Creating a Cardholder

This section provides instructions on how to create a Cardholder. A cardholder is created as part of creating a card; see Creating a Card.

The following information is required to create a cardholder and is found within the cardholder object used in creating a card.

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A cardholder is created at the same time that a card is created and is part of the create card payload; there is no separate API call to a cardholder.

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See the Create a card endpoint.

Cardholder Object

AttributeDescription
titleThe title of the cardholder. This is used in all card correspondence with the cardholder from your selected card manufacturer.
firstNameThe first name of the cardholder. This is used in Thredd records, correspondence with the cardholder and your selected card manufacturer and appears as the name on the front of the card.
lastNameThe last name of the cardholder. This is used in Thredd records, correspondence with the cardholder and your selected card manufacturer and appears as the name on the front of the card.
dateOfBirthThe date of birth of the cardholder. This is used in Thredd records.
mobileThe mobile phone number of the cardholder. This is used in Thredd records and acts as the contact phone number for all SMS functionality.
emailThe email address of the cardholder. This is used in Thredd records and acts as the contact email address for all email functionality.