Changelog
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2026-02-12
Customers can now retry activation with a fresh authentication if they encounter any error before mandate status is finite. No more 'authentication already exist' and 'mandate status is not finite', it will either be success or failed
Affected Endpoints:
- /v1/debit-mandate/initiate
2025-12-29
Updated code examples in the API documentation to use the latest modification to the APIs.
Affected Endpoints:
- /v1/transaction/one-time
2025-08-01
Merchants can now initiate debits from multiple customer accounts within a single mandate request.
Affected Endpoints:
- /v1/direct-debits/multi-account
2025-07-20
Webhook events for mandate status updates now retry up to 5 times with exponential backoff.
Affected Endpoints:
- /v1/webhooks/mandates
2025-07-05
Resolved an issue where recurring debit amounts below NGN 100 were incorrectly rejected.
Affected Endpoints:
- /v1/direct-debits/recurring
2025-06-25
The old mandate creation endpoint `/v1/mandates` is deprecated and will be removed on 2025-12-31. Use `/v1/direct-debits/mandates` instead.
Affected Endpoints:
- /v1/mandates