United Arab Emirates (UAE) Beneficiary

You can make payments to any of the supported United Arab Emirate bank account on our list. Funds will typically be settled in the beneficiary's account within 24 hours. Please note that transactions are not processed on weekends or public holidays, which may cause delays in settlement.

Here is a sample request to add an UAE beneficiary:

cURL

curl --location '{{sandboxURL}}/beneficiaries' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{APIKEY}}' \
--data '{
    "reference": "51c306e6-5572-4128-a539-2cde9f4f87b6",
    "callbackUrl": "https://webhook.site/#!/view/6b0498da-4d10-49f4-9157-d373e22da4d2",
    "customerEmail": "jay@email.com",
    "country": "AE",
    "currency": "AED",
    "destination": {
        "type": "BANK",
        "accountName": "Umar Yousef",
        "accountNumber": "AE600975694143260000001",
        "bankCode": 4004,
        "remittancePurpose": "SERVICE_CHARGES",
        "sender": {
            "type": "BUSINESS",
            "accountName": "Tom and co",
            "country": "Canada",
            "postCode": "T2P 2M5",
            "address": "800 Macleod Trail S.E.",
            "city": "Calgary",
            "businessRegistrationNumber": "P9878788989"
        },
        "beneficiary": {
            "type": "INDIVIDUAL",
            "country": "AE",
            "city": "Dubai",
            "address": "123 some street"
        }
    }
}'

The parameters for adding beneficiary UAE bank accounts are

Parameter	Description	Required
type	The type of destination. Must be "BANK".	✅
accountName	Name of the beneficiary's account. `A space separated first and last name must be provided for individual beneficiaries e.g John Doe`	✅
accountNumber	The IBAN of the beneficiary.	✅
bankCode	The UAE bank code `See a list of UAE bank codes` `here` (opens in a new tab)	✅
remittancePurpose	Purpose of the remittance. `See accepted remittance purposes` `here` (opens in a new tab)	✅
sender	Sender information. Expanded based on sender[type].	✅
beneficiary	Beneficiary information.	✅

Sender Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
sender[type]	Type of sender (BUSINESS or INDIVIDUAL).	✅
sender[accountName]	Name of the sender's account. `A space separated first and last name must be provided for individual senders e.g John Doe`	✅
sender[country]	Sender's country.	✅
sender[city]	Sender's city.	✅
sender[address]	Sender's address.	✅
sender[postCode]	Sender's postcode.	✅
sender[dateOfBirth]	Sender's date of birth. `Only if sender is INDIVIDUAL. It must be in the format YYYY-MM-DD e.g 2025-03-21.`
sender[countryOfBirth]	Sender's country of birth. `Only if sender is INDIVIDUAL`.
sender[businessRegistrationNumber]	Business registration number `Only if sender is BUSINESS`.

Beneficiary Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
beneficiary[type]	Type of beneficiary, either "BUSINESS" or "INDIVIDUAL".	✅
beneficiary[country, city, address]	Beneficiary's address details: country, city and address.	✅

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