- Introduction
- Authentication
- Environments
- Idempotency
- Expanding Resources
- Request IDs
- Versioning
- Pagination
- Metadata
- Errors
- The entity endpoint
- POSTCreate an Individual
- POSTCreate a Corporation
- PUTUpdate an Entity
- GETList all Entities
- GETRetrieve an Entity
- Connect
- Verification Sessions
- Credit Scores
- Identities
- Products
- Subscriptions
- Consent
- The account endpoint
- POSTCreate an Account
- GETList all Accounts
- GETRetrieve an Account
- Updates
- Transactions
- Card Brand
- Payoffs
- Balances
- Sensitive
- Products
- Subscriptions
- Verification Sessions
- Consent
- The payment endpoint
- POSTCreate a Payment
- GETList all Payments
- GETRetrieve a Payment
- DELDelete a Payment
- Merchants
- Webhooks
- Reports
- Simulations (Dev)
- Health Check
API Reference
Entities
Accounts
Payments
Supporting Endpoints
Create a Corporation
curl https://production.methodfi.com/entities \
-X POST \
-H "Method-Version: 2024-04-04" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk_WyZEWVfTcH7GqmPzUPk65Vjc" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"type": "corporation",
"corporation": {
"name": "Alphabet Inc.",
"dba": "Google",
"ein": "641234567",
"owners": [
{
"first_name": "Sergey",
"last_name": "Brin",
"phone": "+16505555555",
"email": "sergey@google.com",
"dob": "1973-08-21",
"address": {
"line1": "600 Amphitheatre Parkway",
"line2": null,
"city": "Mountain View",
"state": "CA",
"zip": "94043"
}
}
]
},
"address": {
"line1": "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway",
"line2": null,
"city": "Mountain View",
"state": "CA",
"zip": "94043"
}
}'
{
"id": "ent_A6bmTtFmxQhGQ",
"type": "corporation",
"corporation": {
"name": "Alphabet Inc.",
"dba": "Google",
"ein": "641234567",
"owners": [
{
"first_name": "Sergey",
"last_name": "Brin",
"phone": "+16505555555",
"email": "sergey@google.com",
"dob": "1973-08-21",
"address": {
"line1": "600 Amphitheatre Parkway",
"line2": null,
"city": "Mountain View",
"state": "CA",
"zip": "94043"
}
}
]
},
"error": null,
"address": {
"line1": "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway",
"line2": null,
"city": "Mountain View",
"state": "CA",
"zip": "94043"
},
"status": "active",
"metadata": null,
"created_at": "2023-10-24T21:26:17.225Z",
"updated_at": "2023-10-24T21:26:17.225Z"
}
Creates a new corporation Entity. An Entity can be created with an empty object and progressively updated with more information from your end user.
Body
The type of the Entity. Must be corporation
Corporation information of the Entity.
The legal name of the corporation Entity.
DBA (Doing Business As) name of the corporation Entity.
The EIN of the corporation Entity.
The details of the corporation's owners (only include individuals owning 25% or more of the corporation).
The legal first name of the corporation owner.
The legal last name of the corporation owner.
Mobile phone number of the corporation owner in E.164 format. The number will only be used for KYC / AML verification.
Email address of the corporation owner. The email will only be used for KYC / AML verification.
The corporation owner's date of birth in ISO 8601 format.
The corporation owner's address.
The first line of the corporation owner's address.
The second line of the corporation owner's address.
The city of the corporation owner's address.
The two-letter abbreviation for the state of the corporation owner's address.
The ZIP code of the corporation owner's address.
The Entity's address.
The first line of the Entity's address.
The second line of the Entity's address.
The city of the Entity's address.
The two-letter abbreviation for the state of the Entity's address.
The ZIP code of the Entity's address.
Returns
Returns the Entity associated with the ID.
curl https://production.methodfi.com/entities \
-X POST \
-H "Method-Version: 2024-04-04" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk_WyZEWVfTcH7GqmPzUPk65Vjc" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"type": "corporation",
"corporation": {
"name": "Alphabet Inc.",
"dba": "Google",
"ein": "641234567",
"owners": [
{
"first_name": "Sergey",
"last_name": "Brin",
"phone": "+16505555555",
"email": "sergey@google.com",
"dob": "1973-08-21",
"address": {
"line1": "600 Amphitheatre Parkway",
"line2": null,
"city": "Mountain View",
"state": "CA",
"zip": "94043"
}
}
]
},
"address": {
"line1": "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway",
"line2": null,
"city": "Mountain View",
"state": "CA",
"zip": "94043"
}
}'
{
"id": "ent_A6bmTtFmxQhGQ",
"type": "corporation",
"corporation": {
"name": "Alphabet Inc.",
"dba": "Google",
"ein": "641234567",
"owners": [
{
"first_name": "Sergey",
"last_name": "Brin",
"phone": "+16505555555",
"email": "sergey@google.com",
"dob": "1973-08-21",
"address": {
"line1": "600 Amphitheatre Parkway",
"line2": null,
"city": "Mountain View",
"state": "CA",
"zip": "94043"
}
}
]
},
"error": null,
"address": {
"line1": "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway",
"line2": null,
"city": "Mountain View",
"state": "CA",
"zip": "94043"
},
"status": "active",
"metadata": null,
"created_at": "2023-10-24T21:26:17.225Z",
"updated_at": "2023-10-24T21:26:17.225Z"
}
curl https://production.methodfi.com/entities \
-X POST \
-H "Method-Version: 2024-04-04" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk_WyZEWVfTcH7GqmPzUPk65Vjc" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"type": "corporation",
"corporation": {
"name": "Alphabet Inc.",
"dba": "Google",
"ein": "641234567",
"owners": [
{
"first_name": "Sergey",
"last_name": "Brin",
"phone": "+16505555555",
"email": "sergey@google.com",
"dob": "1973-08-21",
"address": {
"line1": "600 Amphitheatre Parkway",
"line2": null,
"city": "Mountain View",
"state": "CA",
"zip": "94043"
}
}
]
},
"address": {
"line1": "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway",
"line2": null,
"city": "Mountain View",
"state": "CA",
"zip": "94043"
}
}'
{
"id": "ent_A6bmTtFmxQhGQ",
"type": "corporation",
"corporation": {
"name": "Alphabet Inc.",
"dba": "Google",
"ein": "641234567",
"owners": [
{
"first_name": "Sergey",
"last_name": "Brin",
"phone": "+16505555555",
"email": "sergey@google.com",
"dob": "1973-08-21",
"address": {
"line1": "600 Amphitheatre Parkway",
"line2": null,
"city": "Mountain View",
"state": "CA",
"zip": "94043"
}
}
]
},
"error": null,
"address": {
"line1": "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway",
"line2": null,
"city": "Mountain View",
"state": "CA",
"zip": "94043"
},
"status": "active",
"metadata": null,
"created_at": "2023-10-24T21:26:17.225Z",
"updated_at": "2023-10-24T21:26:17.225Z"
}