Verify external bank account via micro deposit amounts
external_bank_account_token
uuid
required
micro_deposits
array of integers
required
length between 2 and 2
Micro Deposits*
integer
ADD integer
`` 200 OK
object
token
- uuid
required
A globally unique identifier for this record of an external bank account association. If a program links an external bank account to more than one end-user or to both the program and the end-user, then Lithic will return each record of the association
- uuid
owner
- string
required
Legal Name of the business or individual who owns the external account. This will appear in statements
- string
routing_number
- string
required
Routing Number
- string
last_four
- string
required
The last 4 digits of the bank account. Derived by Lithic from the account number passed
- string
name
- string | null
The nickname for this External Bank Account
- string | null
currency
- string
required
currency of the external account 3-character alphabetic ISO 4217 code
- string
country
- string
required
The country that the bank account is located in using ISO 3166-1. We will only accept USA bank accounts e.g., USA
- string
account_token
- uuid | null
Indicates which Lithic account the external account is associated with. For external accounts that are associated with the program, account_token field returned will be null
- uuid | null
created
- date-time
required
An ISO 8601 string representing when this funding source was added to the Lithic account.
- date-time
company_id
- string | null
Optional field that helps identify bank accounts in receipts
- string | null
dob
- date | null
Date of Birth of the Individual that owns the external bank account
- date | null
doing_business_as
- string | null
Doing Business As
- string | null
user_defined_id
- string | null
User Defined ID
- string | null
verification_failed_reason
- string | null
Optional free text description of the reason for the failed verification. For ACH micro-deposits returned, this field will display the reason return code sent by the ACH network
- string | null
verification_attempts
- integer
required
The number of attempts at verification
- integer
financial_account_token
- uuid | null
The financial account token of the operating account to fund the micro deposits
- uuid | null
type
- string
enum
required
Account Type
- string
verification_method
- string
enum
required
Verification Method
- string
owner_type
- string
enum
required
Owner Type
- string
state
- string
enum
required
Account State
- string
verification_state
- string
enum
required
Verification State
- string
address
nullExternal Bank Account Address
Address
`` 400 A parameter in the query given in the request does not match the valid queries for the endpoint.
`` 401 | | | | --- | --- | | User has not been authenticated | Invalid or missing API key | | API key is not active | The API key used is no longer active | | Could not find API key | The API key provided is not associated with any user | | Please provide API key in Authorization header | The Authorization header is not in the request | | Please provide API key in the form Authorization: [api-key] | The Authorization header is not formatted properly | | Insufficient privileges. Issuing API key required | Write access requires an Issuing API key. Reach out at lithic.com/contact | | Insufficient privileges to create virtual cards. | Creating virtual cards requires an additional privilege |
`` 404 The specified resource was not found.
`` 429 Client has exceeded the number of allowed requests in a given time period. | | | | --- | --- | | Rate limited, too many requests per second | User has exceeded their per second rate limit | | Rate limited, reached daily limit | User has exceeded their daily rate limit | | Rate limited, too many keys tried | One IP has queried too many different API keys |
Updated 3 months ago
Shell Commands
Example Curl Command
curl --request POST \
--url https://sandbox.lithic.com/v1/external_bank_accounts/external_bank_account_token/micro_deposits \
--header 'accept: application/json' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--data '\n{\n "micro_deposits": [\\n 0\\n ]\n}'
Example JSON Response
{
"token": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
"owner": "string",
"routing_number": "string",
"last_four": "string",
"name": "string",
"currency": "string",
"country": "string",
"account_token": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
"created": "2026-07-18T00:25:29.380Z",
"company_id": "string",
"dob": "2026-07-18",
"doing_business_as": "string",
"user_defined_id": "string",
"verification_failed_reason": "string",
"verification_attempts": 0,
"financial_account_token": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
"type": "CHECKING",
"verification_method": "MANUAL",
"owner_type": "INDIVIDUAL",
"state": "ENABLED",
"verification_state": "PENDING",
"address": {
"address1": "string",
"address2": "string",
"city": "string",
"state": "string",
"postal_code": "string",
"country": "string"
}
}