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Mobile to Name API

Resolve a mobile number to the subscriber name on record and match it against the name you hold, catching numbers that belong to someone else at the very start of onboarding.

Response
Real-time
Inputs
1 required · 1 optional
Consent
Not required
Billing
Per successful call
POST /v1/mobile-to-name
Sandbox · Production
  1. Your application sends

    • Mobile number*
    • Name to match
  2. emver API

    Validates the request, queries the source, normalises the answer and logs the call. Billed only on success.

  3. Verified with

    Authoritative source

  4. You receive

    • Registered name
    • Name match score
mobile-to-name Full reference
Overview

What the Mobile to Name API does

Send the number and, optionally, a name to compare. The API returns the registered name and a match score.

Benefits

Why teams use the Mobile to Name API

Find the name registered against a mobile number.

Ownership check

Confirms the number belongs to the applicant.

Instant

Runs while the OTP is being sent.

Use cases

Where it's called

Where the Mobile to Name API is typically called, and what it settles there.

Lending and wallet onboarding

Number-to-name mismatch as a fraud signal.

Gig partner sign-up

Cheap first-line identity signal.

How it works

Four steps, one response envelope

Request and response details, environments and a ready-to-import collection are in the developer console.

  1. 01

    Authenticate

    Call with your organisation API key. Sandbox and production use the same contract.

  2. 02

    Send the inputs

    Mobile number as a JSON body. Optional fields sharpen the match.

  3. 03

    We verify at source

    emver queries the authoritative record, normalises the answer and logs the request.

  4. 04

    Act on the result

    A verification status plus the fields listed above, in the same response envelope as every other API.

Privacy and security built in

Consent recorded · Payloads not retained beyond your retention window · Every request traceable

FAQ

Mobile to Name API: frequently asked questions

What teams ask before adding the Mobile to Name API to their integration.

Coverage spans the major operators; the response flags numbers with no name on record.

Related

APIs that run alongside it

Usually called with the Mobile to Name API, on the same key.

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