---
title: "Open a Corporate USD Account"
method: POST
path: "/v1/customers/{customerId}/corporate_account"
tags: ["Balances"]
---

# Open a Corporate USD Account

`POST /v1/customers/{customerId}/corporate_account`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.sandbox.alfredpay.io`
- URL: `https://api.sandbox.alfredpay.io/v1/customers/{customerId}/corporate_account`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `api-key` and API key in header `api-secret`

Opens an opt-in USD balance the customer holds with Alfred. It isn't a destination anyone pays into.

Not available to a `SUB_CUSTOMER`, and the request is refused before anything is locked.

Expect `pending` until the provider's per-holder approval comes back.

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string, uuid, required

## Response `201`

Created

- CorporateAccount
  - `id` string
  - `customerId` string
  - `currency` 'USD'
  - `status` 'pending' | 'active' | 'suspended' | 'closed'
  - `account_holder_name` string
  - `createdAt` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `403`: `customer_type_ineligible`

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `20fef4fd2ab3`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/alfredpay/apis/alfred-penny-api-client-documentation/changes/v1/customers/:customerId/corporate_account/post.md)

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