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POST
/
gateway
/
verify--ach
Verify and tokenize a bank account (ACH / RTP)
curl --request POST \
  --url https://payapi-sandbox.ingo.money/gateway/verify--ach \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "participant_id": 12345,
  "account_type": "AC",
  "version": 11,
  "timestamp": 1576100326,
  "participant_unique_id1": "5bf1e2c3-2169-406f-bf1b-f7bc5c2303b3",
  "account": "22222222",
  "routing_number": "011000015",
  "recipient_first_name": "Alex",
  "recipient_last_name": "Rivera",
  "recipient_address1": "100 Innovation Way",
  "recipient_address2": "Apt 2",
  "recipient_city": "Anytown",
  "recipient_state": "GA",
  "recipient_zip": "00000",
  "recipient_phone": 1231231234,
  "amount": 1010.5,
  "fi_account_type": "1",
  "fi_account_classification": "1",
  "recipient_business_name": "Skywalker Enterprises",
  "participant_unique_id2": "80525360-dae4-4d0f-9f5c-e09f3fdcf7c8"
}
'
{
  "status": 100,
  "client_message": "Success",
  "data": {
    "customer_account_token": "89421718-a62e-4344-8a1d-4baf73fb11f1",
    "last_4": "2222",
    "request_timestamp": 1576100403,
    "issuers": [
      {
        "payee_id": "550333",
        "payee_name": "Test Bank",
        "payee_address": null,
        "payee_city": null,
        "payee_state": null,
        "payee_zip": null,
        "credit_info": {
          "min": "0.10",
          "max": "1000.00",
          "card_type": "DDA",
          "estimated_posting_time": "Payment will post 04/22/2026",
          "estimated_posting_date": "04/22/2026"
        },
        "issuing_network": "NA",
        "credit_enabled": 1,
        "debit_enabled": 0
      }
    ],
    "participant_unique_id1": "5bf1e2c3-2169-406f-bf1b-f7bc5c2303b3",
    "participant_unique_id2": "80525360-dae4-4d0f-9f5c-e09f3fdcf7c8",
    "count": 1
  },
  "time": "1.0263"
}

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.ingopayments.com/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

All requests must be authenticated using an HMAC-signed Authorization header. Ingo Money requires HMAC-SHA512 for all new integrations. SHA-512 provides a significantly larger internal state and output length than SHA-256, making it substantially more resistant to length-extension attacks and brute-force preimage attempts — properties that matter for financial API traffic where each request authorizes a real money movement.

Legacy integrations using HMAC-SHA256 remain supported but are encouraged to upgrade. SHA-256 continues to meet the current minimum security bar; however, upgrading to SHA-512 eliminates an entire class of potential vulnerabilities before they become exploitable, and aligns with NIST guidance recommending SHA-2 family algorithms with 256-bit security strength or greater for long-term use. Contact your Ingo integration manager to coordinate an algorithm upgrade.

MD5 and SHA-1 are not accepted under any circumstances. Requests signed with either algorithm will be rejected.

Authorization header format:

Authorization: hmac username="YOUR_HMAC_USERNAME", algorithm="hmac-sha512", headers="request-line x-date content-type content-length content-sha512", signature="BASE64_SIGNATURE"

Credentials provisioned by your Ingo integration manager:

  • HMAC username — identifies your integration in the Authorization header username field. Distinct from your participant identifier.

  • HMAC secret — provisioned by your Ingo integration manager. The private key used to compute the signature. Never transmit this value — store it in a secrets manager or environment variable, never in source code.

  • Participant identifier — a separate value used to identify your account within the API request payload. The name and placement differs by product family. Both the HMAC username and participant identifier are provisioned at onboarding — do not substitute one for the other.

  • API key — required for select product families as an additional per-request credential. See product-specific documentation for applicability.

See the Ingo API Authentication Guide for the complete string-to-sign construction, body hashing requirements, and timestamp validation rules.

Body

application/json

Provide either customer_account_token or the raw account fields (account, routing_number, recipient_first_name, recipient_last_name, recipient_address1, recipient_city, recipient_state, recipient_zip) — never both.

participant_id
integer
required

Unique participant identifier assigned by Ingo.

Example:

12345

account_type
enum<string>
required

Value should be set to AC for Standard ACH / RTP or SD for Same-Day ACH.

Available options:
AC,
SD
Minimum string length: 1
Example:

"AC"

version
integer
required

API version of the request. Current version is 11.

Example:

11

timestamp
integer<int64>
required

Unix timestamp of the request.

Example:

1576100326

participant_unique_id1
string
required

Participant assigned ID to be associated with customer_account_token creation. Should correlate to participant assigned values affiliated with future process requests for tracking purposes (e.g. CustomerID or AccountID). Must not contain NPI data.

Required string length: 1 - 255
Example:

"5bf1e2c3-2169-406f-bf1b-f7bc5c2303b3"

account
string

Bank account number. Required unless a valid customer_account_token is provided.

Required string length: 1 - 255
Example:

"22222222"

routing_number
string

Bank routing number associated with the account number. Required unless a valid customer_account_token is provided.

Example:

"011000015"

customer_account_token
string

Alternative to raw account data when the account was previously tokenized. If provided, the following fields are not required and should be omitted: recipient_first_name, recipient_last_name, account, routing_number, recipient_address1, recipient_city, recipient_state, recipient_zip.

Required string length: 1 - 255
Example:

"89421718-a62e-4344-8a1d-4baf73fb11f1"

recipient_zip
string

Recipient zip code. 5-digit zip or zip+4 in xxxxx-xxxx format. Required unless a valid customer_account_token is provided.

Maximum string length: 10
Pattern: ^[0-9]{5}(?:-[0-9]{4})?$
Example:

"30313"

recipient_first_name
string

Recipient first name. Required unless a valid customer_account_token is provided.

Required string length: 1 - 255
Example:

"Luke"

recipient_last_name
string

Recipient last name. Required unless a valid customer_account_token is provided.

Required string length: 1 - 255
Example:

"Skywalker"

recipient_state
string

Recipient state (standard US postal abbreviation). Required unless a valid customer_account_token is provided.

Required string length: 2
Pattern: ^(?:A[LKSZRAEP]|C[AOT]|D[EC]|F[LM]|G[AU]|HI|I[ADLN]|K[SY]|LA|M[ADEHINOPST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|P[ARW]|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AIT]|W[AIVY])$
Example:

"GA"

recipient_city
string

Recipient city. Required unless a valid customer_account_token is provided.

Required string length: 1 - 255
Example:

"Atlanta"

recipient_address1
string

Recipient address line 1. Required unless a valid customer_account_token is provided.

Required string length: 1 - 255
Example:

"123 Main St."

fi_account_type
string

Financial institution account type. Default = 1 (DDA/Checking). 1 = DDA/Checking, 2 = Savings.

Maximum string length: 3
Pattern: ^(1|2)?$
Example:

"1"

fi_account_classification
string

Financial institution account classification. Default = 1 (Personal). 1 = Personal, 2 = Business.

Maximum string length: 3
Pattern: ^(1|2)?$
Example:

"1"

amount
number<float> | null

Dollar amount of disbursement. Max value determined by participant velocity limits.

Required range: x >= 0.01
Example:

1010.5

recipient_phone
integer | null

10-digit recipient phone number.

Example:

1231231234

recipient_address2
string | null

Recipient address line 2.

Maximum string length: 255
Example:

"Apt 2"

recipient_business_name
string | null

Optional recipient business name.

Maximum string length: 150
Example:

"Skywalker Enterprises"

participant_unique_id2
string

Optional second participant assigned ID to be associated with customer_account_token creation. Should be carried forward to future process requests for tracking purposes. Must not contain NPI data.

Maximum string length: 255
Example:

"80525360-dae4-4d0f-9f5c-e09f3fdcf7c8"

store_id
string

Client assigned store ID. Required for Retail client participants.

Maximum string length: 255
Example:

"STORE-001"

clerk_id
string

Client assigned clerk ID. Required for Retail client participants.

Maximum string length: 255
Example:

"CLK-007"

terminal_id
string

Client assigned terminal ID. Required for Retail client participants.

Maximum string length: 255
Example:

"TERM-042"

Response

Verification successful — token returned

status
integer

Numeric code describing the status of the API request. 100 = Success.

Example:

100

client_message
string

Text description associated with the status code.

Example:

"Success"

data
object
time
string

Time in seconds to complete the request.

Example:

"1.0263"