Identity ~1.1s typical

PAN Verification

A mistyped PAN is cheap to catch at entry and expensive to find in a filing.

POST /v1/identity/pan

# Request
"input": "PAN number"

# Response fields
{
  "pan_status": …,
  "holder_name": …,
  "name_match_score": …,
  "holder_type": …,
  "last_updated": …
}

~1.1s typical · sandbox available

Overview

What this endpoint does

PAN numbers reach you by typing, by OCR, and by copy-paste from a spreadsheet. Each route has a failure mode, and none of them announce it. The number looks structurally fine and goes straight into billing.

Validate at the point of entry: confirm the PAN exists, is active, and belongs to the name you were given. One call, and the identifier that touches every invoice is one you can trust.

Response

What comes back

Every field is returned structured and timestamped, ready to store against the record it belongs to. Nothing requires parsing a photograph or interpreting free text.

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PAN Verification response fields
Field	Description
`pan_status`	Active, inactive or not found
`holder_name`	Registered name on the PAN
`name_match_score`	Match confidence against your submitted name
`holder_type`	Individual, company, HUF, trust and others
`last_updated`	When the record last changed

Use cases

Where teams use it

Vendor onboarding

Validate tax identifiers before the first purchase order is raised.

Payroll and contractor setup

Catch typos before they reach a tax filing.

Merchant KYC

Confirm business identity as part of seller verification.

Invoice-data cleanup

Run an existing ledger through validation and isolate the records that need attention.

In context

Sectors that rely on this check

Banking & NBFC

Shorten account opening and loan origination without loosening the controls your auditors expect.

Fintech

Keep sign-up to a single session while meeting the verification bar your regulator and your partners both expect.

Also available

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Aadhaar–PAN Link Status

Confirm whether a PAN is linked to Aadhaar before a transaction depends on it — and fix the problem early if not.

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