Initiate Collection
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"customer": {
"firstName": "Ada",
"lastName": "Okafor",
"bvn": "22212345678",
"nin": "11198765432"
},
"collectionType": "FIAT",
"currency": "NGNX",
"amount": 5000
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections"
payload = {
"customer": {
"firstName": "Ada",
"lastName": "Okafor",
"bvn": "22212345678",
"nin": "11198765432"
},
"collectionType": "FIAT",
"currency": "NGNX",
"amount": 5000
}
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
customer: {firstName: 'Ada', lastName: 'Okafor', bvn: '22212345678', nin: '11198765432'},
collectionType: 'FIAT',
currency: 'NGNX',
amount: 5000
})
};
fetch('https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'customer' => [
'firstName' => 'Ada',
'lastName' => 'Okafor',
'bvn' => '22212345678',
'nin' => '11198765432'
],
'collectionType' => 'FIAT',
'currency' => 'NGNX',
'amount' => 5000
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"customer\": {\n \"firstName\": \"Ada\",\n \"lastName\": \"Okafor\",\n \"bvn\": \"22212345678\",\n \"nin\": \"11198765432\"\n },\n \"collectionType\": \"FIAT\",\n \"currency\": \"NGNX\",\n \"amount\": 5000\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"customer\": {\n \"firstName\": \"Ada\",\n \"lastName\": \"Okafor\",\n \"bvn\": \"22212345678\",\n \"nin\": \"11198765432\"\n },\n \"collectionType\": \"FIAT\",\n \"currency\": \"NGNX\",\n \"amount\": 5000\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"customer\": {\n \"firstName\": \"Ada\",\n \"lastName\": \"Okafor\",\n \"bvn\": \"22212345678\",\n \"nin\": \"11198765432\"\n },\n \"collectionType\": \"FIAT\",\n \"currency\": \"NGNX\",\n \"amount\": 5000\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": "Ok",
"data": {
"customerId": "9b1d6a3d-df3e-4e33-9f2b-1c2e3a9b6a11",
"transactionReference": "col_9f639b9f2a4a4b0e8e0e2d9c9d7a9d3e",
"collectionType": "FIAT",
"expiresAt": "2026-08-17T10:47:00.000Z",
"account": {
"bankName": "Wema Bank",
"accountName": "Obiex-Ada Okafor",
"accountNumber": "9012345678"
}
}
}Business Collections
Initiate Collection
Initiates a fiat collection for a customer, generating a one-time virtual bank account for them to pay into. Requires a Business account. Only NGNX (fiat) collections are supported at this time.
POST
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collections
Initiate Collection
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"customer": {
"firstName": "Ada",
"lastName": "Okafor",
"bvn": "22212345678",
"nin": "11198765432"
},
"collectionType": "FIAT",
"currency": "NGNX",
"amount": 5000
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections"
payload = {
"customer": {
"firstName": "Ada",
"lastName": "Okafor",
"bvn": "22212345678",
"nin": "11198765432"
},
"collectionType": "FIAT",
"currency": "NGNX",
"amount": 5000
}
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
customer: {firstName: 'Ada', lastName: 'Okafor', bvn: '22212345678', nin: '11198765432'},
collectionType: 'FIAT',
currency: 'NGNX',
amount: 5000
})
};
fetch('https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'customer' => [
'firstName' => 'Ada',
'lastName' => 'Okafor',
'bvn' => '22212345678',
'nin' => '11198765432'
],
'collectionType' => 'FIAT',
'currency' => 'NGNX',
'amount' => 5000
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"customer\": {\n \"firstName\": \"Ada\",\n \"lastName\": \"Okafor\",\n \"bvn\": \"22212345678\",\n \"nin\": \"11198765432\"\n },\n \"collectionType\": \"FIAT\",\n \"currency\": \"NGNX\",\n \"amount\": 5000\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"customer\": {\n \"firstName\": \"Ada\",\n \"lastName\": \"Okafor\",\n \"bvn\": \"22212345678\",\n \"nin\": \"11198765432\"\n },\n \"collectionType\": \"FIAT\",\n \"currency\": \"NGNX\",\n \"amount\": 5000\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.obiex.finance/v1/collections")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"customer\": {\n \"firstName\": \"Ada\",\n \"lastName\": \"Okafor\",\n \"bvn\": \"22212345678\",\n \"nin\": \"11198765432\"\n },\n \"collectionType\": \"FIAT\",\n \"currency\": \"NGNX\",\n \"amount\": 5000\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": "Ok",
"data": {
"customerId": "9b1d6a3d-df3e-4e33-9f2b-1c2e3a9b6a11",
"transactionReference": "col_9f639b9f2a4a4b0e8e0e2d9c9d7a9d3e",
"collectionType": "FIAT",
"expiresAt": "2026-08-17T10:47:00.000Z",
"account": {
"bankName": "Wema Bank",
"accountName": "Obiex-Ada Okafor",
"accountNumber": "9012345678"
}
}
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