Send ACH Payment

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API Refs

• Production: Send ACH payment
• Staging: Send ACH payment

Request body

Name	Type	Description	Required
file	binary	The payment attachment. You can download it in the transaction history in the web app.	no
recipientEmail	string	Insured email. If insured does not exist, create an invite.	yes
amount	number	The amount of money being transferred. Amounts should have either 0 or 2 decimal places. Max limit is based on most current agreements with SnapRefund. Minimum limit is $0.01.	yes
memo	string	A string with a maximum length of 280 characters.	no
bankId	string	Insured’s bank id	yes
senderBankId	string	The sender's bank to be used for the ACH transfer. The id value can be retrieved by the endpoint: /api/public/my-info/banks. If no value is passed senderBankId, the default bank currently selected as Bank for Payments in the sender's ClaimsSnap web app will be used as the source of funds for this transfer.	no

Response body

Name	Type	Description	Required
id	number	Id of payment. Can be used for any payment operations.	yes
transactionId	string	Payment transaction Id. It can be seen in the application in the transaction history.	yes
amount	number	Payment amount without any fees.	yes
customerId	number	The Id of the insured who will receive the payment or has already received it.	yes
customerName	string	Name of the insured who will receive the payment or has already received it.	yes
merchantName	string	Name of the insurer who will send the payment or has already sent it.	yes
fee	number	Fee for the payment amount. It will only be different from zero when this payment is sent.	yes
feeDeductFrom	string	Which side of the transfer will pay the fee.	yes
status	string	Status of payment. Main statuses: Awaiting-cash-out, Canceled, Preparing to mail, In-transit, Settled	yes
type	string	Type of payment. Can be only of two types: ACH or paper check with delivery type.	yes
memo	string	A string with a maximum length of 280 characters.	no
createdAt	Date	Creation date.	yes

Example

1. Get list of insured’s banks Request with userId = 1;
2. Get list of insured’s banks Response:
   JSON

   [
     {
       "id": "11a111a1-1111-1111-11a1-11a1a1aa11aa",
       "name": "Bank_995",
       "accountType": "checking",
       "type": "bank",
       "status": "unverified"
     },
     {
       "id": "22a222a1-2222-2222-22a2-22a2a2aa22aa",
       "name": "Bank_996",
       "accountType": "savings",
       "type": "bank",
       "status": "unverified"
     }
   ]
   

3. Send ACH Transfer Request:
   JSON

   {
     "recipientEmail": "[email protected]",
     "amount": 12.34,
     "memo": "Test memo",
     "bankId": "11a111a1-1111-1111-11a1-11a1a1aa11aa"
   }
   

4. Send ACH Transfer Response:
   JSON

   {
     "id": 1,
     "transactionId": "a444aa44-aaa4-4a4a-aaaa-a44a44444a44",
     "amount": 12.34,
     "createdAt": "2023-08-09T15:00:00.000Z",
     "customerId": 2,
     "customerName": "John Smith",
     "merchantName": "Jake Merchant",
     "fee": "0.79",
     "feeDeductFrom": "recipient",
     "status": "In-transit",
     "type": "ACH",
     "memo": "Test memo"
   }
   

Description

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You can send ACH transfers only for your insureds. If you want to send ACH transfer for non insured, go to Send pending payment

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Where to get insured's email?

You can get list of all created insureds. Go to Get list of all insureds

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Where to get bank id?

You can get all existing banks for any you insured. Go to Get list of insured’s banks for more information about it.

When accepting a pending payment as an ACH transaction, you must always indicate the bank Id that you intend to use on the insured's side.

When a transaction is created, the payment changes to the LOCK status.
If the transaction is successfully created, the pending payment status will change to In-transit.

Such a payment has the following statuses:

• In-transit - transaction in progress;
• Settled - transaction completed successfully;
• Failed - the transaction did not complete successfully;
• Canceled - the transaction has been canceled.