Get Bank List

Retrieve the list of supported Nigerian banks. Use this endpoint to get valid bank codes for the Redeem Asset and Verify Account endpoints.

Get Bank List

GET https://api.cngn.co/v1/api/banks

Returns an array of supported Nigerian banks with their codes and identifiers.

200 Banks fetched successfully

{
  "status": 200,
  "message": "Banks fetched successfully",
  "data": [
    {
      "name": "Access Bank",
      "slug": "access-bank",
      "code": "044",
      "country": "NG",
      "nibss_bank_code": "000014"
    },
    {
      "name": "Guaranty Trust Bank",
      "slug": "guaranty-trust-bank",
      "code": "058",
      "country": "NG",
      "nibss_bank_code": "000013"
    }
  ]
}

400 Invalid API key

Response Fields (Decrypted)

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Full bank name
slug	string	URL-friendly bank identifier
code	string	CBN bank code (use this for bankCode fields)
country	string	Country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
nibss_bank_code	string	NIBSS regulatory bank code

Example Request

curl -X GET https://api.cngn.co/v1/api/banks \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"