United States (US_FEDWIRE_DEBIT)
Before you begin
Settlement time
Fedwire debits settle on the same day if initiated before the cut-off time of 5:00 PM EST/EDT, hence FASTER_DIRECT_DEBIT
is not applicable
Mandate requirements
To add funds via Fedwire direct debit, your customers must first link their United States external bank accounts, as outlined in Linked Accounts.
Before any Fedwire direct debit is processed, the owner of the external bank account must authorize Airwallex to directly debit the account on your behalf with BOTH Airwallex and the paying bank. A copy of the authorization with Airwallex will be sent via email to the bank account owner, and is stored and made available to be shared with the customer at all times.
Each paying bank will have a different process to create a wire drawdown authorization. However in most cases, the paying bank will need the Airwallex’s debit originating bank account information including:
- Originator Legal Name
- Originator Financial Institution
- Originator SWIFT Code
- Originator ABA Routing Number
- Originator Bank Account Number
- Originator Address
The following is a guide to building your native product experience for your customers to link their external bank account and sign the mandate/agreement.
1. Linking an external bank account
The title should clearly inform your customers that they are linking an external bank account to set up direct debit.
You must ask the external bank account owner (or display their previously entered):
- Bank account name
- Bank account number
- Fedwire routing number
- Bank account owner's email address
3. Confirmation of direct debit set up
It is recommended that you provide a confirmation page to your customers at the end of the process to inform them that direct debit has been successfully set up for the Linked Bank Account.
API instructions
1. Create Linked Account with direct debit mandate
Referring to Linked Account requirements for direct debit, only BUSINESS
Linked Account type is supported for Fedwire direct debit in the United States.
Micro-deposit is available as the verification method. Please follow the instructions in Create a Linked Account using micro-deposit verification and submit the following required mandate information under the mandate object.
Example request
If you are registered as a platform account, you can call this endpoint on behalf of your customers by specifying the open ID in the x-on-behalf-of
header.
Example response
If you already have a Linked Account created using micro-deposit verification, you may call Update a Direct Debit Mandate API to create the mandate.
Example request
If you are registered as a platform account, you can call this endpoint on behalf of your customers by specifying the open ID in the x-on-behalf-of
header.
Example response
2. Create direct debit deposit
Before creating a direct debit deposit, please ensure that you have a sufficient funding limit by checking your available funding limit.
Next, follow the instructions outlined in Create a direct debit deposit. Please note that the direct debit deposit reference for Fedwire direct debit should not exceed 140 characters.
Example request
If you are registered as a platform account, you can call this endpoint on behalf of your customers by specifying the open ID in the x-on-behalf-of
header.