Payees are external bank accounts to which payments can made from Fiat Accounts and Virtual Accounts. Different types of payments can be made to the same Payee depending on the bank details provided for the Payee at the time of creation.

⚠️️ Incoming change

Additional details only for USD Payees required from 30th August
To create a USD Payee, the following additional details must be provided as part of the Payee's :

  • address: State field
  • bank details:
    • IBAN + BIC (optional bank country) - for IBAN countries
    • Account Number + BIC + Bank Country - for non-IBAN countries

❗️ Incoming breaking change

Starting from April 7th, once creating Payee the address object will be required regardless of currency.
It will not be possible to create the Payee without providing this information.

Payee address can be changed (excluding the country). The format of the request does not change.

The bankDetails required for a Payee depend on the currency and the type of payment you want to make to the Payee.

CurrencyRequired FieldsSupported Payment Schemes
GBPbankDetails.accountNumber
bankDetails.routingCodeType (SORT_CODE)
bankDetails.routingCodeValue
UK Faster Payments - FPS
CHAPS - CHAPS
EURbankDetails.iban
bankDetails.bic
SEPA Credit Transfer - SCT

When a Payee is created, the response contains a paymentSchemes param which tells you the Payment Schemes via which the created Payee can be sent a payment.

"paymentSchemes":[
      "FPS",
      "CHAPS"
   ]
"paymentSchemes":[
      "SCT"
   ]

ℹ️️ Review Process

To maintain the highest standards of compliance and effectively restrict third-party payments, a Compliance Review is automatically initiated when there is a discrepancy between the Payee's name and the End User's name, ensuring all Payment processes are transparent and secure.

We work on Compliance Review during business hours.


Payee Statuses

Payee StatusDescription
CREATEDPayee has been created on Fiat Republic.
AWAITING_APPROVALPayee is going through 4 eyes check review
PROCESSINGPayee creation is ongoing.
ACTIVEPayee is active and is ready to use
REJECTEDPayee was not in line with Fiat Republic Acceptable Use Policy or creation was rejected by the Member as part of 4 eyes check
DELETEDPayee is unavailable