# EFT

Create a receiver account for paying an EFT CAD Payment

## Create a New EFT Receiver Account

<mark style="color:orange;">`POST`</mark> `/api/receiver-account/cad/eft`

**Headers**

| Name        | Value     |
| ----------- | --------- |
| `x-api-key` | `<token>` |
| `signature` | `<token>` |

**Body**

| Name                                               | Type    | Description                                   |
| -------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| `receiver_id`<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>    | string  | Receiver ID of receiver account.              |
| `routing_number`<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | string  | Routing Number of the Receiver's bank account |
| `account_number`<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | integer | Account Number of the Receiver's bank account |
| `account_type`<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>   | string  | "checking" or "savings" only                  |

&#x20;<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> is mandatory parameter

#### Example body request

```json
{
    "receiver_id": "a2bb66db-7067-44a2-8067-1393b682bc75",
    "routing_number": "000102959", // 9 digits and startig with '0'
    "account_number": "123456789", // 9 digits
    "account_type": "checking" // Can be either "checking" or "savings"
}
```

**Response**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200" %}

```json
{
    "message": "Receiver account created successfully",
    "payload": {
        "receiver_account_id": "c7ded40b-1524-49f4-ae3f-ee974cbe6fdd",
        "receiver_id": "a2bb66db-7067-44a2-8067-1393b682bc75",
        "status": "pending",
        "confirm_status": "unconfirmed"
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400" %}

```json
{
    "message": "There was an error while creating a receiver account",
    "error": [
        {
            "code": "REAC211",
            "message": "Receiver ID is not valid"
        }
    ]
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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