Beneficiary Name is Required when initiating a transfer

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1

A beneficiary Name is Required when initiating a UGX mobile money transfer.

Request
{
account_bank: ‘MPS’,
account_number: ‘256782033409’,
amount: 2000,
currency: ‘UGX’,
beneficiary_name: ‘Martin Kabagambe’,
narration: ‘Mobile money payout’,
meta: {
sender: ‘Panza’,
sender_country: ‘UG’,
mobile_number: ‘256705126596’
}
}
Response
{
status: ‘success’,
message: ‘TRANSFER-CREATED’,
data: {
id: 50790587,
account_number: ‘256788084557’,
bank_code: ‘MPS’,
fullname: ‘N/A’,
date_created: ‘2023-05-19T10:57:25.000Z’,
currency: ‘UGX’,
amount: 2000,
fee: 1000,
status: ‘FAILED’,
reference: ‘d88ea97865920eaf’,
meta: [Array],
complete_message: ‘beneficiary_name is required’,
requires_approval: 0,
is_approved: 1,
bank_name: ‘N/A’
}

What am I doing wrong?

2

Hi @Tumuhimbise_Godwin :wave:

Thanks for sharing this experience,

Kindly note that the “beneficiary_name” parameter is a required parameter for mobile money transfer. You can find more information here.

3

That wasn’t the cause of the error.
For some reason, the flw typescript SDK could not pass the beneficiary_name. It worked just fine when I called the API directly using Axios.

4

Hi @Tumuhimbise_Godwin

Kindly confirm the SDK you are currently using, or share the link to the GitHub repository of the SDK you are using to make this call.

5

@Adekunle

“flutterwave-node”: “^1.2.2” Flutterwave/Node-v2
“@types/flutterwave-node”: “^1.0.1” Flutterwave Types

6

Hi @Tumuhimbise_Godwin

I apologise for the inconvenience,

Kindly make use of the Node-v3 library as mobilemoney transfers are currently unavailable on the Node-v2 library.

7

Thank you @Adekunle :smile:

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