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Create a payout instrumen...

Create a payout instrument

Request

Security
basicAuth
Path
partyIdstringrequired

A unique identifier for the party generated by us. This is sent in the response of your party creation call.

Headers
WP-Api-Versionstring, (date)required

The API version.

Example:2025-01-01
Bodyapplication/jsonrequired
payoutInstrumentReferencestring, [ 3 .. 64 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9\-_ ]*$

A reference of the payoutInstrument created by you. This field holds the beneficiary bank details. Use this to direct payouts to the relevant beneficiary. This must be unique within an entity.

Example:"primaryBusinessAccount"
payoutInstrumentIdstring, = 25 characters^par[a-zA-Z0-9-_]*0$

An ID generated by us to identify a payout instrument. You receive this in the response after successfully creating a payout instrument.

Example:"parOk0YlPtQogrqQdz7_fKXs0"
payoutInstrumentTypestring

The type of the payout instrument.

Enum:"bankAccount""wallet""card"
currencystring, = 3 characters^[A-Z]*$required

The currency in ISO 4217 currency format.

Example:"GBP"
versioninteger, (int32)
accountHolderNamestring
swiftBicstring
bankCodestring

The bankCode must be exactly 6 digits.

Example:"184758"
accountNumberstring
accountTypestring
Enum:"checking""savings""moneyMarket""certificateOfDeposit""vista""other"
ibanstring
bankNamestring
addressobject

Object containing details about the address.

branchCodestring
{
  "accountHolderName": "Case H. Mitchell",
  "payoutInstrumentType": "bankAccount",
  "swiftBic": "BUKBGB22",
  "bankCode": "045110",
  "branchCode": "Barclays Branch",
  "accountNumber": "23198765",
  "accountType": "checking",
  "iban": "GB892019000123456789",
  "bankName": "Metro Bank",
  "payoutInstrumentReference": "personalCheckingAccount",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "address": {
    "address1": "17 Neo-London Financial Tower",
    "address2": "Suite 1288",
    "type": "business",
    "city": "London",
    "countryCode": "GB",
    "postalCode": "EC1A 1BB"
  }
}

Responses

Created

Bodyapplication/json
One of:
payoutInstrumentReferencestring, [ 3 .. 64 ] characters^[A-Za-z0-9\-_ ]*$

A reference of the payoutInstrument created by you. This field holds the beneficiary bank details. Use this to direct payouts to the relevant beneficiary. This must be unique within an entity.

Example:"primaryBusinessAccount"
payoutInstrumentIdstring, = 25 characters^par[a-zA-Z0-9-_]*0$

An ID generated by us to identify a payout instrument. You receive this in the response after successfully creating a payout instrument.

Example:"parOk0YlPtQogrqQdz7_fKXs0"
payoutInstrumentTypestring

The type of the payout instrument.

Enum:"bankAccount""wallet""card"
currencystring, = 3 characters^[A-Z]*$required

The currency in ISO 4217 currency format.

Example:"GBP"
dateTimeCreatedstringread-only

The date and time the payoutInstrument was created, as an ISO 8601 zoned date time.

dateTimeUpdatedstringread-only

The date and time the payoutInstrument was updated, as an ISO 8601 zoned date time.

versioninteger, (int32)
accountHolderNamestring
swiftBicstring
bankCodestring

The bankCode must be exactly 6 digits.

Example:"184758"
accountNumberstring
accountTypestring
Enum:"checking""savings""moneyMarket""certificateOfDeposit""vista""other"
ibanstring
bankNamestring
addressobject

Object containing details about the address.

branchCodestring
Response

PayoutInstrument for a person (modular)

{
  "payoutInstrumentReference": "personalCheckingAccount",
  "payoutInstrumentId": "parF4BlVTN_zIcADcyBpXK6J0",
  "payoutInstrumentType": "bankAccount",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "dateTimeCreated": "2025-04-07T20:42:24.408Z",
  "version": 0,
  "accountHolderName": "Case H. Mitchell",
  "swiftBic": "BUKBGB22",
  "bankCode": "045110",
  "accountNumber": "23198765",
  "accountType": "checking",
  "iban": "GB892019000123456789",
  "bankName": "Metro Bank",
  "address": {
    "address1": "17 Neo-London Financial Tower",
    "address2": "Suite 1288",
    "city": "London",
    "countryCode": "GB",
    "postalCode": "EC1A 1BB",
    "type": "business"
  },
  "branchCode": "Barclays Branch"
}