---
title: "Create a Bank Account"
method: POST
path: "/entities/bank_accounts"
tags: ["Bank Account"]
---

# Create a Bank Account

`POST /entities/bank_accounts`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.justifi.ai/v1`
- URL: `https://api.justifi.ai/v1/entities/bank_accounts`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/justifi/apis/justifi-api-documentation/docs/entities/bank_accounts/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Create a bank account

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `account_owner_name` string, required: name of the account owner
  - `account_type` 'checking' | 'savings', required: type of account
  - `account_number` string, required: the account number
  - `routing_number` string: 9-digit routing number. Required for US bank accounts; not accepted for Canadian bank accounts
  - `institution_number` string: 3-digit institution number identifying the bank. Required for Canadian bank accounts; not accepted for US bank accounts
  - `transit_number` string: 5-digit transit number identifying the bank branch. Required for Canadian bank accounts; not accepted for US bank accounts
  - `business_id` string, uuid, required: business id which owns the account
  - `bank_name` string: bank name
  - `nickname` string: nickname for the bank account
  - `metadata` object: any useful information you'd like to store alongside this bank account

## Response `201`

Bank Account was created successfully

- object
  - `id` string, uuid: the object id, also found in the data object
  - `type` string: the object type, or array of objects
  - `data` object: the attributes for the object
    - `id` string, uuid: unique bank account id
    - `account_owner_name` string: name of the account owner
    - `account_type` 'checking' | 'savings': type of the account
    - `account_number_last4` string: last 4 digits of the account number
    - `routing_number` string, nullable: routing number for account (US bank accounts)
    - `institution_number` string, nullable: 3-digit institution number identifying the bank (Canadian bank accounts only)
    - `transit_number` string, nullable: 5-digit transit number identifying the bank branch (Canadian bank accounts only)
    - `bank_name` string: name of the bank
    - `country` 'USA' | 'CAN' | 'US' | 'CA': country for the bank account. Bank accounts created with the create bank account endpoint take the business's country_of_establishment (USA or CAN); bank accounts added another way, such as through Plaid, return US
    - `currency` 'usd' | 'cad': currency for the bank account
    - `nickname` string: nickname for the bank account
    - `metadata` object: any useful information you'd like to store alongside this bank account
    - `verified` boolean: whether the bank account has been verified by a third-party provider
    - `verification_provider` 'plaid', nullable: the provider that verified the bank account, when verified
    - `business_id` string, uuid
    - `platform_account_id` string, uuid
    - `created_at` string, date-time
    - `updated_at` string, date-time
  - `page_info` unknown

---

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