---
title: "Create account holder verification"
method: POST
path: "/v3/account-holder-verifications/requests"
tags: ["Account Holder Verification"]
---

# Create account holder verification

`POST /v3/account-holder-verifications/requests`

Create a request to verify that the provided account holder name matches the name associated with the provided bank account.

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, bearer JWT, required
- `Idempotency-Key` string, required

## Request body

- CreateAccountHolderVerification
  - `account_holder_name` string, required — Name of the account holder to verify.
  - `account_identifier` union, required — The identifer of the account holder's account.
    - object — The sort code and account number.
      - `type` 'sort_code_account_number', required — The type of account identifier.
      - `sort_code` string, required — 6 digit sort code (no spaces or dashes).
      - `account_number` string, required — 8 digit account number.
    - object — The international bank account number.
      - `type` 'iban', required — The type of account identifier.
      - `iban` string, required — Valid International Bank Account Number (no spaces). Consists of a 2 letter country code, followed by 2 check digits, and then by up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

## Response `202`

Account holder verification

- object
  - `id` string, uuid, required — ID of the account holder verification request

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `409` — Idempotency-Key Concurrency Conflict
- `422` — Idempotency-Key Reuse
- `500` — Internal Server Error

---

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