Activate

First Activation

First activation is only applicable to Physical Cards. Virtual Cards are activated once created.

Before being able to make any transaction, a Physical Card has to be activated. In order to do so, you need to use the "Activate Card" endpoint, which requires the Truncated PAN (4 last digits of the PAN).

This field is not displayed in the card information, as long as it is not activated. Once activated, you will have access to the truncated PAN and display it to your clients.

The only way to get this Truncated PAN is to have the physical card in hands ! This procedure is intended to prevent frauds and only allows the Cardholder/Enduser to proceed with his card activation, either directly in the API or through the Partner.

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{
  "truncatedPan": "1111"
}

In Sandbox, truncatedPan can be retrieve with the dedicated endpoint. See "Tools - Sandbox Simulation" section.

Once the physical card will be first activated, address status will change from "VALID or INVALID" to "VERIFIED". Then, you will be sure that your Enduser lives at the registered address."

Activation after being suspended

If a card has previously been suspended (status: SUSPENDED), it can be activated again using the "Activate a Card" endpoint.

This time, no need to provide the truncatedPan, Request Body can contain truncatedPan or can remain empty like this :

{
}

Once re-activated, Card can be used for transactions again.