Plaid Payment Networks Information API

Search and view account payment networks

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GET /accounts/{accountId}/payment-networks Get payment networks supported by the account #

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OpenAPI Specification

plaid-payment-networks-information-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 6.4.0
  title: FDX V6.4.0 Payment Networks Information API
  description: '## FDX compliance


    The Core Exchange API specifications are a subset of the Financial Data Exchange (FDX) API specification, the usage thereof (or any part thereof) constitutes acceptance of the FDX API

    License Agreement, which can be found at https://financialdataexchange.org/.'
  contact:
    name: Plaid support
    url: https://plaid.com/data-connectivity-core-exchange/
    email: dataconnectivity@plaid.com
servers:
- url: https://api.your-organization.com/fdx/v6
  description: Financial Data Exchange V6.4.0 Core API
tags:
- name: Payment Networks Information
  description: Search and view account payment networks
paths:
  /accounts/{accountId}/payment-networks:
    get:
      operationId: getAccountPaymentNetworks
      tags:
      - Payment Networks Information
      description: Get payment networks supported by an account, for example ACH (Automated Clearing House). For more information about how Plaid uses this information, see the Plaid Auth API.
      summary: Get payment networks supported by the account
      security:
      - openIdConnect:
        - Account
      - oauth2:
        - Account
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AccountIdPath'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OffsetQuery'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PageKeyQuery'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LimitQuery'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Information required to execute a payment transaction against this account.


            **Note:** If the status of the `accountId` provided is `RESTRICTED`, you can send a 200 response with an empty body to indicate that no payment networks are available at this time.

            '
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountPaymentNetworkList'
              example:
                page:
                  nextOffset: B47D80MVP23T
                paymentNetworks:
                - bankId: 010088889
                  identifier: '1111222233335820'
                  type: US_ACH
                  transferIn: true
                  transferOut: true
components:
  parameters:
    PageKeyQuery:
      name: pageKey
      in: query
      description: 'Opaque cursor used by the provider to send the next set of records.

        Pagination can be implemented per provider''s preference

        '
      schema:
        type: string
    AccountIdPath:
      name: accountId
      in: path
      description: 'Account identifier, found in the `GET /accounts` endpoint response.

        Plaid expects the ID to be a different value from the account number

        '
      required: true
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Identifier'
    LimitQuery:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: 'The number of elements that the API consumer wishes to receive. Plaid has a default limit of 100 elements. If your organization has a different limit, use the lower limit to determine how many items to send per page. To retrieve multiple pages, Plaid will use the opaque `nextPageKey` field to send a subsequent request until the `nextPageKey` is no longer included.

        '
      schema:
        type: integer
    OffsetQuery:
      name: offset
      in: query
      deprecated: true
      description: 'Opaque cursor used by the provider to send the next set of records.

        Deprecated in favor of PageKeyQuery, will be removed with a future major release

        '
      schema:
        type: string
        example: qwer123454q2f
  schemas:
    Identifier:
      title: Identifier
      description: 'Value for a unique identifier

        '
      type: string
      maxLength: 256
      example: someLongTermUniqueIDString
    PaginatedArray:
      title: Paginated Array
      description: 'Base class for results that may be paginated

        '
      type: object
      properties:
        page:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageMetadata'
    PageMetadata:
      title: Page Metadata
      description: 'Contains the opaque identifier, `nextPageKey`, to indicate a paginated result set.

        The `nextOffset` identifier is deprecated and will be removed with a future major release.

        '
      type: object
      properties:
        nextOffset:
          type: string
          example: B47D80MVP23T
          deprecated: true
          description: 'Opaque identifier. Does not need to be numeric or have any specific pattern.

            Deprecated in favor of `nextPageKey`, will be removed with a future major release

            '
        nextPageKey:
          type: string
          example: B47D80MVP23T
          description: 'Opaque identifier. Does not need to be numeric or have any specific pattern.

            Implementation specific

            '
        totalElements:
          type: integer
          example: 3
          description: 'Total number of elements

            '
    AccountPaymentNetworkList:
      title: Payment Networks entity
      type: object
      description: 'Array of payment networks.

        Not all deposit accounts support ACH transfers. For example, a prepaid debit card account doesn''t support ACH

        '
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginatedArray'
      - type: object
        properties:
          paymentNetworks:
            type: array
            description: 'Array of payment networks.

              Not all deposit accounts support ACH transfers. For example, a prepaid debit card account doesn''t support ACH

              '
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentNetwork'
            minItems: 1
            example:
            - bankId: 010088889
              identifier: '1111222233335820'
              type: US_ACH
              transferIn: true
              transferOut: true
        required:
        - paymentNetworks
    PaymentNetworkType:
      title: Payment Network Type
      description: 'Suggested values for Payment Network Type. `US_` refers to the USA, and `CA_` refers to Canada.

        Possible values:


        * CA_ACSS: Automated Clearing House Settlement System

        * CA_LVTS: Large-Value Transfer System

        * US_ACH: Automated Clearing House (mostly small banks)

        * US_CHIPS: Clearinghouse Interbank Payments System (primarily big banks)

        * US_FEDNOW: Federal Reserve Instant Payment System


        **NOTE**: `US_FEDNOW` is supported as of v6.0. `US_FEDWIRE` and `US_RTP` are not supported payment network types.

        '
      type: string
      enum:
      - CA_ACSS
      - CA_LVTS
      - US_ACH
      - US_CHIPS
      - US_FEDNOW
      - US_FEDWIRE
      - US_RTP
    PaymentNetwork:
      title: Payment Network Supported by Account
      description: 'This provides details required to execute a transaction against the account within the payment network

        '
      type: object
      properties:
        bankId:
          type: string
          description: 'Bank identifier used by the payment network. Typically the 9-digit

            routing transit number (RTN) associated with the account number at a US institution,

            or the 3-digit Institution (FID) and 5-digit Transit numbers for Canadian institutions,

            including leading zeroes

            '
        identifier:
          type: string
          description: 'The number used to identify the account within the payment network.

            Send 4 to 17 digits with no separators, even if displayed to customers formatted. A value with separators is rejected and that account''s Auth data will be discarded, though the response still succeeds and the account still appears.

            '
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentNetworkType'
        transferIn:
          type: boolean
          description: 'Can transfer funds to the account using this information. Plaid expects that this value represents the account''s current ability to be credited through a payment network.

            Plaid recommends dynamically updating this value, for example to represent if the account is locked or not.


            **Note:** Both `transferIn` and `transferOut` must be `true` in order for the account to support ACH

            '
        transferOut:
          type: boolean
          description: 'Can transfer funds from the account using this information. Plaid expects that this value represents the account''s current ability to be debited through a payment network.

            Plaid recommends dynamically updating this value, for example to represent if the account is locked or not.


            **Note:** Both `transferIn` and `transferOut` must be `true` in order for the account to support ACH

            '
      required:
      - bankId
      - identifier
      - type
      - transferIn
      - transferOut
  securitySchemes:
    openIdConnect:
      type: openIdConnect
      description: 'This API uses an [OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication flow](https://plaid.com/core-exchange/docs/authentication) and accepts the resulting [access token](https://plaid.com/core-exchange/docs/authentication) as a bearer token. For example, `curl -H ''Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS&#95;TOKEN>''`.

        '
      openIdConnectUrl: https://www.your-organization.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: 'This API uses an [OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow](https://plaid.com/core-exchange/docs/authentication/oauth-flow) and accepts the resulting access token as a bearer token. For example, `curl -H ''Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS&#95;TOKEN>''`.

        '
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://www.your-organization.com/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://www.your-organization.com/token
          scopes:
            Account: (optional) Read account data
            Customer: (optional) Read customer data
            Transactions: (optional) Read transaction data