July 2022

We work hard to ensure everyone who uses ZWITCH gets the best experience. Every day we take small steps towards developing new products, enhancing existing features, and improving the performance of our system. We also fix (the occasional) bug in the system.

Below is a list of new feature releases, product improvements, and bug fixes we made in July 2022.

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Note

  • Except for breaking changes, all other changes are backward compatible.
  • Currently, we work on a daily release cycle. We push changes to the production environment as they are developed. However, we will notify you about breaking changes, new feature releases, and major enhancements via email before they are released.

:rocket: New Features

Below is a list of new features we released in July 2022.

Accounts

Current Accounts

Now, we have APIs you can use to create current accounts.

Refer to our Current Account API documentation for more details.

Debit Cards

You can now issue debit cards against savings accounts.

Refer to our Cards API documentation for more details.

:tada: Enhancements

Below is a list of enhancements we made in July 2022.

Verification Suit

In-Person KYC: Get Details by ID

We have added an API that lets you get the details of a specific in-person KYC request. You can use this API to track the status of the request.

Refer to our In-person KYC documentation for more details.

In-person KYC: New Parameters

We have added the following parameters to the Schedule KYC API response:

  • tracking_details: Object that lets you track the in-person KYC request.
  • failure_details: Object that gives you the reason the in-person KYC request failed.

Shown below is a sample of the new enhanced response.

{
  "id": "fkyc_1yy2PWQQAI4s4vE5bKDDKF4OU",
  "object": "schedule_kyc",
  "awb_number": "1739580450",
  "time_slot": "8am_to_12pm",
  "date": "2022-06-11",
  "merchant_reference_id": "1000967",
  "metadata": {
    "key_1": "DD",
    "key_2": "XOF"
  },
  "status": "failed",
  "tracking_details": {
    "message": "Agent assigned/Agent on the way/Documents picked up/Documents uploaded"
  },
  "failure_reason": {
    "message": "Shipment not handed over"
  },
  "accounts_id": "sa_DfDxREBkBM1lLXZ7mOB0qgHV0",
  "created_at": 1654864610,
  "is_sandbox": true
}

Refer to our In-person KYC documentation for more details.

🛠️ Bug Fixes

Below is a list of bugs we fixed in July 2022.

Account Statements: Savings Account

Savings and current account statements now contain the source details for transfers made using ZWITCH APIs.