Bank Accounts
Create FPS bank account
Register a UK Faster Payments bank account for a client.
POST
Creates a new UK Faster Payments (FPS) bank account for the specified client. Supports both individual and business clients via mutually exclusive holder name fields. Requires an API key with access level 3 or higher.
Path parameters
string
required
Unique identifier of the client.
Body
string
Name of the bank.
string
User-friendly alias for the account.
string
Account holder’s first name. Required for individual clients; mutually exclusive with
business_name.string
Account holder’s last name. Required for individual clients; mutually exclusive with
business_name.string
Business name. Required for business clients; mutually exclusive with
bank_holder_first_name + bank_holder_last_name.string
UK bank sort code (6 digits).
string
UK bank account number (8 digits).
object
Account holder’s address with
street_line_1, street_line_2, city, postal_code, state, country.state uses ISO 3166-2 codes that identify country subdivisions in the format {COUNTRY}-{SUBDIVISION} (e.g., USA-CA for California).Response
string
Bank account identifier.
string
Company identifier.
string
Client identifier.
string
Bank name.
string
Account holder full name. For individual clients this is
bank_holder_first_name + bank_holder_last_name; for business clients this is business_name.string
Business name. Only present for business bank accounts.
string
User-friendly alias.
string
Payment rail.
FPS for UK accounts.string
Account currency.
GBP for FPS accounts.string
UK sort code.
string
UK account number.

