# Introduction to webhooks Webhooks provide a powerful way to keep you aware of what's happening in your card program. Webhooks notifications are triggered by the nCore platform to notify about the different activities happening outside of your system, such as a card status change, a card transaction at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, etc. For example, when a card is activated, a webhook notification is sent with details of the card status update from “card not active” to “a card is active” status to the preconfigured endpoint. To receive and process these notifications, you are required to configure a webhook endpoint in your environment. Webhooks are HTTPS requests sent from the nCore platform to your system as HTTPS POST requests. These requests contain JSON formatted information about the event and it is sent to a pre-configured receiving endpoint hosted on your system. **Essential uses** Following are the primary uses of webhooks notifications. * Financial record tracking:\ It can be used as a financial activity tracker, for example, load funds, transfers from one account to another account, etc. * Non-financial record tracking: \ It can be used as a non-financial activity tracker, for example, KYC verification and card lifecycle. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.nymcard.com/get-started/webhooks/introduction-to-webhooks.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.