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Account - merchant level

Request to activate a merchant account

Sends a request to activate the merchant account identified in the path.

You get the result of the activation asynchronously through a merchant.updated webhook. Once the merchant account is activated, you can start using it to accept payments and payouts.

Use this endpoint if your integration requires it, such as Adyen for Platforms Manage. Your Adyen contact will set up your access.

To make this request, your API credential must have the following roles:

  • Management API—Accounts read and write
post/merchants/{merchantId}/activate

Path parameters

merchantIdstring required

The unique identifier of the merchant account.

Response

OK - the request has succeeded.

companyIdstring

The unique identifier of the company account.

merchantIdstring

The unique identifier of the merchant account you requested to activate.