experience with real IDs in production.
00000000000
Success with PII return
1012
00000000001
Failure, no record found
1013
00000000002
Invalid ID number format
1014
00000000003
Database unavailable/unknown network issue
1015
00000000004*
Success with custom PII return
1012
For the supported integration options, you can check the integration options supported by each product .
* to get a successful Biometric KYC, you will need to pass a custom photo. You can read more about customising the PII response in sandbox in our documentation .