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PAN Verification API for KYC & Onboarding in India

Choose from PAN Lite, PAN Advanced, and Bulk PAN Verification APIs to validate PAN details in real time for customer KYC, lending, merchant onboarding, and compliance workflows.

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PAN Verification API for KYC & Onboarding in India

Overview

The PAN Verification API enables businesses to validate Permanent Account Number (PAN) details instantly. It is designed for compliance-driven onboarding, fraud prevention, and identity verification use cases across financial and enterprise platforms.

What Can You Verify With PAN Verification APIs?

Key details returned across all PAN Verification API endpoints, ready to power your KYC and onboarding workflows.

PAN Number

The PAN number submitted in the request.

Full Name

Full name registered against the PAN.

Category

PAN holder category, e.g. 'person', 'company', 'firm', 'trust', 'huf'.

Lookup Status

Outcome of the PAN lookup, e.g. 'success'.

Name Matched?

Whether the submitted name matches the PAN record. Values: 'Y' (match), 'N' (no match), or null (unavailable).

DOB Matched?

Whether the submitted date of birth matches the PAN record. Values: 'Y' (match), 'N' (no match), or null (unavailable).

PAN Activation Status

Granular PAN activation status code. E: Valid, EC: Valid (Acquisition), N: Non-existent, X: Deactivated, F: Fake, D: Deleted, EA: Valid (Amalgamation), ED: Valid (Death), EI: Valid (Dissolution), EL: Valid (Liquidated), EM: Valid (Merger), EP: Valid (Partition), ES: Valid (Split), EU: Valid (Under Liquidation)

Aadhaar Seeding Status

Aadhaar-PAN seeding/linking status. Values: 'Y' (seeded), 'R' (registered but not confirmed), 'NA' (not seeded), or null.

Registered Name

Authoritative name registered in the PAN database.

Name on PAN Card

Name printed on the physical PAN card.

Type

PAN holder category (e.g., 'Individual', 'Company', 'Firm', 'Trust', 'HUF').

Gender

Gender from PAN record. Values: 'M' (Male), 'F' (Female).

Date Of Birth

Date of birth from the PAN record (YYYY-MM-DD).

Masked Aadhaar Number

Aadhaar number with first 8 digits masked for privacy (e.g., 'XXXX XXXX 1234').

Aadhaar Linked?

Whether the PAN is linked to an Aadhaar number.

Address

Structured address fields of the PAN holder.

Full Address

Complete address string.

Simplified API Preview

PAN Verification API Flow – Sample Request and Response

Send simple inputs. Get rich, verified data in seconds.

Fetch the PAN holder's registered full name and category from the PAN number alone.

REQUEST
POST /tools/kyc/fetch-pan
PAN NumberGGTPB7880Q
SourceAPI
RESPONSE
200 OK
PAN NumberGGTPB7880Q
Full NameYASHWANT BASNETT
Categoryperson
Lookup Statussuccess

Key Features

Everything you need to integrate and scale

Real-Time PAN Validation

Verify PAN details instantly with structured responses.

High Accuracy Responses

Returns validated PAN information for reliable identity checks.

Automation Friendly

Easily integrate into digital onboarding and KYC pipelines.

Scalable Verification

Designed to support large volumes without performance impact.

Who Should Use This API?

Fintech and financial institutions
Marketplaces and platforms
NBFCs and lenders
Enterprises with KYC requirements

Primary Use Cases

Customer KYC verification
Merchant and vendor onboarding
Account opening workflows
Compliance and due diligence checks

How to Integrate

Get started in minutes with our simple integration process

  1. 1

    Sign Up

    Sign up in minutes with your mobile number (OTP verify).

  2. 2

    Verify Identity

    Complete your basic KYC with PAN and address details to verify your identity.

  3. 3

    Test APIs Live

    Load funds into your wallet and test the verification APIs live — evaluate before you integrate.

  4. 4

    Integrate with AI

    Ready to build? Visit our AI hub for free plugins & tools to integrate faster.

  5. 5

    Go Live

    Start validating PAN details in production.

    Sandbox available for testing

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast is PAN verification?+

PAN verification is real-time with sub-second response times for instant identity validation.

What details are returned?+

PAN Lite returns PAN status, name match, DOB match, and Aadhaar seeding status. PAN Advanced returns holder name, PAN type, gender, date of birth, masked Aadhaar number, Aadhaar linking status, mobile number, email, and address.

How do I get started?+

Four steps: sign up at the developer console page, verify your identity with PAN and address details, load your wallet to test the APIs live, then integrate and go live. Sandbox credentials are issued immediately — you can call your first endpoint before any paperwork clears.

What is EPS?+

EPS (Eko Platform Services) is the technology arm of Eko — the developer tools, AI tooling and APIs that power modern fintech integration, from money transfer and AePS to identity verification.

Also see:About Eko
What are the different ways to integrate with Eko EPS?+

Three paths, pick whichever suits your stack:

  • Call the REST APIs directly.
  • Use our official JavaScript / PHP SDKs to skip request-signing boilerplate.
  • Let an AI coding agent build it via our MCP server and agent skills.

For multi-step flows (onboard a sender, then transfer) start from a transaction-flow recipe rather than wiring single endpoints together yourself.

How does API authentication work?+

Each request carries your static developer_key header plus a per-request secret-key header — an HMAC-SHA256 signature of the current timestamp, keyed by your access key. The access key itself is never sent over the wire. You receive UAT keys on signup and production keys after KYC.

The How Authentication Works guide has the full signing recipe in five languages plus an in-browser playground that generates and verifies a real secret-key against your own access key.

Is there a sandbox environment for testing?+

Yes. A full sandbox is available immediately on signup — test your integration end-to-end before going live, no commitment required. For offline work you can also run our mock server (npx -y @ekoindia/eps-mock-server) and get canned responses with no network calls at all.

Also see:Get started
What are the sandbox and production base URLs?+

Sandbox and production share the same paths and differ only by base URL:

  • UAT / Sandbox — https://staging.eko.in/ekoapi/v3
  • Production — https://api.eko.in/ekoicici/v3

A common cause of failures is calling the sandbox URL with live credentials, or vice-versa — make sure the base URL matches the keys you are using.

Do I need to whitelist my server IP?+

Production API access may require your static public (server) IP to be whitelisted. If your calls work from Postman but fail or time out from your own server, that is almost always the cause — share your static public IP with us so we can whitelist it.

Can an AI coding agent build the integration for me?+

Yes — that is the fastest path. Point your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, …) at our MCP server and it can look up any endpoint, generate correctly-signed requests, and scaffold the integration in your own stack. Install it in one step from the AI hub, or start from a ready-made prompt.

We also publish an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, a Postman collection and per-agent context packs (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, .cursorrules) so an agent has the ground truth instead of guessing.

What response times can I expect?+

Most verification APIs return in real time with sub-second responses, and 99th-percentile latency stays under two seconds across verification endpoints. Transaction APIs (DMT, AePS, BBPS) respond within seconds.

Can the API handle high volumes?+

Yes. The API is designed to handle large-scale volumes reliably without performance degradation.

How is API usage billed?+

Usage is billed per successful API call with no minimum commitment. Volume-based pricing tiers are available — see the pricing calculator for indicative rates, or contact our team for a custom quote.

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