Nacha Route Billing Information API

The Route Billing Information API from Nacha — 1 operation(s) for route billing information.

Operations 1

POST /accounts/payers/bill Enable a biller to route billing information electronically to any customer through any network. #

Documentation

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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Initiate_Payment/1.0.7
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Documentation
https://www.nacha.org/content/apis-development
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/IAR/1.0.1
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https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/IAR_Plus/1.0.1
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/transaction_status/1.0.14
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Initiate_Wire_Payment_API/1.0.3
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Get_Wire_Status_API/1.0.0
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Initiate_Instant_Payment_API/1.0.6
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Instant_Payment_Transfer/1.0.1
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Initiate_Payment_API/1.0.2
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/RET_API/1.0.3
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Authorize_To_Pay/1.0.6
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Pay_Me_API/1.0.11
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/account_validation/1.0.2
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https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Account_Validation_Plus_Ownership_API/1.1.0
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https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Account_Validation_Plus_Name_and_RET/1.0.4
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/RealTimeBillingAccountValidation/1.0.7
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Get_Corporate_Account_Balances_API/1.0.3
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Get_Corporate_Transaction_History_API/1.0.5
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Get_Transaction_Detail_API/1.0.4
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https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Payee_Profile_API/2.1.3
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Written_Statement_of_Unauthorized_Debit/1.0.8
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Proof_of_Authorization/1.0.6
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/bank_contacts/1.0.5
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APIReference
https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/ASIG/Bank_Contact_V2/1.0.9

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OpenAPI Specification

nacha-route-billing-information-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: Afinis is a diverse group of organizations working to support advancement and use of API standardization in the financial services industry. Utilization of this API requires a developer to [register](https://www.afinis.org/user/register) their application.
  version: 1.0.11
  title: Pay Me Route Billing Information API
  contact:
    email: info@afinis.org
    url: https://www.afinis.org
servers:
- url: https://api.afinis.org/ASIG/Pay_Me_API/1.0.10
tags:
- name: Route Billing Information
paths:
  /accounts/payers/bill:
    post:
      operationId: Route Billing Information
      tags:
      - Route Billing Information
      summary: Enable a biller to route billing information electronically to any customer through any network.
      description: Route Billing Information
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/created'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/badRequest'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/unauthorized'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/notFound'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/internalServerError'
      security:
      - APIKeyQueryParam: []
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - primaryIdentifier
              properties:
                primaryIdentifier:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/primaryIdentifier'
                secondaryIdentifier:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/secondaryIdentifier'
                creditor:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/creditor'
                minimumAmount:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/minimumAmount'
                instructedAmount:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/instructedAmount'
                requestedExecutionDate:
                  description: Date at which the initiating party requests the clearing agent to process the payment
                  type: string
                  format: date
                  example: '2020-12-24'
                debtor:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/debtor'
                paymentIdentification:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/paymentIdentification'
                locationAndContact:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/locationAndContact'
                remittanceInformation:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/remittanceInformation'
        description: Route Billing Information
        required: true
components:
  schemas:
    unauthorized:
      title: Unauthorized
      type: object
      description: 401 - Unauthorized
      required:
      - detail
      properties:
        detail:
          description: error details
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/unauthorizedErrorDetails'
    unauthorizedErrorDetails:
      title: Unauthorized Error Details
      type: object
      required:
      - errorCode
      - message
      properties:
        errorCode:
          example: 1000
          type: number
          enum:
          - 1000
          - 1001
          description: "A programmatic error code:\n  * `1000` - API key is missing, invalid or expired. \n  * `1001` - API token is invalid, expired, or account associated with key does not have access to that API.\n"
        message:
          description: A human readable description of the problem
          example: API key is missing, invalid or expired.
          type: string
    created:
      title: Created
      type: object
      description: 201 - Success - Created
      required:
      - detail
      properties:
        detail:
          description: error details
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/createdDetails'
    badRequest:
      title: Bad Request
      type: object
      description: 400 - Bad Request
      required:
      - detail
      properties:
        detail:
          description: error details
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/badRequestErrorDetails'
    notFound:
      title: Not Found
      description: 404 - Resource was not found.
      type: object
      required:
      - errorCode
      - message
      properties:
        errorCode:
          example: 404
          type: number
          enum:
          - 404
          description: "A programmatic error code:\n  * `404` - Resource was not found.\n"
        message:
          description: A human readable description of the problem
          example: Resource was not found.
          type: string
    instructedAmount:
      title: Instructed Amount
      description: Amount of money to be moved between the debtor and creditor, before deduction of charges, expressed in the currency as ordered by the initiating party
      type: object
      required:
      - amount
      - currency
      properties:
        amount:
          type: number
          example: 1.01
          maxLength: 11
        currency:
          type: string
          example: USD
          enum:
          - USD
    paymentIdentification:
      title: Payment Identification
      description: Unique identifier generated by the biller, which can be used for reconciliation purpose and to link a payment to the original bill.
      type: object
      required:
      - endToEndIdentification
      properties:
        endToEndIdentification:
          description: Unique identification assigned by the initiating party to unambiguously identify the transaction. This identification is passed on, unchanged, throughout the entire end-to-end chain.
          type: string
          example: ABC123
          maxLength: 35
    other:
      type: object
      required:
      - channelType
      - identification
      properties:
        channelType:
          type: string
          example: EXT
          enum:
          - EXT
          description: "Name of the identification scheme:\n   * `EXT` - Phone Number Extension\n"
        identification:
          description: Contact details in another form.
          type: string
          maxLength: 128
          example: null
    postalAddress:
      description: Information that locates and identifies a specific address, as defined by postal services.
      type: object
      properties:
        streetName:
          description: Name of a street or throughfare
          type: string
          maxLength: 70
          example: Lexington Street
        postCode:
          description: Identifier consisting of a group of letters and/or numbers that is added to a postal address to assist the sorting of mail
          type: string
          maxLength: 11
          example: 19801
        townName:
          description: Name of a built-up area, with defined boundaries, and a local government
          type: string
          maxLength: 35
          example: Wilmington
        countrySubDivision:
          description: Identifies a subdivision of a country such as state, region, county
          type: string
          maxLength: 35
          example: DE
        country:
          description: Nation with its own government
          type: string
          minLength: 2
          maxLength: 2
          example: US
    secondaryIdentifier:
      title: secondaryIdentifier
      type: object
      description: Secondary Unique Identifier
      properties:
        debtor:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/debtor'
    internalServerError:
      title: Internal Server Error
      description: 500 - Internal Server Error
      type: object
      required:
      - detail
      properties:
        detail:
          description: error details
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/internalServerErrorDetails'
    debtorAgent:
      title: Debtor Agent
      description: Financial institution servicing an account for the debtor
      type: object
      required:
      - clearingSystemIdentification
      - memberIdentification
      properties:
        clearingSystemIdentification:
          type: string
          example: USABA
          enum:
          - USABA
          description: "Specification of a pre-agreed offering between clearing agents or the channel through which the payment instruction is processed:  \n * `USABA` - Routing Transit number assigned by the ABA for US financial Institutions. \n"
        memberIdentification:
          description: Identification of a member of a clearing system  e.g., a U.S. transit routing number or Canadian Payments Association Routing Number.
          type: string
          maxLength: 35
          example: 061103852
    minimumAmount:
      title: Minimum Amount
      description: Minimum amount of payment accepted by supplier for the payment type selected
      type: object
      required:
      - amount
      - currency
      properties:
        amount:
          type: number
          example: 1.01
          maxLength: 11
        currency:
          type: string
          example: USD
          enum:
          - USD
    primaryIdentifier:
      title: primaryIdentifier
      type: object
      description: Primary Unique Identifier
      properties:
        debtorAgent:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/debtorAgent'
        debtorAccount:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/debtorAccount'
        debtor:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/debtor'
    remittanceInformation:
      title: RemittanceInformation
      description: Information supplied to enable the matching of an entry with the items that the transfer is intended to settle, such as commercial invoices in an accounts' receivable system
      type: object
      required:
      - unstructured
      properties:
        unstructured:
          description: Information supplied to enable the matching/reconciliation of an entry with the items that the payment is intended to settle, such as commercial invoices in an accounts' receivable system, in an unstructured form
          type: string
          example: Invoice# 1234
          maxLength: 140
    createdDetails:
      title: Request Successful Details
      type: object
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        code:
          example: CRTD
          type: string
          enum:
          - CRTD
          description: "A programmatic error code:\n  * `CRTD` - Created\n"
        message:
          description: A human readable response message.
          example: The request has been fulfilled
          type: string
    debtorAccount:
      title: Debtor Account
      description: Unambiguous identification of the account of the debtor to which a debit entry will be made as a result of the transaction.
      type: object
      properties:
        identification:
          description: Unique and unambiguous identification for the account between the account owner and the account servicer.
          type: string
          example: '1234567891'
          maxLength: 34
        proxy:
          description: Specifies an alternate assumed name for the identification of the account.
          type: object
          required:
          - type
          - identification
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
              - EMAL
              - MBNO
              description: "Identification used to indicate the account identification:\n * `EMAL` - Email - Receiver's Email\n * `MBNO` - Mobile Number - Receiver's Phone Number\n"
              example: EMAL
            identification:
              description: Identification used to indicate the account identification under another specified name.
              type: string
              example: bob.jones@gmail.com
    locationAndContact:
      title: LocationAndContact
      description: Location and contact information of the merchant (business) performing the transaction
      type: object
      required:
      - URLAddress
      properties:
        URLAddress:
          type: string
          example: https://www.energy.com/welcome
          maxLength: 256
    creditor:
      title: Creditor
      type: object
      description: Party to which an amount of money is due.
      required:
      - name
      properties:
        name:
          description: Name by which a party is known and which is usually used to identify that party.
          type: string
          maxLength: 140
          example: Tele Co. ABC
        postalAddress:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/postalAddress'
        contactDetails:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/contactDetails'
    contactDetails:
      type: object
      required:
      - phoneNumber
      properties:
        phoneNumber:
          description: Collection of information that identifies a phone number, as defined by telecom services.
          type: string
          maxLength: 30
          example: +1-302-515-5000
        other:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/other'
    internalServerErrorDetails:
      title: Internal Server Error Details
      type: object
      required:
      - errorCode
      - message
      properties:
        errorCode:
          example: 3001
          type: number
          enum:
          - 3001
          description: "A programmatic error code:\n  * `3001` - Internal Server error.\n"
        message:
          description: A human readable description of the problem
          example: Internal Server error
          type: string
    debtor:
      title: Debtor
      type: object
      description: Party that owes an amount of money to the (ultimate) creditor.
      properties:
        name:
          description: Name by which a party is known and which is usually used to identify that party.
          type: string
          maxLength: 140
          example: Bob Jones
        identification:
          description: Identification assigned by an institution
          type: string
          maxLength: 35
          example: 1234567891
        schemeName:
          type: string
          example: CUST
          enum:
          - CUST
          - TXID
          - Other
          - Biller Access Code
          - TrucTXID
          - Other Secondary
          description: "Name of the identification scheme:\n   * `CUST` - CustomerIdentificationNumber, Number assigned by an issuer to identify a customer\n   * `TXID` - TaxIdentificationNumber, Number assigned by a tax authority to identify a person\n   * `Other` - Other Identifier\n   * `Biller Access Code` - Biller Access Cod\n   * `TrucTXID` - Truncated TaxIdentificationNumber\n   * `Other Secondary` - Secondary Other Identifier\n"
        postalAddress:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/postalAddress'
        birthDate:
          description: Date on which a person is born
          type: string
          format: date
          example: '2020-06-24'
    badRequestErrorDetails:
      title: Bad Request Error Details
      type: object
      required:
      - errorCode
      - message
      properties:
        errorCode:
          description: "A programmatic error code:\n  * `2000` - Invalid JSON structure.\n  * `2001` - '[Field name] is missing or invalid.'\n  * `2002` - Invalid date.\n  * `2003` - Invalid combination of fields submitted. Check the API specification for eligible combinations. \n  * `2004` - '[Field name] cannot be more than [max number] characters.'\n"
          example: 2000
          type: number
          enum:
          - 2000
          - 2001
          - 2002
          - 2003
          - 2004
        message:
          description: A human readable description of the problem
          example: Invalid JSON structure.
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyQueryParam:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apikey