Create an account

With Connect, you can create Stripe accounts for your users. To do this, you’ll first need to register your platform.

If you’ve already collected information for your connected accounts, you can prefill that information when creating the account. Connect Onboarding won’t ask for the prefilled information during account onboarding. You can prefill any information on the account.

Parameters

business_typeenum
The business type. Once you create an Account Link or Account Session, this property can only be updated for accounts where controller.requirement_collection is application, which includes Custom accounts.
Possible enum values
company
government_entity
US only
individual
non_profit

capabilitiesobjectRequired conditionally
Each key of the dictionary represents a capability, and each capability maps to its settings (for example, whether it has been requested or not). Each capability is inactive until you have provided its specific requirements and Stripe has verified them. An account might have some of its requested capabilities be active and some be inactive.
Required when account.controller.stripe_dashboard.type is none, which includes Custom accounts.

companyobject
Information about the company or business. This field is available for any business_type. Once you create an Account Link or Account Session, this property can only be updated for accounts where controller.requirement_collection is application, which includes Custom accounts.

controllerobject
A hash of configuration describing the account controller’s attributes.

countrystringdefault is your own country
The country in which the account holder resides, or in which the business is legally established. This should be an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. For example, if you are in the United States and the business for which you’re creating an account is legally represented in Canada, you would use CA as the country for the account being created. Available countries include Stripe’s global markets as well as countries where cross-border payouts are supported.

emailstring
The email address of the account holder. This is only to make the account easier to identify to you. If controller.requirement_collection is application, which includes Custom accounts, Stripe doesn’t email the account without your consent.

individualobject
Information about the person represented by the account. This field is null unless business_type is set to individual. Once you create an Account Link or Account Session, this property can only be updated for accounts where controller.requirement_collection is application, which includes Custom accounts.

metadataobject
Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to metadata.

tos_acceptanceobject
Details on the account’s acceptance of the Stripe Services Agreement. This property can only be updated for accounts where controller.requirement_collection is application, which includes Custom accounts. This property defaults to a full service agreement when empty.

typeenum
The type of Stripe account to create. May be one of custom, express or standard.
Possible enum values
custom
express
standard

More parameters

account_tokenstring

business_profileobject

default_currencyenum

documentsobject

external_accountstring

groupsobjectPreview feature

settingsobject

Returns

Returns an Account object if the call succeeds.

POST /v1/accounts

Server-side language

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/accounts \
  -u "sk_test_4eC39Hq...arjtT1zdp7dcsk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc:" \
  -d country=US \
  --data-urlencode email="jenny.rosen@example.com" \
  -d "controller[fees][payer]"=application \
  -d "controller[losses][payments]"=application \
  -d "controller[stripe_dashboard][type]"=express

Response

{
  "id": "acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK",
  "object": "account",
  "business_profile": {
    "annual_revenue": null,
    "estimated_worker_count": null,
    "mcc": null,
    "name": null,
    "product_description": null,
    "support_address": null,
    "support_email": null,
    "support_phone": null,
    "support_url": null,
    "url": null
  },
  "business_type": null,
  "capabilities": {},
  "charges_enabled": false,
  "controller": {
    "fees": {
      "payer": "application"
    },
    "is_controller": true,
    "losses": {
      "payments": "application"
    },
    "requirement_collection": "stripe",
    "stripe_dashboard": {
      "type": "express"
    },
    "type": "application"
  },
  "country": "US",
  "created": 1695830751,
  "default_currency": "usd",
  "details_submitted": false,
  "email": "jenny.rosen@example.com",
  "external_accounts": {
    "object": "list",
    "data": [],
    "has_more": false,
    "total_count": 0,
    "url": "/v1/accounts/acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK/external_accounts"
  },
  "future_requirements": {
    "alternatives": [],
    "current_deadline": null,
    "currently_due": [],
    "disabled_reason": null,
    "errors": [],
    "eventually_due": [],
    "past_due": [],
    "pending_verification": []
  },
  "login_links": {
    "object": "list",
    "total_count": 0,
    "has_more": false,
    "url": "/v1/accounts/acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK/login_links",
    "data": []
  },
  "metadata": {},
  "payouts_enabled": false,
  "requirements": {
    "alternatives": [],
    "current_deadline": null,
    "currently_due": [
      "business_profile.mcc",
      "business_profile.url",
      "business_type",
      "external_account",
      "representative.first_name",
      "representative.last_name",
      "tos_acceptance.date",
      "tos_acceptance.ip"
    ],
    "disabled_reason": "requirements.past_due",
    "errors": [],
    "eventually_due": [
      "business_profile.mcc",
      "business_profile.url",
      "business_type",
      "external_account",
      "representative.first_name",
      "representative.last_name",
      "tos_acceptance.date",
      "tos_acceptance.ip"
    ],
    "past_due": [
      "business_profile.mcc",
      "business_profile.url",
      "business_type",
      "external_account",
      "representative.first_name",
      "representative.last_name",
      "tos_acceptance.date",
      "tos_acceptance.ip"
    ],
    "pending_verification": []
  },
  "settings": {
    "bacs_debit_payments": {
      "display_name": null,
      "service_user_number": null
    },
    "branding": {
      "icon": null,
      "logo": null,
      "primary_color": null,
      "secondary_color": null
    },
    "card_issuing": {
      "tos_acceptance": {
        "date": null,
        "ip": null
      }
    },
    "card_payments": {
      "decline_on": {
        "avs_failure": false,
        "cvc_failure": false
      },
      "statement_descriptor_prefix": null,
      "statement_descriptor_prefix_kanji": null,
      "statement_descriptor_prefix_kana": null
    },
    "dashboard": {
      "display_name": null,
      "timezone": "Etc/UTC"
    },
    "invoices": {
      "default_account_tax_ids": null
    },
    "payments": {
      "statement_descriptor": null,
      "statement_descriptor_kana": null,
      "statement_descriptor_kanji": null
    },
    "payouts": {
      "debit_negative_balances": true,
      "schedule": {
        "delay_days": 2,
        "interval": "daily"
      },
      "statement_descriptor": null
    },
    "sepa_debit_payments": {}
  },
  "tos_acceptance": {
    "date": null,
    "ip": null,
    "user_agent": null
  },
  "type": "none"
}

Update an account

Updates a connected account by setting the values of the parameters passed. Any parameters not provided are left unchanged.

For accounts where controller.requirement_collection is application, which includes Custom accounts, you can update any information on the account.

For accounts where controller.requirement_collection is stripe, which includes Standard and Express accounts, you can update all information until you create an Account Link or Account Session to start Connect onboarding, after which some properties can no longer be updated.

To update your own account, use the Dashboard. Refer to our Connect documentation to learn more about updating accounts.

Parameters

business_typeenum
The business type. Once you create an Account Link or Account Session, this property can only be updated for accounts where controller.requirement_collection is application, which includes Custom accounts.
Possible enum values
company
government_entity
US only
individual
non_profit

capabilitiesobject
Each key of the dictionary represents a capability, and each capability maps to its settings (for example, whether it has been requested or not). Each capability is inactive until you have provided its specific requirements and Stripe has verified them. An account might have some of its requested capabilities be active and some be inactive.
Required when account.controller.stripe_dashboard.type is none, which includes Custom accounts.

companyobject
Information about the company or business. This field is available for any business_type. Once you create an Account Link or Account Session, this property can only be updated for accounts where controller.requirement_collection is application, which includes Custom accounts.

emailstring
The email address of the account holder. This is only to make the account easier to identify to you. If controller.requirement_collection is application, which includes Custom accounts, Stripe doesn’t email the account without your consent.

individualobject
Information about the person represented by the account. This field is null unless business_type is set to individual. Once you create an Account Link or Account Session, this property can only be updated for accounts where controller.requirement_collection is application, which includes Custom accounts.

metadataobject
Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to metadata.

tos_acceptanceobject
Details on the account’s acceptance of the Stripe Services Agreement. This property can only be updated for accounts where controller.requirement_collection is application, which includes Custom accounts. This property defaults to a full service agreement when empty.

More parameters

account_tokenstring

business_profileobject

default_currencyenum

documentsobject

external_accountstring

groupsobjectPreview feature

settingsobject

Returns

Returns an Account object if the call succeeds. If the account ID does not exist or another issue occurs, this call raises an error. Some validations will not raise an error but will instead populate the requirements.errors array.

POST /v1/accounts/:id

Server-side language

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/accounts/acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK \
  -u "sk_test_4eC39Hq...arjtT1zdp7dcsk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc:" \
  -d "metadata[order_id]"=6735

Response

{
  "id": "acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK",
  "object": "account",
  "business_profile": {
    "annual_revenue": null,
    "estimated_worker_count": null,
    "mcc": null,
    "name": null,
    "product_description": null,
    "support_address": null,
    "support_email": null,
    "support_phone": null,
    "support_url": null,
    "url": null
  },
  "business_type": null,
  "capabilities": {},
  "charges_enabled": false,
  "controller": {
    "fees": {
      "payer": "application"
    },
    "is_controller": true,
    "losses": {
      "payments": "application"
    },
    "requirement_collection": "stripe",
    "stripe_dashboard": {
      "type": "express"
    },
    "type": "application"
  },
  "country": "US",
  "created": 1695830751,
  "default_currency": "usd",
  "details_submitted": false,
  "email": "jenny.rosen@example.com",
  "external_accounts": {
    "object": "list",
    "data": [],
    "has_more": false,
    "total_count": 0,
    "url": "/v1/accounts/acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK/external_accounts"
  },
  "future_requirements": {
    "alternatives": [],
    "current_deadline": null,
    "currently_due": [],
    "disabled_reason": null,
    "errors": [],
    "eventually_due": [],
    "past_due": [],
    "pending_verification": []
  },
  "login_links": {
    "object": "list",
    "total_count": 0,
    "has_more": false,
    "url": "/v1/accounts/acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK/login_links",
    "data": []
  },
  "metadata": {
    "order_id": "6735"
  },
  "payouts_enabled": false,
  "requirements": {
    "alternatives": [],
    "current_deadline": null,
    "currently_due": [
      "business_profile.mcc",
      "business_profile.url",
      "business_type",
      "external_account",
      "representative.first_name",
      "representative.last_name",
      "tos_acceptance.date",
      "tos_acceptance.ip"
    ],
    "disabled_reason": "requirements.past_due",
    "errors": [],
    "eventually_due": [
      "business_profile.mcc",
      "business_profile.url",
      "business_type",
      "external_account",
      "representative.first_name",
      "representative.last_name",
      "tos_acceptance.date",
      "tos_acceptance.ip"
    ],
    "past_due": [
      "business_profile.mcc",
      "business_profile.url",
      "business_type",
      "external_account",
      "representative.first_name",
      "representative.last_name",
      "tos_acceptance.date",
      "tos_acceptance.ip"
    ],
    "pending_verification": []
  },
  "settings": {
    "bacs_debit_payments": {
      "display_name": null,
      "service_user_number": null
    },
    "branding": {
      "icon": null,
      "logo": null,
      "primary_color": null,
      "secondary_color": null
    },
    "card_issuing": {
      "tos_acceptance": {
        "date": null,
        "ip": null
      }
    },
    "card_payments": {
      "decline_on": {
        "avs_failure": false,
        "cvc_failure": false
      },
      "statement_descriptor_prefix": null,
      "statement_descriptor_prefix_kanji": null,
      "statement_descriptor_prefix_kana": null
    },
    "dashboard": {
      "display_name": null,
      "timezone": "Etc/UTC"
    },
    "invoices": {
      "default_account_tax_ids": null
    },
    "payments": {
      "statement_descriptor": null,
      "statement_descriptor_kana": null,
      "statement_descriptor_kanji": null
    },
    "payouts": {
      "debit_negative_balances": true,
      "schedule": {
        "delay_days": 2,
        "interval": "daily"
      },
      "statement_descriptor": null
    },
    "sepa_debit_payments": {}
  },
  "tos_acceptance": {
    "date": null,
    "ip": null,
    "user_agent": null
  },
  "type": "none"
}

Retrieve account

Retrieves the details of an account.

Parameters

No parameters.

Returns

Returns an Account object if the call succeeds. If the account ID does not exist, this call raises an error.

GET /v1/accounts/:id

Server-side language

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/accounts/acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK \
  -u "sk_test_4eC39Hq...arjtT1zdp7dcsk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc:"

Response

{
  "id": "acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK",
  "object": "account",
  "business_profile": {
    "annual_revenue": null,
    "estimated_worker_count": null,
    "mcc": null,
    "name": null,
    "product_description": null,
    "support_address": null,
    "support_email": null,
    "support_phone": null,
    "support_url": null,
    "url": null
  },
  "business_type": null,
  "capabilities": {},
  "charges_enabled": false,
  "controller": {
    "fees": {
      "payer": "application"
    },
    "is_controller": true,
    "losses": {
      "payments": "application"
    },
    "requirement_collection": "stripe",
    "stripe_dashboard": {
      "type": "express"
    },
    "type": "application"
  },
  "country": "US",
  "created": 1695830751,
  "default_currency": "usd",
  "details_submitted": false,
  "email": "jenny.rosen@example.com",
  "external_accounts": {
    "object": "list",
    "data": [],
    "has_more": false,
    "total_count": 0,
    "url": "/v1/accounts/acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK/external_accounts"
  },
  "future_requirements": {
    "alternatives": [],
    "current_deadline": null,
    "currently_due": [],
    "disabled_reason": null,
    "errors": [],
    "eventually_due": [],
    "past_due": [],
    "pending_verification": []
  },
  "login_links": {
    "object": "list",
    "total_count": 0,
    "has_more": false,
    "url": "/v1/accounts/acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK/login_links",
    "data": []
  },
  "metadata": {},
  "payouts_enabled": false,
  "requirements": {
    "alternatives": [],
    "current_deadline": null,
    "currently_due": [
      "business_profile.mcc",
      "business_profile.url",
      "business_type",
      "external_account",
      "representative.first_name",
      "representative.last_name",
      "tos_acceptance.date",
      "tos_acceptance.ip"
    ],
    "disabled_reason": "requirements.past_due",
    "errors": [],
    "eventually_due": [
      "business_profile.mcc",
      "business_profile.url",
      "business_type",
      "external_account",
      "representative.first_name",
      "representative.last_name",
      "tos_acceptance.date",
      "tos_acceptance.ip"
    ],
    "past_due": [
      "business_profile.mcc",
      "business_profile.url",
      "business_type",
      "external_account",
      "representative.first_name",
      "representative.last_name",
      "tos_acceptance.date",
      "tos_acceptance.ip"
    ],
    "pending_verification": []
  },
  "settings": {
    "bacs_debit_payments": {
      "display_name": null,
      "service_user_number": null
    },
    "branding": {
      "icon": null,
      "logo": null,
      "primary_color": null,
      "secondary_color": null
    },
    "card_issuing": {
      "tos_acceptance": {
        "date": null,
        "ip": null
      }
    },
    "card_payments": {
      "decline_on": {
        "avs_failure": false,
        "cvc_failure": false
      },
      "statement_descriptor_prefix": null,
      "statement_descriptor_prefix_kanji": null,
      "statement_descriptor_prefix_kana": null
    },
    "dashboard": {
      "display_name": null,
      "timezone": "Etc/UTC"
    },
    "invoices": {
      "default_account_tax_ids": null
    },
    "payments": {
      "statement_descriptor": null,
      "statement_descriptor_kana": null,
      "statement_descriptor_kanji": null
    },
    "payouts": {
      "debit_negative_balances": true,
      "schedule": {
        "delay_days": 2,
        "interval": "daily"
      },
      "statement_descriptor": null
    },
    "sepa_debit_payments": {}
  },
  "tos_acceptance": {
    "date": null,
    "ip": null,
    "user_agent": null
  },
  "type": "none"
}

List all connected accounts

Returns a list of accounts connected to your platform via Connect. If you’re not a platform, the list is empty.

Parameters

No parameters.

More parameters

createdobject

ending_beforestring

limitinteger

starting_afterstring

Returns

A dictionary with a data property that contains an array of up to limit accounts, starting after account starting_after. Each entry in the array is a separate Account object. If no more accounts are available, the resulting array is empty.

GET /v1/accounts

Server-side language

curl -G https://api.stripe.com/v1/accounts \
  -u "sk_test_4eC39Hq...arjtT1zdp7dcsk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc:" \
  -d limit=3

Response

{
  "object": "list",
  "url": "/v1/accounts",
  "has_more": false,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK",
      "object": "account",
      "business_profile": {
        "annual_revenue": null,
        "estimated_worker_count": null,
        "mcc": null,
        "name": null,
        "product_description": null,
        "support_address": null,
        "support_email": null,
        "support_phone": null,
        "support_url": null,
        "url": null
      },
      "business_type": null,
      "capabilities": {},
      "charges_enabled": false,
      "controller": {
        "fees": {
          "payer": "application"
        },
        "is_controller": true,
        "losses": {
          "payments": "application"
        },
        "requirement_collection": "stripe",
        "stripe_dashboard": {
          "type": "express"
        },
        "type": "application"
      },
      "country": "US",
      "created": 1695830751,
      "default_currency": "usd",
      "details_submitted": false,
      "email": "jenny.rosen@example.com",
      "external_accounts": {
        "object": "list",
        "data": [],
        "has_more": false,
        "total_count": 0,
        "url": "/v1/accounts/acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK/external_accounts"
      },
      "future_requirements": {
        "alternatives": [],
        "current_deadline": null,
        "currently_due": [],
        "disabled_reason": null,
        "errors": [],
        "eventually_due": [],
        "past_due": [],
        "pending_verification": []
      },
      "login_links": {
        "object": "list",
        "total_count": 0,
        "has_more": false,
        "url": "/v1/accounts/acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK/login_links",
        "data": []
      },
      "metadata": {},
      "payouts_enabled": false,
      "requirements": {
        "alternatives": [],
        "current_deadline": null,
        "currently_due": [
          "business_profile.mcc",
          "business_profile.url",
          "business_type",
          "external_account",
          "representative.first_name",
          "representative.last_name",
          "tos_acceptance.date",
          "tos_acceptance.ip"
        ],
        "disabled_reason": "requirements.past_due",
        "errors": [],
        "eventually_due": [
          "business_profile.mcc",
          "business_profile.url",
          "business_type",
          "external_account",
          "representative.first_name",
          "representative.last_name",
          "tos_acceptance.date",
          "tos_acceptance.ip"
        ],
        "past_due": [
          "business_profile.mcc",
          "business_profile.url",
          "business_type",
          "external_account",
          "representative.first_name",
          "representative.last_name",
          "tos_acceptance.date",
          "tos_acceptance.ip"
        ],
        "pending_verification": []
      },
      "settings": {
        "bacs_debit_payments": {
          "display_name": null,
          "service_user_number": null
        },
        "branding": {
          "icon": null,
          "logo": null,
          "primary_color": null,
          "secondary_color": null
        },
        "card_issuing": {
          "tos_acceptance": {
            "date": null,
            "ip": null
          }
        },
        "card_payments": {
          "decline_on": {
            "avs_failure": false,
            "cvc_failure": false
          },
          "statement_descriptor_prefix": null,
          "statement_descriptor_prefix_kanji": null,
          "statement_descriptor_prefix_kana": null
        },
        "dashboard": {
          "display_name": null,
          "timezone": "Etc/UTC"
        },
        "invoices": {
          "default_account_tax_ids": null
        },
        "payments": {
          "statement_descriptor": null,
          "statement_descriptor_kana": null,
          "statement_descriptor_kanji": null
        },
        "payouts": {
          "debit_negative_balances": true,
          "schedule": {
            "delay_days": 2,
            "interval": "daily"
          },
          "statement_descriptor": null
        },
        "sepa_debit_payments": {}
      },
      "tos_acceptance": {
        "date": null,
        "ip": null,
        "user_agent": null
      },
      "type": "none"
    }
  ]
}

Delete an account

With Connect, you can delete accounts you manage.

Test-mode accounts can be deleted at any time.

Live-mode accounts where Stripe is responsible for negative account balances cannot be deleted, which includes Standard accounts. Live-mode accounts where your platform is liable for negative account balances, which includes Custom and Express accounts, can be deleted when all balances are zero.

If you want to delete your own account, use the account information tab in your account settings instead.

Parameters

No parameters.

Returns

Returns an object with a deleted parameter if the call succeeds. If the account ID does not exist, this call raises an error.

DELETE /v1/accounts/:id

Server-side language

curl -X DELETE https://api.stripe.com/v1/accounts/acct_1032D82eZvKYlo2C \
  -u "sk_test_4eC39Hq...arjtT1zdp7dcsk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc:"

Response

{
  "id": "acct_1Nv0FGQ9RKHgCVdK",
  "object": "account",
  "deleted": true
}

Create an account

Parameters

business_typeenum

capabilitiesobjectRequired conditionally

companyobject

controllerobject

countrystringdefault is your own country

emailstring

individualobject

metadataobject

tos_acceptanceobject

typeenum

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account_tokenstring

business_profileobject

default_currencyenum

documentsobject

external_accountstring

groupsobjectPreview feature

settingsobject

Returns

Update an account

Parameters

business_typeenum

capabilitiesobject

companyobject

emailstring

individualobject

metadataobject

tos_acceptanceobject

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account_tokenstring

business_profileobject

default_currencyenum

documentsobject

external_accountstring

groupsobjectPreview feature

settingsobject

Returns

Retrieve account

Parameters

Returns

List all connected accounts

Parameters

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createdobject

ending_beforestring

limitinteger

starting_afterstring

Returns

Delete an account

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