# Adds PayPay onboarding parameters to the Accounts API

## What’s new

Adds support for additional [PayPay onboarding parameters](https://docs.stripe.com/api/accounts/object.md?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-settings-paypay_payments) to the [Accounts API](https://docs.stripe.com/api/accounts.md?api-version=2026-01-28.preview). You can now provide complete PayPay configuration data when creating or updating connected accounts, including website accessibility settings and supplementary documentation files.

The new parameters include:

- [type](https://docs.stripe.com/api/accounts/object.md?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-settings-paypay_payments-site-type): Specifies whether your website is accessible, restricted, or in development
- [username](https://docs.stripe.com/api/accounts/object.md?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-settings-paypay_payments-site-in_development-username) and [site_password](https://docs.stripe.com/api/accounts/object.md?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-settings-paypay_payments-site-in_development-password_provided): Required credentials for development websites
- [additional_files](https://docs.stripe.com/api/accounts/object.md?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-settings-paypay_payments-additional_files): Array of file IDs for supplementary documentation

Additionally, you can now update the [specified_commercial_transactions_act_url](https://docs.stripe.com/api/accounts/object.md?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-business_profile-specified_commercial_transactions_act_url) property through the API, which was previously only configurable through the Dashboard.

## Impact

Your Connect platform can now provide complete PayPay onboarding data for your connected accounts without requiring manual Dashboard configuration. This enables a fully programmatic onboarding flow for [PayPay payments](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/paypay.md) in Japan.

When uploading files for PayPay onboarding, use the `account_requirement` purpose with the [Files API](https://docs.stripe.com/api/files.md?api-version=2026-01-28.preview). The password parameter is write-only and returns a `password_provided` boolean property when reading account data for security purposes.

## Changes

#### REST API

| Parameters                 | Change | Resources or endpoints                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| -------------------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `additional_files`, `site` | Added  | [Account#create.settings.paypay_payments](/api/accounts/create?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#create_account-settings-paypay_payments), [Account#update.settings.paypay_payments](/api/accounts/update?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#update_account-settings-paypay_payments), [Account.settings.paypay_payments](/api/accounts/object?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-settings-paypay_payments) |

#### Ruby

| Parameters                 | Change | Resources or methods                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `additional_files`, `site` | Added  | [Account::Setting::PaypayPayment](/api/accounts/object?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-settings-paypay_payments), [AccountCreateParams::Setting::PaypayPayment](/api/accounts/create?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#create_account-settings-paypay_payments), [AccountUpdateParams::Setting::PaypayPayment](/api/accounts/update?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#update_account-settings-paypay_payments) |

#### Python

| Parameters                 | Change | Resources or methods                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| -------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `additional_files`, `site` | Added  | [Account.Setting.PaypayPayment](/api/accounts/object?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-settings-paypay_payments), [AccountCreateParamsSettingPaypayPayment](/api/accounts/create?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#create_account-settings-paypay_payments), [AccountModifyParamsSettingPaypayPayment](/api/accounts/update?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#update_account-settings-paypay_payments) |

#### PHP

| Parameters                 | Change | Resources or methods                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| -------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `additional_files`, `site` | Added  | [Account.create().$params.setting.paypay_payment](/api/accounts/create?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#create_account-settings-paypay_payments), [Account.settings.paypay_payments](/api/accounts/object?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-settings-paypay_payments), [Account.update().$params.setting.paypay_payment](/api/accounts/update?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#update_account-settings-paypay_payments) |

#### Java

| Parameters                | Change | Resources or methods                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| ------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `additionalFiles`, `site` | Added  | [Account.settings.paypay_payments](/api/accounts/object?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-settings-paypay_payments), [AccountCreateParams.settings.paypay_payments](/api/accounts/create?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#create_account-settings-paypay_payments), [AccountUpdateParams.settings.paypay_payments](/api/accounts/update?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#update_account-settings-paypay_payments) |

#### Node.js

| Parameters                 | Change | Resources or methods                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| -------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `additional_files`, `site` | Added  | [Account.settings.paypay_payments](/api/accounts/object?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-settings-paypay_payments), [AccountCreateParams.settings.paypay_payments](/api/accounts/create?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#create_account-settings-paypay_payments), [AccountUpdateParams.settings.paypay_payments](/api/accounts/update?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#update_account-settings-paypay_payments) |

#### Go

| Parameters                | Change | Resources or methods                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ------------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `AdditionalFiles`, `Site` | Added  | [AccountSettingsPaypayPayments](/api/accounts/object?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-settings-paypay_payments), [AccountSettingsPaypayPaymentsParams](/api/accounts/update?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#update_account-settings-paypay_payments) |

#### .NET

| Parameters                | Change | Resources or methods                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `AdditionalFiles`, `Site` | Added  | [Account.Settings.PaypayPayments](/api/accounts/object?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#account_object-settings-paypay_payments), [AccountSettingsPaypayPaymentsOptions](/api/accounts/update?api-version=2026-01-28.preview#update_account-settings-paypay_payments) |

## Upgrade

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