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updatedAt: 2026-07-09T19:39:10.000Z
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# Create beneficiary

This API will create a new beneficiary. Once the account has been created, system will send an email with the credentials to the beneficiary.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.0.1",
  "info": {
    "title": "IPS Portal Rest API - V1",
    "description": "i-payout API",
    "contact": {
      "name": "i-payout tech support",
      "email": "techsupport@i-payout.com"
    },
    "license": {
      "name": "i-payout API",
      "url": "http://www.i-payout.com"
    },
    "version": "v1"
  },
  "paths": {
    "/api/v1/beneficiaries/create-spl-case": {
      "post": {
        "tags": [
          "Beneficiary"
        ],
        "summary": "Create beneficiary",
        "description": "This API will create a new beneficiary. Once the account has been created, system will send an email with the credentials to the beneficiary.",
        "operationId": "create-beneficiary-spl",
        "requestBody": {
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RegisterUserViewModel"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "Success",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiResponseCreateNewBeneficiary"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Bad Request",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiResponseCreateNewBeneficiary"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "500": {
            "description": "Server Error",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "security": [
          {
            "Bearer": [],
            "X-MerchantId": []
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "ApiResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "isSuccess": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Indicates if the API call was successful or not."
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A human readable status message that may be used for debugging.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "statusCode": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/StatusConstants"
          },
          "logIdentifier": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Utilized for support, a log identifier to provide to i-payout when requesting technical support.",
            "nullable": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "description": "Standard API Response object."
      },
      "ApiResponseCreateNewBeneficiary": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "isSuccess": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Indicates if the API call was successful or not."
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A human readable status message that may be used for debugging.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "statusCode": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/StatusConstants"
          },
          "logIdentifier": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Utilized for support, a log identifier to provide to i-payout when requesting technical support.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "data": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ApiResponseCreateNewBeneficiaryData"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "description": "Create new Beneficiary response"
      },
      "ApiResponseCreateNewBeneficiaryData": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "beneficiaryToken": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "i-payout assigned user identifier for the account",
            "nullable": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "description": "Create new Beneficiary response data."
      },
      "RegisterUserViewModel": {
        "required": [
          "emailAddress",
          "firstName",
          "lastName",
          "username"
        ],
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "username": {
            "maxLength": 300,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The unique username for the new customer."
          },
          "firstName": {
            "maxLength": 50,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The first name of the beneficiary."
          },
          "lastName": {
            "maxLength": 50,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The last name of the beneficiary."
          },
          "companyName": {
            "maxLength": 150,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The company name associated with the beneficiary.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "address1": {
            "maxLength": 250,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The primary address of the beneficiary.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "address2": {
            "maxLength": 250,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The secondary address of the beneficiary.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "city": {
            "maxLength": 150,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The city where the beneficiary resides.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "state": {
            "maxLength": 150,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The customer's state. For US users state should be in 2 character format like FL, TX.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "zipCode": {
            "maxLength": 25,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The customer's ZIP or postal code. For US users ZIP code should be in numeric format.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "country": {
            "maxLength": 2,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The customer's two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2). If not specified, default country is US.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "phoneNumber": {
            "maxLength": 50,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The phone number of the beneficiary.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "cellPhoneNumber": {
            "maxLength": 50,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The beneficiary's mobile phone number.  This number can be used for SMS notifications.",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "emailAddress": {
            "maxLength": 300,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The email address of the beneficiary."
          },
          "dateOfBirth": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The beneficiary's date of birth. It will be asked on a first user login. Format: \"yyyy-mm-dd\"",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "preferredLanguage": {
            "maxLength": 2,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The beneficiary's preferred language code that will be used for email communications. If not specified, it will be EN. Example: EN - English, ES - Spanish etc.\r\nAvailabel languages are: EN, ES, PT, FR, SK, ZH, DE, IT, HU, RU, PL, KO, JA, HI, ID, zh-CHT, NL, NB, SV, CS, DA",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "kyc": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RegisterUserViewModelKyc"
            },
            "nullable": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "description": "Request model for creating new user"
      },
      "RegisterUserViewModelKyc": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "idType": {
            "maxLength": 50,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Identity type of the beneficiary. Provide string value. SSN, CompanyTaxID,  Passport, GovernmentID, DriversLicense, SocialInsuranceNumber, CURP, RFC, ABN, SIREN",
            "nullable": true
          },
          "idNumber": {
            "maxLength": 50,
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Identity number of the beneficiary.",
            "nullable": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "StatusConstants": {
        "enum": [
          "NO_ERROR",
          "EMAIL_ADDRESS_EXISTS",
          "CAPTCHA_FAILED",
          "INVALID_REFERENCEID",
          "INVALID_OPERATION",
          "INVALID_TIN_VALIDATION_STATUS",
          "RECORD_NOT_FOUND",
          "Already_Exist",
          "Batch_Closed",
          "IP_BLACKLISTED",
          "CREDIT_CARD_PROCESSOR_ISSUE",
          "FEES_NOT_ACCEPTED",
          "PAYOUT_CAPABILITIES_DISABLED",
          "INVALID_RECURRING_PAYMENT_STATUS",
          "INVOICE_CAPABILITIES_DISABLED",
          "INVALID_EWALLET_REGISTRATION",
          "PRIVATE_KEY_ISSUE",
          "FILE_NOT_EXISTS",
          "OLDUSER_NEWUSER_MISMATCH",
          "USER_CANNOT_CREATED",
          "CANNOT_CREATE_NEW_BATCH",
          "REFERENCEID_ALREADY_EXISTS",
          "DELETE_RECORD_ERROR",
          "FX_ConversionRate_Issue",
          "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
          "IP_NOT_ALLOWED",
          "COUNTRY_NOT_ALLOWED",
          "INVALID_FIELD_VALUE_LENGTH",
          "UNAUTHORIZED_API_CALL",
          "FEE_VALUE_NOT_FOUND_FOR_CUSTOMER",
          "IPADDRESS_GENERATION_ISSUE",
          "MERCHANT_NOT_FOUND",
          "INVALID_PARAMS",
          "Missing_HEADER_PARAMS",
          "INVALID_URL",
          "INVALID_AMOUNT",
          "INVALID_CURRENCY",
          "REQUIRED_PARAMETER",
          "INVALID_REQUEST_PARAM",
          "INVALID_REQUEST_RESPONSE_PARAM",
          "INVALID_SERVER_CONFIG",
          "ACCESS_DENIED",
          "INVALID_COUNTRY_CODE",
          "PROCESSING",
          "PENDING",
          "NO_RECORDS_FOUND",
          "INVALID_MERCHANT",
          "PAL_INVALID_EMAIL",
          "INVALID_CARD_NUMBER",
          "INSUFFICIENT_FUNDS",
          "USERNAME_EXISTS",
          "USER_NOT_LOGGED_IN",
          "INVALID_CLIENT_CREDENTIALS",
          "ACCOUNT_NOT_FOUND",
          "GENERAL_ERROR",
          "CUSTOMER_NOT_FOUND",
          "INTERNAL_ERROR"
        ],
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Api response status code. For possible values, see <a target='_blank' href='https://i-payout.readme.io/reference/status-code-values' />Status Code Values </a>."
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "basic": {
        "type": "http",
        "description": "Use API username and password to get the dynamic bearer token which can be used to access all other API, Example: 'Basic 12345adfad'",
        "scheme": "basic"
      },
      "Bearer": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "description": "JWT Authorization header using the Bearer scheme.Enter 'Bearer' [space] and then your token in the text input below. Example: 'Bearer 12345abcdef'",
        "name": "Authorization",
        "in": "header"
      },
      "X-MerchantId": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "description": "Merchant Identifier (GUID)",
        "name": "X-MerchantId",
        "in": "header"
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "Bearer": [],
      "basic": [],
      "X-MerchantId": []
    }
  ]
}
```