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POST
/
v1
/
businessAccount
/
banks
/
wires
Create a wire bank account
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api-sandbox.circle.com/v1/businessAccount/banks/wires \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "idempotencyKey": "ba943ff1-ca16-49b2-ba55-1057e70ca5c7",
  "accountNumber": "12340010",
  "routingNumber": "121000248",
  "billingDetails": {
    "name": "Satoshi Nakamoto",
    "city": "Boston",
    "country": "US",
    "line1": "100 Money Street",
    "postalCode": "01234",
    "line2": "Suite 1",
    "district": "MA"
  },
  "bankAddress": {
    "country": "US",
    "bankName": "SAN FRANCISCO",
    "city": "SAN FRANCISCO",
    "line1": "100 Money Street",
    "line2": "Suite 1",
    "district": "CA"
  }
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api-sandbox.circle.com/v1/businessAccount/banks/wires"

payload = {
    "idempotencyKey": "ba943ff1-ca16-49b2-ba55-1057e70ca5c7",
    "accountNumber": "12340010",
    "routingNumber": "121000248",
    "billingDetails": {
        "name": "Satoshi Nakamoto",
        "city": "Boston",
        "country": "US",
        "line1": "100 Money Street",
        "postalCode": "01234",
        "line2": "Suite 1",
        "district": "MA"
    },
    "bankAddress": {
        "country": "US",
        "bankName": "SAN FRANCISCO",
        "city": "SAN FRANCISCO",
        "line1": "100 Money Street",
        "line2": "Suite 1",
        "district": "CA"
    }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    idempotencyKey: 'ba943ff1-ca16-49b2-ba55-1057e70ca5c7',
    accountNumber: '12340010',
    routingNumber: '121000248',
    billingDetails: {
      name: 'Satoshi Nakamoto',
      city: 'Boston',
      country: 'US',
      line1: '100 Money Street',
      postalCode: '01234',
      line2: 'Suite 1',
      district: 'MA'
    },
    bankAddress: {
      country: 'US',
      bankName: 'SAN FRANCISCO',
      city: 'SAN FRANCISCO',
      line1: '100 Money Street',
      line2: 'Suite 1',
      district: 'CA'
    }
  })
};

fetch('https://api-sandbox.circle.com/v1/businessAccount/banks/wires', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api-sandbox.circle.com/v1/businessAccount/banks/wires",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'idempotencyKey' => 'ba943ff1-ca16-49b2-ba55-1057e70ca5c7',
    'accountNumber' => '12340010',
    'routingNumber' => '121000248',
    'billingDetails' => [
        'name' => 'Satoshi Nakamoto',
        'city' => 'Boston',
        'country' => 'US',
        'line1' => '100 Money Street',
        'postalCode' => '01234',
        'line2' => 'Suite 1',
        'district' => 'MA'
    ],
    'bankAddress' => [
        'country' => 'US',
        'bankName' => 'SAN FRANCISCO',
        'city' => 'SAN FRANCISCO',
        'line1' => '100 Money Street',
        'line2' => 'Suite 1',
        'district' => 'CA'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api-sandbox.circle.com/v1/businessAccount/banks/wires"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"idempotencyKey\": \"ba943ff1-ca16-49b2-ba55-1057e70ca5c7\",\n  \"accountNumber\": \"12340010\",\n  \"routingNumber\": \"121000248\",\n  \"billingDetails\": {\n    \"name\": \"Satoshi Nakamoto\",\n    \"city\": \"Boston\",\n    \"country\": \"US\",\n    \"line1\": \"100 Money Street\",\n    \"postalCode\": \"01234\",\n    \"line2\": \"Suite 1\",\n    \"district\": \"MA\"\n  },\n  \"bankAddress\": {\n    \"country\": \"US\",\n    \"bankName\": \"SAN FRANCISCO\",\n    \"city\": \"SAN FRANCISCO\",\n    \"line1\": \"100 Money Street\",\n    \"line2\": \"Suite 1\",\n    \"district\": \"CA\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api-sandbox.circle.com/v1/businessAccount/banks/wires")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"idempotencyKey\": \"ba943ff1-ca16-49b2-ba55-1057e70ca5c7\",\n  \"accountNumber\": \"12340010\",\n  \"routingNumber\": \"121000248\",\n  \"billingDetails\": {\n    \"name\": \"Satoshi Nakamoto\",\n    \"city\": \"Boston\",\n    \"country\": \"US\",\n    \"line1\": \"100 Money Street\",\n    \"postalCode\": \"01234\",\n    \"line2\": \"Suite 1\",\n    \"district\": \"MA\"\n  },\n  \"bankAddress\": {\n    \"country\": \"US\",\n    \"bankName\": \"SAN FRANCISCO\",\n    \"city\": \"SAN FRANCISCO\",\n    \"line1\": \"100 Money Street\",\n    \"line2\": \"Suite 1\",\n    \"district\": \"CA\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-sandbox.circle.com/v1/businessAccount/banks/wires")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"idempotencyKey\": \"ba943ff1-ca16-49b2-ba55-1057e70ca5c7\",\n  \"accountNumber\": \"12340010\",\n  \"routingNumber\": \"121000248\",\n  \"billingDetails\": {\n    \"name\": \"Satoshi Nakamoto\",\n    \"city\": \"Boston\",\n    \"country\": \"US\",\n    \"line1\": \"100 Money Street\",\n    \"postalCode\": \"01234\",\n    \"line2\": \"Suite 1\",\n    \"district\": \"MA\"\n  },\n  \"bankAddress\": {\n    \"country\": \"US\",\n    \"bankName\": \"SAN FRANCISCO\",\n    \"city\": \"SAN FRANCISCO\",\n    \"line1\": \"100 Money Street\",\n    \"line2\": \"Suite 1\",\n    \"district\": \"CA\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "id": "b8627ae8-732b-4d25-b947-1df8f4007a29",
    "type": "wire",
    "status": "pending",
    "description": "WELLS FARGO BANK, NA ****0010",
    "trackingRef": "CIR13FB13A",
    "transferTypesInfo": {
      "wire": {
        "currencies": [
          "USD",
          "EUR"
        ]
      },
      "rtgs": {
        "currencies": [
          "USD"
        ]
      }
    },
    "fingerprint": "eb170539-9e1c-4e92-bf4f-1d09534fdca2",
    "billingDetails": {
      "name": "Satoshi Nakamoto",
      "city": "Boston",
      "country": "US",
      "line1": "100 Money Street",
      "line2": "Suite 1",
      "district": "MA",
      "postalCode": "01234"
    },
    "bankAddress": {
      "bankName": "SAN FRANCISCO",
      "city": "SAN FRANCISCO",
      "country": "US",
      "line1": "100 Money Street",
      "line2": "Suite 1",
      "district": "CA"
    },
    "createDate": "2020-04-10T02:13:30.000Z",
    "updateDate": "2020-04-10T02:13:30.000Z",
    "virtualAccountEnabled": false
  }
}
{
  "code": 400,
  "message": "Bad request."
}
{
  "code": 401,
  "message": "Malformed authorization."
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

Relevant fields for U.S. bank accounts.

​
idempotencyKey
string<uuid>
required

Universally unique identifier (UUID v4) idempotency key. This key is utilized to ensure exactly-once execution of mutating requests.

Example:

"ba943ff1-ca16-49b2-ba55-1057e70ca5c7"

​
accountNumber
string
required

Account number that identifies the bank account.

Required string length: 6 - 35
Example:

"12340010"

​
routingNumber
string
required

ABA routing number for the bank account. Note this has to be specific for bank wire transfers.

Example:

"121000248"

​
billingDetails
object
required
​
bankAddress
object
required

The address details for the bank, as provided during bank account creation.

Response

Successfully created a bank account for wire transfers.

​
data
object