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Merchant Management API

For Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs), Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), and payment service providers, the Merchant Management API enables you to build dashboards for both merchants and sales agents. Give your merchants an exceptional self-service experience, while putting comprehensive portfolio management at your team's fingertips.




Overview

End User
Use Case
Language
Functions

ISOs, ISVs, PayFacs

Build merchant account management dashboards for both sales agents and merchants.

Any server-side language with REST calls, JSON

Create and Update Disputes, Create and Update Business Data, Update Pricing Data, Create and Update Equipment Data, Update Contact Data, and more






Merchant Dashboard

View some of the ways this API can be leveraged to build a powerful self-service dashboard for your merchants.


Business

Update business tax ID and corporate data, update business address, update business contact information

Banking and Processing

Update bank account data, manage split funding, view transaction parameters, view processing statements

Disputes and Chargebacks

View chargebacks, upload supporting documents, add notes to disputes, track dispute statuses and deadlines

Compliance

Track PCI compliance status, monitor TIN/tax validation status, access compliance documentation

Payment Hardware

View payment hardware inventory, track serial numbers and deployment statuses, update terminal features such as tips and EBT

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Agent Dashboard

View some of the ways this API can be leveraged to build a comprehensive account-management dashboard for your sales agents.


Portfolio Management

View merchant underwriting status, track sales volumes and metrics, add notes to merchant accounts, handle merchant inquiries, view merchant documentation

Pricing and Processing

Manage fee schedules and rates, adjust discount frequencies, set merchant transaction parameters, control batch processing parameters

Risk Management

Review chargeback cases, monitor merchant transaction volumes and average transaction amounts, configure processing limits, set high ticket override parameters

Compliance

Manage compliance billing tiers, monitor PCI compliance status, track TIN/tax status

Payment Hardware

Deploy and activate payment terminals, configure terminal settings, manage terminal serial numbers and tracking

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Release Notes


Changes to this API are released to the Sandbox environment approximately one month before the Production environment. This is intended to provide developers with enough time to implement and test the changes before the Production environment is affected. Two versions of the specification are published to reflect the current state of each environment. Toggle between the Production and Sandbox versions on the API specification page.



Version 1.11November 5th, 2025
©2025 North is a registered DBA of NorthAB, LLC. All rights reserved. North is a registered ISO of BMO Harris Bank N.A., Chicago, IL, Citizens Bank N.A., Providence, RI, The Bancorp Bank, Philadelphia, PA, FFB Bank, Fresno, CA, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Concord, CA, and PNC Bank, N.A.