--- updatedAt: 2026-04-20T19:51:24.000Z agentTools: projectIndex: https://pennylane.readme.io/llms.txt --- # Create a bank account Create a bank account > ℹ️ > This endpoint requires the following scope: `bank_accounts:all` # OpenAPI definition ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Company V2", "description": "Automate your accounting with the Pennylane API. [Documentation](https://pennylane.readme.io/)", "contact": { "email": "tech@pennylane.com" }, "version": "2.0" }, "x-readme": { "samples-languages": [ "curl", "node", "ruby", "php", "python", "java" ] }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://app.pennylane.com" } ], "paths": { "/api/external/v2/bank_accounts": { "post": { "operationId": "postBankAccount", "summary": "Create a bank account", "description": "Create a bank account\n\n> ℹ️\n> This endpoint requires the following scope: `bank_accounts:all`", "tags": [ "Bank accounts" ], "security": [ { "oauth2": [ "bank_accounts:all" ] } ], "parameters": [ { "name": "X-Company-Id", "description": "Numeric ID of the company to act on. Required when authenticating with a firm token. Ignored when the token is already bound to a company.", "in": "header", "schema": { "type": "string", "example": "12345" }, "required": false } ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "bank_establishment_id": { "description": "ID of the bank establishment. If not provided, `Other` establishment will be used.", "type": "integer", "format": "int64", "example": 25 }, "name": { "description": "The name of the bank account", "type": "string", "nullable": false, "example": "Main Account" }, "iban": { "description": "International Bank Account Number (IBAN)", "type": "string", "example": "FR1420041010050500013M02606" }, "bic": { "description": "Bank Identifier Code (BIC)", "type": "string", "example": "BNPAFRPPXXX" }, "currency": { "type": "string", "default": "EUR", "enum": [ "EUR", "USD", "GBP", "AED", "AFN", "ALL", "AMD", "ANG", "AOA", "ARS", "AUD", "AWG", "AZN", "BAM", "BBD", "BDT", "BGN", "BHD", "BIF", "BMD", "BND", "BOB", "BRL", "BSD", "BTN", "BWP", "BYN", "BYR", "BZD", "CAD", "CDF", "CHE", "CHF", "CLF", "CLP", "CNY", "COP", "CRC", "CUC", "CUP", "CVE", "CZK", "DJF", "DKK", "DOP", "DZD", "EGP", "ERN", "ETB", "FJD", "FKP", "GEL", "GGP", "GHS", "GIP", "GMD", "GNF", "GTQ", "GYD", "HKD", "HNL", "HRK", "HTG", "HUF", "IDR", "ILS", "IMP", "INR", "IQD", "IRR", "ISK", "JEP", "JMD", "JOD", "JPY", "KES", "KGS", "KHR", "KMF", "KPW", "KRW", "KWD", "KYD", "KZT", "LAK", "LBP", "LKR", "LRD", "LSL", "LTL", "LVL", "LYD", "MAD", "MDL", "MGA", "MKD", "MMK", "MNT", "MOP", "MRO", "MRU", "MUR", "MVR", "MWK", "MXN", "MYR", "MZN", "NAD", "NGN", "NIO", "NOK", "NPR", "NZD", "OMR", "PAB", "PEN", "PGK", "PHP", "PKR", "PLN", "PYG", "QAR", "RON", "RSD", "RUB", "RWF", "SAR", "SBD", "SCR", "SDG", "SEK", "SGD", "SHP", "SLL", "SLE", "SOS", "SRD", "STD", "SVC", "SYP", "SZL", "THB", "TJS", "TMT", "TND", "TOP", "TRY", "TTD", "TWD", "TZS", "UAH", "UGX", "UYU", "UZS", "VEF", "VES", "VND", "VUV", "WST", "XAF", "XCD", "XDR", "XOF", "XPF", "YER", "ZAR", "ZMK", "ZMW", "ZWL" ] }, "account_type": { "description": "- `current`: Deprecated. This value will be removed in a future version. Please use `checking` instead.\n", "type": "string", "enum": [ "current", "card", "savings", "shares", "loan", "life_insurance", "other", "checking" ] } }, "required": [ "name" ] } } } }, "responses": { "201": { "description": "Returns the created bank account", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "id": { "type": "integer", "format": "int64", "example": 42 }, "name": { "type": "string", "example": "Main account" }, "currency": { "type": "string", "default": "EUR", "enum": [ "EUR", "USD", "GBP", "AED", "AFN", "ALL", "AMD", "ANG", "AOA", "ARS", "AUD", "AWG", "AZN", "BAM", "BBD", "BDT", "BGN", "BHD", "BIF", "BMD", "BND", "BOB", "BRL", "BSD", "BTN", "BWP", "BYN", "BYR", "BZD", "CAD", "CDF", "CHE", "CHF", "CLF", "CLP", "CNY", "COP", "CRC", "CUC", "CUP", "CVE", "CZK", "DJF", "DKK", "DOP", "DZD", "EGP", "ERN", "ETB", "FJD", "FKP", "GEL", "GGP", "GHS", "GIP", "GMD", "GNF", "GTQ", "GYD", "HKD", "HNL", "HRK", "HTG", "HUF", "IDR", "ILS", "IMP", "INR", "IQD", "IRR", "ISK", "JEP", "JMD", "JOD", "JPY", "KES", "KGS", "KHR", "KMF", "KPW", "KRW", "KWD", "KYD", "KZT", "LAK", "LBP", "LKR", "LRD", "LSL", "LTL", "LVL", "LYD", "MAD", "MDL", "MGA", "MKD", "MMK", "MNT", "MOP", "MRO", "MRU", "MUR", "MVR", "MWK", "MXN", "MYR", "MZN", "NAD", "NGN", "NIO", "NOK", "NPR", "NZD", "OMR", "PAB", "PEN", "PGK", "PHP", "PKR", "PLN", "PYG", "QAR", "RON", "RSD", "RUB", "RWF", "SAR", "SBD", "SCR", "SDG", "SEK", "SGD", "SHP", "SLL", "SLE", "SOS", "SRD", "STD", "SVC", "SYP", "SZL", "THB", "TJS", "TMT", "TND", "TOP", "TRY", "TTD", "TWD", "TZS", "UAH", "UGX", "UYU", "UZS", "VEF", "VES", "VND", "VUV", "WST", "XAF", "XCD", "XDR", "XOF", "XPF", "YER", "ZAR", "ZMK", "ZMW", "ZWL" ] }, "balance": { "type": "string", "example": "100.15" }, "created_at": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2023-08-30T10:08:08.146343Z" }, "updated_at": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2023-08-30T10:08:08.146343Z" }, "bank_establishment": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "id": { "type": "integer", "format": "int64", "example": 42 } }, "required": [ "id" ] }, "journal": { "type": "object", "nullable": true, "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "id": { "type": "integer", "format": "int64", "example": 42 }, "url": { "type": "string", "example": "https://app.pennylane.com/api/external/v2/journals/7" } }, "required": [ "id", "url" ] }, "ledger_account": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "id": { "type": "integer", "format": "int64", "example": 42 }, "url": { "type": "string", "example": "https://app.pennylane.com/api/external/v2/ledger_accounts/8" } }, "required": [ "id", "url" ] } }, "required": [ "id", "name", "currency", "balance", "created_at", "updated_at", "bank_establishment", "journal", "ledger_account" ] } } } }, "400": { "description": "Bad request", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "anyOf": [ { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "error": { "type": "string" }, "status": { "type": "integer" } }, "required": [ "error", "status" ] }, { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "message": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "message" ] }, { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "message": { "type": "string" }, "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "InvalidDateFormat", "InvalidDateTimeFormat", "InvalidEmailFormat", "InvalidPattern", "InvalidUUIDFormat", "LessThanExclusiveMinimum", "LessThanMinimum", "LessThanMinItems", "LessThanMinLength", "MoreThanExclusiveMaximum", "MoreThanMaximum", "MoreThanMaxItems", "MoreThanMaxLength", "NotAMultipartFile", "NotAnyOf", "NotEnumInclude", "NotExistContentTypeDefinition", "NotExistDiscriminatorMappedSchema", "NotExistDiscriminatorPropertyName", "NotExistPropertyDefinition", "NotExistRequiredKey", "NotExistStatusCodeDefinition", "NotNullError", "NotOneOf", "ValidateError" ] } }, "required": [ "message", "code" ] }, { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "message": { "type": "string" }, "field": { "type": "string" }, "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "InvalidDateFormat", "InvalidDateTimeFormat", "InvalidEmailFormat", "InvalidPattern", "InvalidUUIDFormat", "LessThanExclusiveMinimum", "LessThanMinimum", "LessThanMinItems", "LessThanMinLength", "MoreThanExclusiveMaximum", "MoreThanMaximum", "MoreThanMaxItems", "MoreThanMaxLength", "NotAMultipartFile", "NotAnyOf", "NotEnumInclude", "NotExistContentTypeDefinition", "NotExistDiscriminatorMappedSchema", "NotExistDiscriminatorPropertyName", "NotExistPropertyDefinition", "NotExistRequiredKey", "NotExistStatusCodeDefinition", "NotNullError", "NotOneOf", "ValidateError" ] } }, "required": [ "message", "field", "code" ] }, { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "message": { "type": "string" }, "payload": { "type": "string" }, "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "InvalidDateFormat", "InvalidDateTimeFormat", "InvalidEmailFormat", "InvalidPattern", "InvalidUUIDFormat", "LessThanExclusiveMinimum", "LessThanMinimum", "LessThanMinItems", "LessThanMinLength", "MoreThanExclusiveMaximum", "MoreThanMaximum", "MoreThanMaxItems", "MoreThanMaxLength", "NotAMultipartFile", "NotAnyOf", "NotEnumInclude", "NotExistContentTypeDefinition", "NotExistDiscriminatorMappedSchema", "NotExistDiscriminatorPropertyName", "NotExistPropertyDefinition", "NotExistRequiredKey", "NotExistStatusCodeDefinition", "NotNullError", "NotOneOf", "ValidateError" ] } }, "required": [ "message", "payload", "code" ] }, { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "message": { "type": "string" }, "field": { "type": "string" }, "payload": { "type": "string" }, "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "InvalidDateFormat", "InvalidDateTimeFormat", "InvalidEmailFormat", "InvalidPattern", "InvalidUUIDFormat", "LessThanExclusiveMinimum", "LessThanMinimum", "LessThanMinItems", "LessThanMinLength", "MoreThanExclusiveMaximum", "MoreThanMaximum", "MoreThanMaxItems", "MoreThanMaxLength", "NotAMultipartFile", "NotAnyOf", "NotEnumInclude", "NotExistContentTypeDefinition", "NotExistDiscriminatorMappedSchema", "NotExistDiscriminatorPropertyName", "NotExistPropertyDefinition", "NotExistRequiredKey", "NotExistStatusCodeDefinition", "NotNullError", "NotOneOf", "ValidateError" ] } }, "required": [ "message", "field", "payload", "code" ] } ] } } } }, "401": { "description": "Access token is missing or invalid", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "error": { "type": "string", "example": "The access token is invalid" }, "status": { "type": "integer", "example": 401 } }, "required": [ "error", "status" ] } } } }, "403": { "description": "Access to this resource forbidden", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "error": { "type": "string", "example": "Access to this resource requires scope \"ledger\"." }, "status": { "type": "integer", "example": 403 } }, "required": [ "error", "status" ] } } } }, "404": { "description": "The resource was not found", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "error": { "type": "string", "example": "Not Found" }, "status": { "type": "integer", "example": 404 } }, "required": [ "error", "status" ] } } } }, "422": { "description": "Unprocessable content", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "error": { "type": "string", "example": "Entry lines are not balanced" }, "status": { "type": "integer", "example": 422 } }, "required": [ "error", "status" ] } } } } } } } }, "components": { "securitySchemes": { "oauth2": { "type": "oauth2", "flows": { "authorizationCode": { "authorizationUrl": "https://app.pennylane.com/oauth/authorize", "tokenUrl": "https://app.pennylane.com/oauth/oauth/token", "refreshUrl": "https://app.pennylane.com/oauth/oauth/token", "scopes": { "ledger": "Grant create, update and read access to Ledger Entries and its related resources" } } } } } } } ```