Verify real-time account balances
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Verify real-time account balances

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Verify real-time account balances

PSD2 integrations

Plaid’s integrations are PSD2 compliant, delivering secure and reliable access to the European financial ecosystem.

Make a Balance request

Use the Balance endpoint to submit a POST request

available

The amount of funds available to be withdrawn from an account

current

The total amount of funds in the account

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Retrieve Balance request

curl -X POST https://sandbox.plaid.com/balance/get \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  'client_id': String,
  'secret': String,
  'access_token': String
}'

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Make a Balance request

Use the Balance endpoint to submit a POST request

Retrieve Balance request

curl -X POST https://sandbox.plaid.com/balance/get \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  'client_id': String,
  'secret': String,
  'access_token': String
}'

Real-time Balance data

The /accounts/balance/get endpoint returns the real-time balance for linked accounts

Retrieve Balance response

http code 200
{
  'accounts': [{
     'account_id': 'QKKzevvp33HxPWpoqn6rI13BxW4awNSjnw4xv',
     'balances': {
       'available': 100,
       'current': 110,
       'limit': null,
       'iso_currency_code': 'EUR',
       'unofficial_currency_code': null
     },
     'mask': '0000',
     'name': 'Plaid Current Account',
     'official_name': 'Plaid Gold Current Account',
     'subtype': 'checking',
     'type': 'depository'
  }],
  'item': {object},
  'request_id': 'm8MDnv9okwxFNBV'
}

available

The amount of funds available to be withdrawn from an account

current

The total amount of funds in the account

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