# Get a list of registered banks

To initiate a payout, you need to find and use the bank code of the destination bank. 

### URI

&#x20;<mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**GET**</mark>&#x20;

```
https://api.tryduplo.com/v1/merchants/utilities/banks/list?country=Nigeria
```

### Parameters

#### Header

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="249"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Authorization</strong><br><code>string</code></td><td>set value to <code>Bearer SECRET_KEY</code></td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Path Param

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="250"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>country</strong><br><code>string</code> <mark style="color:red;"><code>require</code></mark></td><td>The country in which you require a list of bank from</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Sample request

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```bash
curl --location --request GET 'https://api.tryduplo.com/v1/merchants/utilities/banks/list?country=Nigeria' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer SECRET_KEY'
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}

```javascript
var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
 method: 'get',
 url: 'https://api.tryduplo.com/v1/merchants/utilities/banks/list?country=Nigeria',
 headers: {
   'Authorization': 'Bearer SECRET_KEY'
 }
};

axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
 console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
 console.log(error);
});
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}

```php
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
 CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.tryduplo.com/v1/merchants/utilities/banks/list?country=Nigeria',
 CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
 CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
 CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
 CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
 CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
 CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
 CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'GET',
 CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
   'Authorization: Bearer SECRET_KEY'
 ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Duplo Response

```json
{
   "data": [
       {
           "name": "Abbey Mortgage Bank",
           "slug": "abbey-mortgage-bank",
           "code": "801",
           "longcode": "",
           "gateway": null,
           "pay_with_bank": false,
           "active": true,
           "is_deleted": false,
           "country": "Nigeria",
           "currency": "NGN",
           "type": "nuban",
           "id": 174,
           "createdAt": "2020-12-07T16:19:09.000Z",
           "updatedAt": "2020-12-07T16:19:19.000Z"
       },
       .
       .
       .
       {
           "name": "Zenith Bank",
           "slug": "zenith-bank",
           "code": "057",
           "longcode": "057150013",
           "gateway": "emandate",
           "pay_with_bank": true,
           "active": true,
           "is_deleted": null,
           "country": "Nigeria",
           "currency": "NGN",
           "type": "nuban",
           "id": 21,
           "createdAt": "2016-07-14T10:04:29.000Z",
           "updatedAt": "2021-06-01T11:01:30.000Z"
       }
   ],
   "errors": {},
   "message": "Request successful"
}
```


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