POST /businessLines

Creates a business line.

This resource contains information about your user's line of business, including their industry and their source of funds. Adyen uses this information to verify your users as required by payment industry regulations. Adyen informs you of the verification results through webhooks or API responses.

Servers

https://kyc-test.adyen.com/lem/v3

Request headers

Name	Type	Required	Description
`Content-Type`	String	Yes	The media type of the request body. Default value: "application/json"

Request body fields

Name	Type	Required	Description
`industryCode`	String	Yes	A code that represents the industry of the legal entity for marketplaces or platforms. For example, 4431A for computer software stores.
`capability`	String	No	The capability for which you are creating the business line. Possible values: receivePayments, receiveFromPlatformPayments, issueBankAccount Possible values: `"receivePayments"` `"receiveFromPlatformPayments"` `"issueBankAccount"`
`sourceOfFunds`	Object	No	Contains information about the source of your user's funds. Required only for the `service` banking.
`sourceOfFunds.description`	String	No	Text describing the source of funds. For example, for `type` business, provide a description of where the business transactions come from, such as payments through bank transfer. Required when `adyenProcessedFunds` is false.
`sourceOfFunds.adyenProcessedFunds`	Boolean	No	Indicates whether the funds are coming from transactions processed by Adyen. If false, a `description` is required.
`sourceOfFunds.acquiringBusinessLineId`	String	No	The unique identifier of the business line that will be the source of funds.This must be a business line for a receivePayments or receiveFromPlatformPayments capability.
`sourceOfFunds.type`	String	No	The type of the source of funds. Possible value: business. Possible values: `"business"`
`webData[]`	Array	No	List of website URLs where your user's goods or services are sold. When this is required for a service but your user does not have an online presence, provide the reason in the `webDataExemption` object.
`webData[].webAddress`	String	No	The URL of the website or the app store URL.
`webData[].webAddressId`	String	No	The unique identifier of the web address.
`service`	String	Yes	The service for which you are creating the business line. Possible values: paymentProcessing banking Possible values: `"paymentProcessing"` `"banking"`
`salesChannels[]`	Array	No	A list of channels where goods or services are sold. Possible values: pos, posMoto, eCommerce, ecomMoto, payByLink. Required only in combination with the `service` paymentProcessing.
`webDataExemption`	Object	No	The reason why the web data is not provided.
`webDataExemption.reason`	String	No	The reason why the web data was not provided. Possible value: noOnlinePresence. Possible values: `"notCollectedDuringOnboarding"` `"noOnlinePresence"`
`legalEntityId`	String	Yes	Unique identifier of the legal entity that owns the business line.

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