Account Validation (AIS)

SmarterPay has introduced Account Validation Services, accessed through SmarterPay Cloud and SmarterPay Cloud API.

Account Validation can help avoid payment fraud, and manage risk, by verifying bank account ownership.

Please speak to your account manager, or sales, to find out prices and to enable the service on your account.

1. An applicable record is created in SmarterPay Cloud, using either the Portal or the API, requesting validation.
2. An Account Validation record is created in SmarterPay Cloud.
3. A Link is returned, for API requests, or displayed, in the Portal, for the requesting record.
4. The Link is sent to the customer.
5. The customer uses the link to authenticate their details.
6. The authentication result is passed back to SmarterPay Cloud.
7. The affected records are updated as applicable.

Account validation is in the following areas of SmarterPay Cloud and SmarterPay Cloud API:

• API - Account Validation Details
  • API Endpoint
• API - Creating a Mandate
  • Optional “account_validation” property in the POST request
• API - Modulus Check
  • Optional “account_validation” property in the POST request
• Portal - Creation of a Mandate
  • “Account Validation” checkbox in the form
• Portal - Mandate Details
  • “Account Validation URL” field in the details
• Portal - Editing A Subscription
  • “account_validation.create” and “account_validation.update” in the Events
• Webhook - Account Validation Event
  • Event. Note: For V2 webhooks only.
• Webhook - Mandate Event
  • “account_validation” object in the Mandate Event