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POST
/
identity
/
identities
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.paxos.com/v2/identity/identities \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "person_details": {
    "verifier_type": "PASSTHROUGH",
    "passthrough_verifier_type": "JUMIO",
    "passthrough_verified_at": "2021-06-16T09:28:14Z",
    "first_name": "John",
    "last_name": "Doe",
    "date_of_birth": "1980-01-01",
    "phone_number": "+1 555 678 1234",
    "email": "example@somemail.org",
    "cip_id": "111-11-1234",
    "cip_id_type": "SSN",
    "cip_id_country": "USA",
    "nationality": "USA",
    "address": {
      "country": "USA",
      "address1": "1 Example St",
      "city": "New York",
      "province": "NY",
      "zip_code": "10001"
    },
    "metadata": {
      "custom_property1": "custom value 1",
      "custom_property2": "custom value 2"
    }
  },
  "ref_id": "33ece656-eef1-43b5-a851-b6b9099089a5"
}
'
{
  "created_at": "2022-02-15T05:46:50.957068Z",
  "id": "36ae1728-c54a-4046-86df-8a413e0ab9b3",
  "person_details": {
    "additional_screening_status": "PENDING",
    "address": {
      "address1": "1 Example St",
      "city": "New York",
      "country": "USA",
      "province": "NY",
      "zip_code": "10001"
    },
    "cip_id": "111-11-1234",
    "cip_id_country": "USA",
    "cip_id_type": "SSN",
    "date_of_birth": "1980-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "first_name": "John",
    "govt_id": "111-11-1234",
    "govt_id_type": "SSN",
    "id_verification_status": "APPROVED",
    "last_name": "Doe",
    "nationality": "USA",
    "passthrough_verified_at": "2021-06-16T09:28:14Z",
    "passthrough_verifier_type'": "JUMIO",
    "sanctions_verification_status": "PENDING",
    "verifier_type": "PASSTHROUGH"
  },
  "ref_id": "33ece656-eef1-43b5-a851-b6b9099089a5",
  "summary_status": "PENDING",
  "tax_details": [
    {
      "tax_payer_country": "USA",
      "tax_payer_id": "111-11-1234"
    }
  ],
  "type": "PERSON",
  "updated_at": "2022-02-15T05:46:50.957068Z"
}
OAuth Scope
identity:write_identity

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Paxos APIs use OAuth 2 with the client credentials grant flow.

Token URLs:

Learn more in the API credentials guide →

Body

application/json
​
person_details
object
​
metadata
object
​
ref_id
string

A user-facing ID to prevent duplicate identity creation. Unique for all identities created by the same API user.

​
institution_details
object
​
institution_members
Institution members if identity type is institution · object[]
​
tax_details
object[]

List of tax details associated with the identity. Must be set if tax_details_not_required is false or not set.

​
tax_details_not_required
boolean

Set to true if tax details are not legally required.

​
customer_due_diligence
object
​
is_merchant
boolean

Set to true to indicate that this identity is a merchant.

Response

A successful response.

​
id
string
required
​
metadata
object
​
summary_status
enum<string>
Available options:
PENDING,
ERROR,
APPROVED,
DENIED,
DISABLED
​
user_disabled
boolean
​
admin_disabled
boolean
​
person_details
object
​
type
enum<string>
Available options:
PERSON,
INSTITUTION
​
ref_id
string

A user-facing ID to prevent duplicate account creation. Unique for all accounts created by the same API user.

​
institution_details
object
​
institution_members
members associated with institution identity type · object[]
​
created_at
string<date-time>

The time at which the identity is created at. RFC3339 format, like YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.sssZ. ex: 2006-01-02T15:04:05Z.

​
updated_at
string<date-time>

The time at which the identity is updated at. RFC3339 format, like YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.sssZ. ex: 2006-01-02T15:04:05Z.

​
tax_details
tax payer details · object[]
​
tax_details_not_required
boolean
​
summary_tin_verification_status
enum<string>

The TIN verification status for the associated tax_payer_id.

Available options:
TIN_VERIFICATION_PENDING,
TIN_VERIFICATION_ERROR,
TIN_VERIFICATION_VALID
​
customer_due_diligence
object
​
is_merchant
boolean

True if the identity is a merchant.

​
last_kyc_refresh_date
string<date-time>

The last timestamp the identity has undergone a periodic kyc refresh. RFC3339 format, like YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.sssZ. ex: 2006-01-02T15:04:05Z.