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Block a payee

POST
/v1/user/payees/{payeeId}/block

Block one of the caller's payees so payments to its accounts are rejected. The request body is optional. When supplied, it records one or more reasons and a free-text details note. Requires an authenticated, active user. Returns 404 when the payee does not exist or does not belong to the caller.

AuthorizationBearer <token>

Create a client with POST /v1/oauth/clients, then exchange its credentials for an access token. AUTHORIZATION_CODE clients act on behalf of a signed-in user and always use PKCE; CLIENT_CREDENTIALS clients act as themselves. A client may only be granted scopes its creator already holds — read the grantable list from GET /v1/oauth/clients/scopes.

In: header

Path Parameters

payeeId*string

Unique identifier of the payee.

Formatuuid

Request Body

application/json

Reasons and an optional note for blocking a payee

Reasons and an optional note for blocking a payee

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://example.com/v1/user/payees/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/block" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{}'
{  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",  "label": "string",  "display_name": "string",  "is_favorite": false,  "is_blocked": false,  "block_reasons": [    "UNWANTED_PAYMENTS"  ],  "block_details": "string",  "is_cowdi_user": false,  "cowdi_user_id": "660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440111",  "cowdi_user_tag": "@johnd123456",  "accounts": [    {      "resource_id": "string",      "id": "660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001",      "type": "SEND_MONEY",      "account_holder_name": "string",      "linked_user_id": "660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440111",      "linked_user_tag": "@johnd123456",      "mobile_number": "254712345678",      "transaction_count": 15,      "last_used_at": "2026-02-10T14:00:00Z",      "verification_status": "VERIFIED",      "verified_at": "2026-02-01T08:00:00Z",      "verification": {        "resolved_name": "John Doe",        "account_valid": true,        "requires_confirmation": false,        "message": "string"      }    }  ],  "created_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z",  "updated_at": "2026-02-01T08:00:00Z",  "resource_id": "string"}
{  "code": "BAD_REQUEST",  "description": "Bad Request"}
{  "code": "UNAUTHORISED",  "description": "Unauthorised"}
{  "code": "FORBIDDEN",  "description": "Forbidden"}
{  "code": "BAD_REQUEST",  "description": "Invalid input"}
{  "code": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",  "description": "Too Many Requests"}
{  "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",  "description": "Internal Server Error"}