FedNow Service

FedNow Account Balance API

Account Management API letting a participating financial institution programmatically retrieve its FedNow master account balance information. Documented on the FedLine Developer portal as one of the optional FedNow REST APIs; access is gated to enrolled institutions and no public OpenAPI is published.

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https://www.frbservices.org/fedline-solutions/fedline-developer/fednow-apis
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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: fednow:fednow-account-balance-api
name: FedNow Account Balance API
description: Account Management API letting a participating financial institution programmatically retrieve
  its FedNow master account balance information. Documented on the FedLine Developer portal as one of
  the optional FedNow REST APIs; access is gated to enrolled institutions and no public OpenAPI is published.
humanURL: https://www.frbservices.org/fedline-solutions/fedline-developer/fednow-apis
tags:
- Account Management
- Balances
- Real-Time Payments
tags_raw:
- Account Management
- Balance
- Real-Time Payments
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.frbservices.org/fedline-solutions/fedline-developer/fednow-apis
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.frbservices.org/fedline-solutions/fedline-developer