# Credit a FinancialAddress object

Simulate crediting a FinancialAddress in a Sandbox environment. This can be used to add virtual funds and increase your balance for testing.

## Request

```curl
curl -X POST https://api.stripe.com/v2/test_helpers/financial_addresses/finaddr_test_61O6nHqDsFuMtECYR16O0lef0dSQgZ0EhGyZsQCXQMls/credit \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>" \
  -H "Stripe-Version: 2025-04-30.preview" \
  --json '{
    "amount": {
        "value": 2500,
        "currency": "usd"
    },
    "network": "ach"
  }'
```

### Response

```json
{
  "object": "financial_address_credit_simulation",
  "status": "accepted"
}
```

## Parameters

- [`amount`](https://docs.stripe.com/api/v2/money-management/financial-addresses/credit.md?query=amount) (object, required)
  Object containing the amount value and currency to credit.

- `id` (string, required)
  The ID of the FinancialAddress to credit.

- `network` (enum, required)
  The network to use in simulating the funds flow. This will be the reflected in the resulting ReceivedCredit.
Possible enum values:
  - `ach`
    US - The Automated Clearing House (ACH) money movement.

  - `fps`
    UK - Faster Payments System (FPS) money movement.

  - `rtp`
    US - Real-Time Payments (RTP) money movement.

  - `wire`
    A wire transfer money movement.

- `statement_descriptor` (string, optional)
  String explaining funds flow. Use this field to populate the statement descriptor of the ReceivedCredit created as an eventual result of this simulation.

## Returns

## Response attributes

- `object` (string, value is "financial_address_credit_simulation")
  String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value of the object field.

- `livemode` (boolean)
  Has the value `true` if the object exists in live mode or the value `false` if the object exists in test mode.

- `status` (string)
  The status of the request, signifying whether a simulated credit was initiated.

## Error Codes

| HTTP status code | Code | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 404 | not_found | The resource wasn’t found. |
| 409 | idempotency_error | An idempotent retry occurred with different request parameters. |