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# Beneficiary Name Validation Based on Beneficiary Type

**Release type:** Enhancement

**Applies to:** Beneficiary — Create Beneficiary

## Summary

The `name` field in [Create Beneficiary](https://developer.tazapay.com/api-reference/tazapay-api/create-beneficiary.md) is now validated against a format that depends on the beneficiary `type`. Requests with a name that doesn't match the format for the given type are rejected with a validation error.

## What Changed

| `type` | Validation rule |
| - | - |
| `individual` | Rejected if the name doesn't start with a letter, is empty or only spaces, or contains special characters such as `@ # / _ $ % & ( ) .` |
| `business` | Latin letters (including accented letters), Chinese (Han) characters, digits `0-9`, spaces, and the characters `& , . ' ( ) -`. Full-width `（ ）` `，` `、` `·` are also allowed. |

The existing 140-character maximum for `name` still applies.

### Examples

| `type` | `name` | Result |
| - | - | - |
| `individual` | `Mary-Jane O'Neil` | Accepted |
| `individual` | `José Álvarez` | Accepted |
| `individual` | `123 John` | Rejected |
| `individual` | `John_Smith` | Rejected |
| `individual` | `J.Smith` | Rejected |
| `individual` | `John..Smith` | Rejected |
| `individual` | `.John` | Rejected |
| `individual` | `John 123 @ Smith` | Rejected |
| `business` | `Acme Trading (Pte) Ltd` | Accepted |
| `business` | `上海贸易有限公司` | Accepted |
| `business` | `Acme Trading #1 / Ltd` | Rejected |

## What you need to do

Make sure the beneficiary `name` you send follows the format for its `type`. Requests with a name that doesn't match are rejected, so check your inputs before calling the API.

## Relevant Links

1. [Create Beneficiary](https://developer.tazapay.com/api-reference/tazapay-api/create-beneficiary.md)


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