Release notes

2023-03-23

Added

  • Webhooks guide: Added a new section that describes all headers that are included in a webhook notification.

Changed

  • Documentation for all webhook events has been migrated to OpenAPI format. Now all webhook event payloads are fully documented in the same way as the API specs, with descriptions for each header and property in a webhook notification.

2023-03-07

Added

Changed

  • PATCH Update a person: Updated the list of request parameters to indicate the properties that can actually be updated by this call.

2023-03-06

Added

  • New guide: Account Opening
  • New guide: Questions and Answers
  • Device Monitoring guide: Added an important hint that you may not create user activity without first collecting the customer's consent to device monitoring.
  • Fourthline guide: Added a new step that customers must sign the terms & conditions of Namirial before starting the QES flow.
  • Legal & compliance screens guide: Added a new screen for the self-declaration of politically exposed persons. Only relevant for customers opening an account in France, Italy, and Spain.
  • Onboarding guides: Added information about Tax identification numbers (TIN) in France, such as syntax rules and examples. Additionally, collecting tax IDs is optional for customers whose tax residency is in France.
  • B2B onboarding guides (Credit cards, Digital Banking, BKYC, Trade Finance, Business Fronting Factoring, Business Fronting): Added instructions about how to handle business legal representatives that are also legal entities.

Changed

Removed

  • Removed deprecated endpoints:

    • /v1/cards/{id}/limits/card_present
    • /v1/cards/{id}/limits/card_not_present

2023-02-22

Changed

  • Credit Cards guides: Information about creating the SDD manadate has changed. The first 6 digits of the SDD mandate number must be a partner-specific string agreed upon by you and Solaris during the implementation phase.
  • SEPA Instant Credit Transfers guide: Product flow diagram has been corrected to show that only the CLEARED status triggers the webhook notification.

2023-02-14

Added

2023-02-08

Changed

  • Brokerage guide:

    • Clarified the differences between the GET Simulate a Trade and GET Retrieve a Trade Price endpoints.
    • Updated the list of all values to reflect the current state of the API (e.g., removed all instances of min_amount and max_amount and replaced them with from_asset_min_amount and from_asset_max_amount).
    • Clarified that a value of null for from_asset_max_amount indicates that there is no limit for trading the from_asset.

2023-02-06

Added

Removed

  • [SEPA Instant Credit Transfer API]: Removed the GET /v1/accounts/{account_id}/transactions/sepa_instant_credit_transfers/{id} endpoint.

2023-01-30

Added

  • Business API: Added new values to the legal_form enum property:

    • PRIVATE_PERSON
    • ADOR
    • AMT
    • KDOR
    • STIFTUNGEN
    • SECOKG
    • AGCOKG
    • AT_AMT
    • AT_KOR
    • AT_STI
    • AT_GMBH
    • FR_AE
    • FR_EI
    • LU_SECA
    • LU_ASBL
    • LU_FON
    • LU_SP
    • NL_VEREN
    • NL_STICHT
    • PL_SA
    • PL_SPZOO
    • PL_SE
    • PL_SKA
    • PL_SPK
    • PL_SPJ
    • PL_SELF_EMPLOYED
    • PL_OTHER
    • CH_DE_AG
    • CH_FR_SA
    • CH_IT_SA
    • CH_DE_GMBH
    • CH_FR_SARL
    • CH_IT_SAGL
    • CH_SE
    • CH_DE_KOMAG
    • CH_FR_SCA
    • CH_IT_SACA
    • CH_DE_KG
    • CH_FR_SCM
    • CH_IT_SAC
    • CH_DE_KIG
    • CH_FR_SNC
    • CH_IT_SNC
    • CH_DE_EG
    • CH_FR_SS
    • CH_IT_SS
    • CH_SELF_EMPLOYED
    • CH_SOLE_PROPRIETORSHIP
    • TR_ADI_SIR
    • TR_AS
    • TR_LS
    • TR_KOM_STI
    • TR_KOLL_STI
    • TR_SELF_EMPLOYED
    • TR_SOLE_PROPRIETORSHIP
    • RO_SA
    • RO_SRL
    • RO_SCA
    • RO_SCS
    • RO_SNC
    • RO_SELF_EMPLOYED
    • RO_SOLE_PROPRIETORSHIP
    • RS_AD
    • RS_DOO
    • RS_KD
    • RS_OD
    • RS_SELF_EMPLOYED
    • RS_SOLE_PROPRIETORSHIP
    • HR_DD
    • HR_DOO
    • HR_JDOO
    • HR_KD
    • HR_JTD
    • HR_SELF_EMPLOYED
    • HR_SOLE_PROPRIETORSHIP
    • HR_ORTA
    • BG_AD
    • BG_OOD
    • BG_KDA
    • BG_KD
    • BG_SD
    • BG_SELF_EMPLOYED
    • BG_SOLE_PROPRIETORSHIP
    • SI_DD
    • SI_DOO
    • SI_KDD
    • SI_KD
    • SI_DNO
    • SI_SELF_EMPLOYED
    • SI_SOLE_PROPRIETORSHIP
    • HU_NYRT
    • HU_KFT
    • HU_BT
    • HU_KKT
    • HU_SOLE_PROPRIETORSHIP
    • HU_SELF_EMPLOYED
    • HU_ORTA

Removed

  • Business API: Removed hint from POST Create a beneficial owner for a business about mandatory tax information collection.

2023-01-27

Added

  • Postbox guide New document type FEE_SUMMARY_STATEMENT is now available via Postbox to customers in Spain.
  • API standards Added a link to Master Card merchant category codes reference manual.

Changed

  • Person onboarding guide The text for the account opening button has changed to include that it's subject to a charge.
  • Business onboarding guide Added a note that voting_share is not mandatory in case of fictitious beneficial owners.
  • Cards API Updated enum list for possible card types with a note that we don't list all possible values for the card type property, but only an indicative list.
  • 3DS guide Corrected the order of the authentication steps.

2023-01-24

Changed

  • [Cards API] Solaris now offers two endpoints for Encrypted PIN Change:

  • [Solaris Digital Assets - Brokerage API] Changed some properties for the TradingPrice resource:

    • precision was renamed to price_precision
    • min amount was changed to from_asset_min_amount
    • Added corresponding from_asset_max_amount property

2023-01-20

Added

  • [Legal & Compliance screens guide] Added screenshots of sample screens.
  • [Overdrafts API] New property added to GET Overdraft endpoints (all customer types): interest_accrued
  • [Solaris Digital Assets API] New attribute for TradingPair resources: max_amount
  • [Solaris Digital Assets API] New endpoint added: GET Simulate a Trade for a given Trading Pair

Changed

  • [Legal & Compliance screens guide]

    • Noted that you must also collect consent for Solaris' Terms & Conditions for all business legal representatives and authorized persons during signup.
    • Clarified that T&C consent during onboarding must be passed in the person or business resource, not the Terms and Conditions API.
  • [Solaris Digital Assets API] The GET Get the trade price of a Trading Pair endpoint no longer returns traded_to_amount or traded_from_amount properties.
  • [Solaris Digital Assets - Brokerage guide] Partners are now requested to use GET Simulate a Trade for a given Trading Pair for displaying the price of a Trade to an end user prior to conducting a Trade.

2023-01-13

Added

  • [API reference - Errors guide] Added a new section about API error handling and how to request support from Solaris.
  • [Strong Customer Authentication] Added more information about SCA login requirements.
  • [Webhooks guide] Added a new recommendation about generating a signature hash for content verification.

Changed

  • [Account management guide] Changed booking type CANCELLATION_CARD_TRANSACTION to CancellationCardTransaction.
  • [Mobile Number Management guide] Clarified that a verified mobile number is mandatory for all customers in all branches, not just Italy & Spain.

2023-01-11

Added

Changed

  • [Instant Card Top-Ups] Clarified some points in the guide:

    • The ACQUIRER_TOPUP_DECLINED webhook event will only trigger when Solaris declines a Top-Up transaction. If a customer's payment attempt fails, then the ACQUIRER_TOPUP_PAYMENT_FAILED webhook event will trigger.
    • The guide has been updated with instructions on how to cancel a Top-Up.
    • Clarified the definitions of each Top-Up status value in the appendix to reflect the above changes.
  • [Overdrafts] Updated the guides to indicate that Overdrafts monitoring is optional.
  • [SEPA Instant Credit Transfer] Clarified that the GET Check the reachability of an IBAN endpoint only checks the reachability of the recipient's bank, not of the individual IBAN.

Removed

  • [SEPA transfers API] Removed all GET endpoints for SEPA Direct Debit returns.
  • [Transactions API] Removed all Partner remittances endpoints.

2023-01-10

Added

2022-12-21

Added

2022-12-20

Changed

  • The company legal name was changed from "Solarisbank AG" to "Solaris SE."

2022-12-16

Added

  • [Business onboarding] Important: Collecting tax information from all natural persons associated with a business (e.g., legal representatives, beneficial owners, and any authorized person) is now mandatory in all branches and for any banking product, including Digital Banking, Cards and Lending products, such as Fronting and Fronting Factoring.
  • [Business onboarding] Important: Collecting valid addresses from all natural persons associated with a business (e.g., legal representatives, beneficial owners, and any authorized person) is now mandatory in all branches and for any banking product, including Digital Banking, Cards and Lending products, such as Fronting and Fronting Factoring.
  • [Cards API] Added new endpoint for testing card transactions: POST /v1/cards/{card_id}/simulator_transactions
  • [Webhooks] New cards webhook added: DELEGATE_SCA_CHALLENGE. This webhook notifies you when a customer declines the authentication process for a 3DS transaction.

Changed

2022-12-14

Added

Removed

2022-12-05

Added

Changed

  • Account Closure guide

    • Added a note to notify customers immediately about account closures initiated by Solaris.

2022-11-25

Added

Removed

2022-11-18

Added

Changed