Banks

To transfer money from an Affinity account, you will need the recipient’s bank account information or mobile money phone number. The most up-to-date details of all the institutions we support can be found in our list of bank APIs.

By specifying the type of institution, you can further filter the list.

The two types of institutions are:

type	Description
`mobile_money`	These include all mobile money service providers such as MTN Mobile Money, AirtelTigo, etc
`bank`	These include all supported banks

Making the Request

/utilities/banks

Retrieve the list of supported banks

Request parameters

Responses

[
  {
    "id": "example",
    "name": "example",
    "swiftCode": "example",
    "gipCode": "example"
  }
]

[
  {
    "message": "example",
    "code": "example",
    "field": "example"
  }
]

{
  "message": "example"
}

	Field	Description
1.	`id`	Unique identifier for the institution
2.	`name`	Name of the institution
3.	`swiftCode`	SWIFT code of the institution if available
4.	`gipCode`	GIP routing code

Sample response

The Response will be an array of banks:

[
  {
    "id": "09c9ba97eee034d4f6d2",
    "name": "Zenith Bank Ghana Limited",
    "swiftCode": "ZTEST01",
    "gipCode": "999222"
  }
]

Last modified: 27 August 2025