---
title: "Initiate a payment of account"
method: POST
path: "/rest/accounts/{account-id}/payments/{payment-id}/init"
tags: ["Payments"]
deprecated: true
---

# Initiate a payment of account

`POST /rest/accounts/{account-id}/payments/{payment-id}/init`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.nrich.qwist.cloud`
- URL: `https://api.nrich.qwist.cloud/rest/accounts/{account-id}/payments/{payment-id}/init`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/qwist/apis/finx-api/docs/rest/accounts/:account-id/payments/:payment-id/init/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

> **Deprecated.**

Initiate a payment by sending it to the payment service provider. The payment is executed as an asynchronous background operation. The status of this operation can be monitored by polling [the payment](/reference/getpaymentinitstatus) and and tracking the `status` field.
**Deprecated** in favour of [init payment](/reference/initpayment) endpoint.

## Parameters

- `#/paths/~1rest~1accounts~1{account-id}/get/parameters/0` (unresolved $ref)
- `#/paths/~1rest~1payments~1{payment-id}~1init/post/parameters/0` (unresolved $ref)
- `#/paths/~1auth~1user/post/parameters/0` (unresolved $ref)

## Request body

- … (unresolved $ref); see the full OpenAPI document linked below

## Other responses

- `201` (unresolved $ref)
- `400` (unresolved $ref)
- `401` (unresolved $ref)
- `404` (unresolved $ref)

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `398592d93b1f`: 2 breaking, 2 info
  - added the new path request parameter `account-id`
  - added the new path request parameter `payment-id`
  - added the media type `application/json` to the request body
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `201`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/qwist/apis/finx-api/changes/rest/accounts/:account-id/payments/:payment-id/init/post.md)

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