---
title: "Create Customer"
method: POST
path: "/v1/customers"
tags: ["public.customers"]
---

# Create Customer

`POST /v1/customers`

Creates a new customer or returns the existing customer for the authenticated merchant.

## Request body

- CreateCustomerRequest
  - `email` string, required
  - `first_name` string
  - `last_name` string

## Response `201`

Created

- CustomerResponse
  - `capabilities` CustomerCapability[]
    - `name` string — Name is the customer capability identifier. Currently returned values are "base" and "usd_banking".
    - `status` string — Status is the capability state. Returned values are "approved", "pending", "information_requested", "rejected", or "missing".
  - `created_at` string
  - `email` string
  - `first_name` string
  - `id` string
  - `is_verified` boolean
  - `last_name` string
  - `paystack_funding_account_readiness` PaystackFundingAccountReadiness
    - `account_number_last4` string
    - `bank_code` string
    - `missing_fields` string[]
    - `status` 'READY' | 'REQUIRES_INFORMATION'
    - `updated_at` string
  - `rejection_reasons` string[] — RejectionReasons contains the current blocking verification/capability issues. It is empty after approval.
  - `tier_1_kyc_complete` boolean
  - `tier_2_kyc_complete` boolean
  - `updated_at` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `500` — Internal server error

---

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