> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tabsglobal.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# List Supported Banks

> Retrieve verified commercial and microfinance banks available for instant payouts.

Returns all verified Nigerian commercial and microfinance banks with their canonical 3-digit CBN bank codes and names.

### Scopes required

`payouts:read` or `*`

### Headers

<ParamField header="Authorization" type="string" required>
  Bearer API secret key formatted as `Bearer sk_live_...` or `Bearer sk_test_...`.
</ParamField>

### Response

<ResponseField name="banks" type="array">
  List of bank objects.

  <Expandable title="Bank properties">
    <ResponseField name="name" type="string">
      Commercial or legal bank name.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="code" type="string">
      3-digit CBN bank code.
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X GET "https://api.tabsglobal.co/v1/payouts/banks" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..."
  ```

  ```javascript Node.js theme={null}
  const response = await fetch("https://api.tabsglobal.co/v1/payouts/banks", {
    method: "GET",
    headers: {
      "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.TABS_SECRET_KEY}`,
    },
  });

  const banks = await response.json();
  console.log(banks);
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  response = requests.get(
      "https://api.tabsglobal.co/v1/payouts/banks",
      headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
  )
  print(response.json())
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 200 OK theme={null}
  [
    { "name": "Access Bank", "code": "044" },
    { "name": "Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank)", "code": "058" },
    { "name": "Zenith Bank", "code": "057" },
    { "name": "United Bank for Africa (UBA)", "code": "033" },
    { "name": "First Bank of Nigeria", "code": "011" },
    { "name": "Wema Bank", "code": "035" },
    { "name": "Kuda Bank", "code": "50211" },
    { "name": "Opay", "code": "999992" },
    { "name": "Moniepoint MFB", "code": "50515" }
  ]
  ```
</ResponseExample>


This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.