---
title: "Creating A Card"
method: POST
path: "/profile/issuing"
---

# Creating A Card

`POST /profile/issuing`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://sandboxapi.fincra.com`
- URL: `https://sandboxapi.fincra.com/profile/issuing`
- Auth: API key in header `api-key`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/fincra/apis/awesome-new-api/docs/profile/issuing/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Request body

- object
  - `cid` string, required: This means customer id. This is gotten after creating customer
  - `business` string, required: The business id
  - `currency` string, required: The virtual account currency.e.g USD
  - `brand` string, required: The Virtual card brand e.g masterCard or USD visa
  - `type` string, required: The card type
  - `amount` string: The amount field is required for masterCard brand
  - `chargeCurrency` string, required: chargeCurrency allows the customer to specify the Fincra balance they want to be debited from or crediting to (in the case of card withdrawal). e.g USD,GBP,EUR, etc.

## Response `200`

200

- object
  - `success` boolean
  - `message` string
  - `data` object
    - `_id` string
    - `address` object
      - `country` string
      - `state` string
      - `street2` string
      - `zip` string
      - `city` string
      - `street` string
      - `_id` string
    - `balance` integer
    - `brand` string
    - `business` string
    - `cardHolderName` string
    - `cardHolderType` string
    - `cardPan` integer
    - `cid` string
    - `currency` string
    - `cvv` integer
    - `expiry` string
    - `isActive` boolean
    - `maskedPan` string
    - `type` string
    - `createdAt` string
    - `updatedAt` string

## Other responses

- `400`: 400

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `526b1509a02d`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/fincra/apis/awesome-new-api/changes/profile/issuing/post.md)

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