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POST
/
cardholders
/
{id}
/
reactivate
Reactivate a cardholder
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.fyatu.com/api/v3.20/cardholders/{id}/reactivate \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "success": true,
  "status": 200,
  "message": "Cardholder retrieved",
  "data": {
    "cardholderId": "chl_01HXYZ1234ABCDEF5678",
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Smith",
    "email": "john.smith@example.com",
    "phone": "+12025551234",
    "dateOfBirth": "1990-05-15",
    "nationality": "US",
    "address": {
      "address": "123 Main Street, Apt 4B",
      "city": "Newark",
      "country": "US",
      "state": "Delaware",
      "postalCode": "19701"
    },
    "kycDocument": {
      "documentType": "PASSPORT",
      "documentNumber": "AB123456",
      "issuingCountry": "US",
      "frontUrl": "https://storage.example.com/doc-front.jpg",
      "backUrl": null,
      "selfieUrl": "https://storage.example.com/selfie.jpg"
    },
    "externalId": "usr_123456",
    "metadata": {
      "plan": "premium"
    },
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "kycStatus": "APPROVED",
    "kycVerifiedAt": "2026-05-10T14:23:00Z",
    "kycRejectionReason": null,
    "environment": "LIVE",
    "totalCards": 2,
    "suspendedAt": null,
    "terminatedAt": null,
    "createdAt": "2026-05-01T09:00:00Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-10T14:23:00Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2",
    "platform": "Fyatu CaaS",
    "timestamp": "2026-05-22T15:00:00Z"
  }
}

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Overview

Reactivates a suspended cardholder. Once reactivated, the cardholder’s status returns to ACTIVE and their cards can transact again immediately. This endpoint has no request body.

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Path Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
idstringThe cardholder ID (prefix chl_)

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Example

curl -X POST https://api.fyatu.com/api/v3.20/cardholders/chl_01HXYZ1234ABCDEF5678/reactivate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FYATU_API_KEY"

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Success Response (200)

Returns the full updated cardholder object with status: ACTIVE and suspendedAt: null: 
{
  "success": true,
  "status": 200,
  "message": "Cardholder reactivated",
  "data": {
    "cardholderId": "chl_01HXYZ1234ABCDEF5678",
    "programId":    "prg_01HXYZ9876ABCDEF0000",
    "firstName":    "John",
    "lastName":     "Smith",
    "email":        "john.smith@example.com",
    "status":       "ACTIVE",
    "kycStatus":    "APPROVED",
    "kycVerifiedAt": "2026-05-01T09:05:00Z",
    "suspendedAt":  null,
    "environment":  "LIVE",
    "totalCards":   2,
    "totalSpendCents": 125000,
    "createdAt":    "2026-05-01T09:00:00Z",
    "updatedAt":    "2026-05-22T10:15:00Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_01HXY123456ABCDEF",
    "platform": "Fyatu CaaS",
    "timestamp": "2026-05-22T10:15:00Z"
  }
}

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Webhook

A CARDHOLDER_REACTIVATED event fires immediately after a successful reactivation: 
{
  "event":      "CARDHOLDER_REACTIVATED",
  "eventId":    "evt_01HXY123456ABCDEF",
  "businessId": "BUS1A2B3C4D5E6F",
  "environment": "LIVE",
  "timestamp":  "2026-05-22T10:15:00Z",
  "data": {
    "cardholderId": "chl_01HXYZ1234ABCDEF5678",
    "status":       "ACTIVE"
  }
}

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Error Codes

CodeHTTPCause
ALREADY_ACTIVE409Cardholder is already active (not suspended)
CARDHOLDER_TERMINATED409Terminated cardholder cannot be reactivated
CARDHOLDER_NOT_FOUND404Cardholder does not exist or belongs to another business
INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE403Key lacks cardholders:write scope

Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

API key from the FYATU CaaS portal. Pass as Authorization: Bearer <key>.

Path Parameters

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id
string
required

Response

Cardholder reactivated

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success
boolean
Example:

true

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status
integer
Example:

200

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message
string
Example:

"Cardholder retrieved"

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data
object
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meta
object