Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Institutions API

Financial institution information

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Consumer Complaint Database Aggregations Institutions API
  description: The API for searching the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database, which contains over 15 million consumer financial complaint records.
  termsOfService: https://cfpb.github.io/source-code-policy/
  contact:
    name: Report API Issues
    url: https://github.com/cfpb/ccdb5-api/issues
  license:
    name: Creative Commons License CC0
    url: https://github.com/cfpb/ccdb5-api/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/consumer-complaints/search/api/v1/
  description: Production server
security: []
tags:
- name: Institutions
  description: Financial institution information
paths:
  /institutions/{lei}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Institutions
      summary: Get institution by LEI
      description: Returns institution details and list of filings for the given Legal Entity Identifier
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/lei'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Institution details with filings
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Institution'
        '404':
          description: Institution not found
components:
  schemas:
    FilingStatus:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: Status code
        message:
          type: string
          description: Status message
    Institution:
      type: object
      properties:
        lei:
          type: string
          description: Legal Entity Identifier
        agencyCode:
          type: integer
          description: Agency code
        activityYear:
          type: integer
          description: Activity year
        institutionType:
          type: integer
          description: Institution type code
        hmdaFiler:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether institution is a HMDA filer
        respondentName:
          type: string
          description: Name of the responding institution
        filings:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FilingSummary'
    FilingSummary:
      type: object
      properties:
        period:
          type: string
          description: Filing period year
        lei:
          type: string
          description: Legal Entity Identifier
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FilingStatus'
  parameters:
    lei:
      name: lei
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Legal Entity Identifier of the financial institution
      schema:
        type: string
        example: B90YWS6AFX2LGWOXJ1LD
externalDocs:
  description: Additional API Information
  url: https://cfpb.github.io/api/ccdb/