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Activate a card

POST 
/v1/cards/:card_id/activate

Makes an inactive card spendable. It is a server-to-server call: there is no hosted page and no URL to open, and the response is the card.

The same call activates a virtual card and a physical one. Call it when you receive card.issued and you are ready for the card to be used.

  • A pending card is refused with card_invalid_state. Wait for card.issued; the card is never issued by calling this endpoint.
  • A card that is already active is refused with card_already_activated.
  • The cardholder must still be verified. A cardholder who is no longer approved is refused with kyc_not_approved.

Activation takes effect at once. A card that fails to activate stays inactive and can be activated again.

Requires the cards:write scope.

Request​

Responses​

The card, now active.