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Accounts 

A Financial Connections Account represents an account that exists outside of Stripe, to which you have been granted some degree of access.

Endpoints

The Account object 

Attributes

  • idstring

    Unique identifier for the object.

  • objectstring

    String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value.

  • account_holdernullable object

    The account holder that this account belongs to.

  • balancenullable object

    The most recent information about the account’s balance.

  • balance_refreshnullable object

    The state of the most recent attempt to refresh the account balance.

  • categoryenum

    The type of the account. Account category is further divided in subcategory.

    Possible enum values
    cash

    The account represents real funds held by the institution (e.g. a checking or savings account).

    credit

    The account represents credit extended by the institution (e.g. a credit card or mortgage).

    investment

    The account represents investments, or any account where there are funds of unknown liquidity.

    other

    The account does not fall under the other categories.

  • createdtimestamp

    Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.

  • display_namenullable string

    A human-readable name that has been assigned to this account, either by the account holder or by the institution.

  • institution_namestring

    The name of the institution that holds this account.

  • last4nullable string

    The last 4 digits of the account number. If present, this will be 4 numeric characters.

  • livemodeboolean

    Has the value true if the object exists in live mode or the value false if the object exists in test mode.

  • ownershipnullable stringExpandable

    The most recent information about the account’s owners.

  • ownership_refreshnullable object

    The state of the most recent attempt to refresh the account owners.

  • permissionsnullable array of enums

    The list of permissions granted by this account.

    Possible enum values
    balances

    Allows accessing balance data from the account.

    ownership

    Allows accessing ownership data from the account.

    payment_method

    Allows the creation of a payment method from the account.

    transactions

    Allows accessing transactions data from the account.

  • statusenum

    The status of the link to the account.

    Possible enum values
    active

    Stripe is able to retrieve data from the Account without issues.

    disconnected

    Account connection has been terminated through the disconnect API or an end user request.

    inactive

    Stripe cannot retrieve data from the Account.

  • subcategoryenum

    If category is cash, one of:

    • checking
    • savings
    • other

    If category is credit, one of:

    • mortgage
    • line_of_credit
    • credit_card
    • other

    If category is investment or other, this will be other.

    Possible enum values
    checking

    The account is a checking account.

    credit_card

    The account represents a credit card.

    line_of_credit

    The account represents a line of credit.

    mortgage

    The account represents a mortgage.

    other

    The account does not fall under any of the other subcategories.

    savings

    The account is a savings account.

  • subscriptionsnullable array of enums

    The list of data refresh subscriptions requested on this account.

    Possible enum values
    transactions

    Subscribes to periodic transactions data refreshes from the account.

  • supported_payment_method_typesarray of enums

    The PaymentMethod type(s) that can be created from this account.

    Possible enum values
    link

    A link PaymentMethod can be created.

    us_bank_account

    A us_bank_account PaymentMethod can be created.

  • transaction_refreshnullable object

    The state of the most recent attempt to refresh the account transactions.

The Account object
{
  "id": "fca_1MwVK82eZvKYlo2Cjw8FMxXf",
  "object": "financial_connections.account",
  "account_holder": {
    "customer": "cus_9s6XI9OFIdpjIg",
    "type": "customer"
  },
  "balance": null,
  "balance_refresh": null,
  "category": "cash",
  "created": 1681412208,
  "display_name": "Sample Checking Account",
  "institution_name": "StripeBank",
  "last4": "6789",
  "livemode": false,
  "ownership": null,
  "ownership_refresh": null,
  "permissions": [],
  "status": "active",
  "subcategory": "checking",
  "subscriptions": [],
  "supported_payment_method_types": [
    "us_bank_account"
  ],
  "transaction_refresh": null
}

Retrieve an Account 

Retrieves the details of an Financial Connections Account.

Parameters

No parameters.

Returns

Returns an Account object if a valid identifier was provided, and raises an error otherwise.

GET /v1/financial_connections/accounts/:id
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/financial_connections/accounts/fca_1MwVK82eZvKYlo2Cjw8FMxXf \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:"
Response
{
  "id": "fca_1MwVK82eZvKYlo2Cjw8FMxXf",
  "object": "financial_connections.account",
  "account_holder": {
    "customer": "cus_9s6XI9OFIdpjIg",
    "type": "customer"
  },
  "balance": null,
  "balance_refresh": null,
  "category": "cash",
  "created": 1681412208,
  "display_name": "Sample Checking Account",
  "institution_name": "StripeBank",
  "last4": "6789",
  "livemode": false,
  "ownership": null,
  "ownership_refresh": null,
  "permissions": [],
  "status": "active",
  "subcategory": "checking",
  "subscriptions": [],
  "supported_payment_method_types": [
    "us_bank_account"
  ],
  "transaction_refresh": null
}

List Accounts 

Returns a list of Financial Connections Account objects.

Parameters

  • account_holderobject

    If present, only return accounts that belong to the specified account holder. account_holder[customer] and account_holder[account] are mutually exclusive.

  • sessionstring

    If present, only return accounts that were collected as part of the given session.

More parameters

  • ending_beforestring

  • limitinteger

  • starting_afterstring

Returns

A dictionary with a data property that contains an array of up to limit Account objects, starting after account starting_after. Each entry in the array is a separate Account object. If no more accounts are available, the resulting array will be empty. This request will raise an error if more than one of account_holder[account], account_holder[customer], or session is specified.

GET /v1/financial_connections/accounts
curl -G https://api.stripe.com/v1/financial_connections/accounts \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:" \
  -d limit=3
Response
{
  "object": "list",
  "url": "/v1/financial_connections/accounts",
  "has_more": false,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "fca_1MwVK82eZvKYlo2Cjw8FMxXf",
      "object": "financial_connections.account",
      "account_holder": {
        "customer": "cus_9s6XI9OFIdpjIg",
        "type": "customer"
      },
      "balance": null,
      "balance_refresh": null,
      "category": "cash",
      "created": 1681412208,
      "display_name": "Sample Checking Account",
      "institution_name": "StripeBank",
      "last4": "6789",
      "livemode": false,
      "ownership": null,
      "ownership_refresh": null,
      "permissions": [],
      "status": "active",
      "subcategory": "checking",
      "subscriptions": [],
      "supported_payment_method_types": [
        "us_bank_account"
      ],
      "transaction_refresh": null
    }
  ]
}

Disconnect an Account 

Disables your access to a Financial Connections Account. You will no longer be able to access data associated with the account (e.g. balances, transactions).

Parameters

No parameters.

Returns

Returns an Account object if a valid identifier was provided, and raises an error otherwise.

POST /v1/financial_connections/accounts/:id/disconnect
curl -X POST https://api.stripe.com/v1/financial_connections/accounts/fca_1MwVK82eZvKYlo2Cjw8FMxXf/disconnect \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:"
Response
{
  "id": "fca_1MwVK82eZvKYlo2Cjw8FMxXf",
  "object": "financial_connections.account",
  "account_holder": {
    "customer": "cus_9s6XI9OFIdpjIg",
    "type": "customer"
  },
  "balance": null,
  "balance_refresh": null,
  "category": "cash",
  "created": 1681412208,
  "display_name": "Sample Checking Account",
  "institution_name": "StripeBank",
  "last4": "6789",
  "livemode": false,
  "ownership": null,
  "ownership_refresh": null,
  "permissions": [],
  "status": "disconnected",
  "subcategory": "checking",
  "subscriptions": [],
  "supported_payment_method_types": [
    "us_bank_account"
  ],
  "transaction_refresh": null
}