> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.nmbr.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Retrieve a bank account ## OpenAPI ````yaml /spec/openapi.json get /bank_accounts/{bank_account} openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Nmbr API description: API to interact with Nmbr Payroll version: 1.0.0 servers: - url: https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll security: - CompanyToken: [] tags: - name: Accounting Codes - name: Accounting Code Rules - name: Adjustments - name: Allowances - name: Allowance Line Items - name: Allowance Types - name: Async Tasks - name: Bank Accounts - name: Business Entities - name: Business Entity Verifications - name: Business Entity ROE Authorizations - name: Business Presets - name: Calculations - name: Companies - name: Contractors - name: Deductions - name: Deduction Line Items - name: Deduction Types - name: Earnings - name: Earning Line Items - name: Earning Types - name: Effective Tax Properties - name: Employees - name: Employee Benefits - name: Employee Benefit Line Items - name: Employee Benefit Types - name: Employer Benefits - name: Employer Benefit Line Items - name: Employer Benefit Types - name: Employer Statutory Withholding Line Items - name: Employer Statutory Withholding Types - name: Forms - name: Form Batches - name: Form Types - name: Holidays - name: Integrations - name: Journal Entries - name: Overtime Rates - name: Partners - name: Pay Rates - name: Pay Schedules - name: Pay Splits - name: Pay Stubs - name: Payments - name: Payrolls - name: Reimbursements - name: Reimbursement Line Items - name: Reimbursement Types - name: Remittance Accounts - name: Remittance Account Enrollments - name: Reports - name: Statutory Withholding Line Items - name: Statutory Withholding Types - name: Tags - name: Tag Groups - name: Tax Properties - name: Tax Property Templates - name: Tokens - name: Usage Records - name: Usage Summaries - name: Vacation Pay - name: Vacation Pay Settings - name: Webhooks - name: Work Assignments paths: /bank_accounts/{bank_account}: get: tags: - Bank Accounts summary: Retrieve a bank account operationId: bank-accounts-show parameters: - name: bank_account in: path schema: type: string required: true - name: expand in: query schema: type: array items: type: string enum: - business_entity - contractor - employee required: false responses: '200': description: OK content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr. readOnly: true object: type: string description: The type of the object in Nmbr (`"bank_account"`). readOnly: true data: type: object allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BankAccount' anyOf: - type: object title: Default - type: object title: With employee expanded properties: employee: type: object properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr. readOnly: true object: type: string description: The type of the object in Nmbr. readOnly: true data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Employee' - type: object title: With contractor expanded properties: contractor: type: object properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr. readOnly: true object: type: string description: The type of the object in Nmbr. readOnly: true data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Contractor' - type: object title: With business_entity expanded properties: business_entity: type: object properties: data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/BusinessEntity' example: id: object: bank_account data: business_entity: id: object: business_entity links: self: /business_entities/ institution_number: '320' institution_name: President's Choice Bank institution_name_translations: en: President's Choice Bank fr: Banque le Choix du Président institution_name_translated: President's Choice Bank transit_number: '02002' transit_address: 600-500 Lakeshore Blvd West POBOX600, Toronto, ON M5V 2V9 account_number_last_3: '916' is_primary: false is_deletable: true warnings: object: list data: [] is_pad_signed: false pad_signer_name: null pad_signer_email: null pad_signer_title: null pad_signed_at: null pad_file: null created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z' updated_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z' links: self: /bank_accounts/ components: schemas: BankAccount: type: object title: Bank Account properties: business_entity: type: object description: >- The Business Entity that owns this bank account. Present only for Business Entity bank accounts. properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr. readOnly: true object: type: string description: The type of the object in Nmbr (`"business_entity"`). readOnly: true institution_number: type: string description: The 3-digit bank institution number. institution_name: type: string description: >- The name of the banking institution matching the institution number, or `null` if the number is not recognized. Always the English name; see `institution_name_translated` for the value in the request's locale. nullable: true institution_name_translations: type: object nullable: true properties: en: type: string nullable: true fr: type: string nullable: true institution_name_translated: type: string description: >- The translation of the `institution_name` property for the request locale. Computed using the values in `institution_name` and `institution_name_translations` and the value of the request's `Accept-Language` header. readOnly: true transit_number: type: string description: The 5-digit bank transit number. transit_address: type: string description: >- The address of the branch matching the institution and transit numbers, or `null` if the pair is not recognized. nullable: true account_number_last_3: type: string description: The last 3 digits of the bank account number. nullable: true is_primary: type: boolean description: Whether this is the primary bank account for its owner. is_deletable: type: boolean description: Whether this bank account can be deleted. warnings: type: object description: >- A collection of data validation warnings for this bank account. Warnings indicate incomplete or potentially incorrect data, such as an unrecognized institution or transit number. nullable: true properties: object: type: string nullable: true data: type: object nullable: true is_pad_signed: type: boolean description: >- Whether a PAD agreement has been signed. Only present for Business Entity bank accounts. pad_signer_name: type: string description: >- The name of the person who signed the PAD agreement. Only applicable to Business Entity bank accounts. nullable: true maxLength: 255 pad_signer_email: type: string description: >- The email address of the PAD agreement signer. Only applicable to Business Entity bank accounts. nullable: true maxLength: 255 pad_signer_title: type: string description: >- The title or role of the PAD agreement signer. Only applicable to Business Entity bank accounts. nullable: true maxLength: 255 pad_signed_at: type: string description: >- The date and time the PAD agreement was signed. Only applicable to Business Entity bank accounts. readOnly: true nullable: true format: dateTime pad_file: description: >- The signed PAD agreement file. Only present for Business Entity bank accounts. created_at: type: string description: The date and time the object was created in Nmbr. readOnly: true format: dateTime updated_at: type: string description: The date and time the object was last updated in Nmbr. readOnly: true format: dateTime Employee: type: object title: Employee properties: company: type: object properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr. readOnly: true object: type: string description: The type of the object in Nmbr (`"company"`). readOnly: true employee_number: type: string description: >- An optional identifier for the employee within the partner's system, such as a badge number or HR system ID. Distinct from `id` and `external_ref`. nullable: true maxLength: 40 first_name: type: string description: The employee's first name. maxLength: 50 last_name: type: string description: The employee's last name. maxLength: 50 middle_initial: type: string description: The employee's middle initial. nullable: true maxLength: 1 personal_email: type: string description: >- The employee's personal email address, used as the primary address for payroll communications such as Pay Stub emails. nullable: true maxLength: 255 work_email: type: string description: >- The employee's work email address. Used for payroll communications if `personal_email` is not set. nullable: true maxLength: 255 address_line_1: type: string description: >- The first line of the employee's mailing address. Canada Revenue Agency forms (T4, RL-1) truncate this to the length those forms allow. nullable: true maxLength: 255 address_line_2: type: string description: >- The second line of the employee's mailing address. Canada Revenue Agency forms (T4, RL-1) truncate this to the length those forms allow. nullable: true maxLength: 255 city: type: string description: The city of the employee's mailing address. nullable: true maxLength: 255 administrative_area: type: string description: >- The region of the employee's mailing address — the province, state, or county, depending on the country. For Canadian employees this is the Province of Residence (POR), not the Province of Employment (POE) or Province of Work (POW). POE and POW are configured via the Work Assignment's Tax Properties. nullable: true maxLength: 255 province_code: type: string description: >- This attribute is deprecated and will be removed. A deprecated alias of `administrative_area` that mirrors its value. Use `administrative_area` instead. nullable: true deprecated: true country_code: type: string description: The country code for the employee's mailing address. nullable: true maxLength: 2 enum: - CA - GB postal_code: type: string description: The postal code for the employee's mailing address. nullable: true maxLength: 10 sin: type: string description: >- This attribute is deprecated and will be removed. The employee's Social Insurance Number (SIN), used for tax reporting. If you only need the last 3 digits for display purposes, use `sin_last_3` instead. If you need the complete SIN, use the `/employees/:id/reveal` endpoint instead. Note the `/reveal` endpoint can only reveal one employee at a time and is rate-limited for security reasons. nullable: true deprecated: true sin_last_3: type: string description: >- The last 3 digits of the employee's Social Insurance Number (SIN). `null` if no SIN has been provided. nullable: true date_of_birth: type: string description: The employee's date of birth. nullable: true format: date warnings: type: object description: >- A collection of data validation warnings for this employee. Warnings indicate incomplete or potentially incorrect data and could prevent payroll processing. nullable: true properties: object: type: string nullable: true data: type: array nullable: true items: type: object properties: object: type: string nullable: true data: type: object nullable: true properties: namespace: type: string nullable: true type: type: string nullable: true external_ref: type: string description: >- A reference to the object in an external system, e.g. the primary key of the object in your application's database. Nmbr doesn't use, validate, parse, or require this value to be unique - it simply stores it for your reference. nullable: true maxLength: 255 preferred_locale: type: string description: >- The locale used for payroll communications sent to this employee, such as Pay Stub emails. If not set, the Business Entity's locale is used. nullable: true enum: - en - fr archived_at: type: string description: >- The date the employee was archived. Archiving an employee also archives all Work Assignments that are not already archived. Archived employees do not appear in active listings. readOnly: true nullable: true format: dateTime created_at: type: string description: The date and time the object was created in Nmbr. readOnly: true format: dateTime updated_at: type: string description: The date and time the object was last updated in Nmbr. readOnly: true format: dateTime Contractor: type: object title: Contractor properties: business_name: type: string description: >- The contractor's business or corporation name. `null` for individual contractors. nullable: true maxLength: 255 first_name: type: string description: The contractor's first name. `null` for corporation contractors. nullable: true maxLength: 50 last_name: type: string description: The contractor's last name. `null` for corporation contractors. nullable: true maxLength: 50 middle_initial: type: string description: The contractor's middle initial. `null` for corporation contractors. nullable: true maxLength: 1 email: type: string description: The contractor's email address, used for payroll communications. nullable: true maxLength: 255 business_number: type: string description: >- The contractor's 15-character (BN15) Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) program account number, consisting of a 9-digit Business Number (BN), a 2-letter program identifier, and a 4-digit reference number. `null` for individual contractors. nullable: true maxLength: 15 sin_last_3: description: >- The last 3 digits of the contractor's Social Insurance Number (SIN). `null` if no SIN has been provided. external_ref: type: string description: >- A reference to the object in an external system, e.g. the primary key of the object in your application's database. Nmbr doesn't use, validate, parse, or require this value to be unique - it simply stores it for your reference. nullable: true maxLength: 255 preferred_locale: type: string description: >- The locale used for payroll communications sent to this contractor, such as Pay Stub emails. If not set, the Business Entity's locale is used. nullable: true enum: - en - fr archived_at: type: string description: >- The date the contractor was archived. Archiving a contractor also archives all Work Assignments that are not already archived. Archived contractors do not appear in active listings. readOnly: true nullable: true format: dateTime created_at: type: string description: The date and time the object was created in Nmbr. readOnly: true format: dateTime updated_at: type: string description: The date and time the object was last updated in Nmbr. readOnly: true format: dateTime BusinessEntity: type: object title: Business Entity properties: business_number: type: string description: >- The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Business Number (BN) for this business entity, used to identify the business for payroll tax remittances. nullable: true maxLength: 255 name: type: string description: The business entity's operating or trade name. maxLength: 255 legal_name: type: string description: The business entity's registered legal name. nullable: true maxLength: 255 legal_registration_number: type: string description: The provincial business registration number. nullable: true maxLength: 255 address_line_1: type: string description: >- The first line of the business entity's mailing address. Canada Revenue Agency forms (T4, RL-1) truncate this to the length those forms allow. nullable: true maxLength: 255 address_line_2: type: string description: >- The second line of the business entity's mailing address. Canada Revenue Agency forms (T4, RL-1) truncate this to the length those forms allow. nullable: true maxLength: 255 city: type: string description: The city of the business entity's mailing address. nullable: true maxLength: 255 in_preview: type: boolean description: >- When `true`, the business entity is in preview mode. In preview mode, Payrolls can be run and approved but no real money movement occurs. administrative_area: type: string description: >- The region of the business entity's mailing address — the province, state, or county, depending on the country. For Canadian business entities this is the province. nullable: true maxLength: 255 province_code: type: string description: >- This attribute is deprecated and will be removed. A deprecated alias of `administrative_area` that mirrors its value. Use `administrative_area` instead. nullable: true deprecated: true country_code: type: string description: The country code for the business entity's mailing address. nullable: true maxLength: 2 postal_code: type: string description: The postal code for the business entity's mailing address. nullable: true maxLength: 255 contact_name: type: string description: The name of the primary contact at the business entity. nullable: true maxLength: 255 contact_email: type: string description: The email address of the primary contact at the business entity. nullable: true maxLength: 255 contact_area_code: type: string description: The area code for the primary contact's phone number. nullable: true maxLength: 255 contact_phone_number: type: string description: The primary contact's phone number, excluding area code. nullable: true maxLength: 255 contact_extension: type: string description: The extension for the primary contact's phone number. nullable: true maxLength: 255 pay_day_movement_setting: type: string description: >- The business entity-level setting for how pay dates are adjusted when they fall on a weekend or bank holiday. If set to `inherit`, the Company's setting is used. enum: - inherit - next_business_day - previous_business_day vacation_pay_formula_setting: type: string description: >- The formula used to calculate vacation pay for Employees in this business entity. enum: - pay_date - period_end - period_start remitter_type: type: string description: >- The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) remitter type, which determines the frequency of payroll tax remittances to the CRA. nullable: true enum: - accelerated_threshold_1 - accelerated_threshold_2 - quarterly - regular status: type: string description: >- The business entity's current status. A business entity must reach `approved` status before live Payrolls can be processed. enum: - approved - onboarding - suspended company: type: object properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr. readOnly: true object: type: string description: The type of the object in Nmbr (`"company"`). readOnly: true warnings: type: object description: >- A collection of data validation warnings for this business entity. Warnings indicate incomplete or potentially incorrect data and could prevent payroll processing. nullable: true properties: object: type: string nullable: true data: type: array nullable: true items: type: object properties: object: type: string nullable: true data: type: object nullable: true properties: namespace: type: string nullable: true type: type: string nullable: true external_ref: type: string description: >- A reference to the object in an external system, e.g. the primary key of the object in your application's database. Nmbr doesn't use, validate, parse, or require this value to be unique - it simply stores it for your reference. nullable: true maxLength: 255 available_tax_properties: type: array description: >- A list of Tax Property template identifiers supported for this business entity, based on its jurisdiction. nullable: true items: type: string effective_processing_speed: type: string description: >- The resolved processing speed after applying inheritance from the Partner if `processing_speed` is `inherit`. nullable: true processing_speed: type: string description: >- The business entity-level processing speed setting. If set to `inherit`, the Partner's processing speed is used. enum: - five_day - four_day - inherit - one_day - three_day - two_day has_bank_accounts: type: boolean description: Whether this business entity has any Bank Accounts configured. has_pay_schedules: type: boolean description: Whether this business entity has any Pay Schedules configured. has_payrolls: type: boolean description: Whether this business entity has any Payrolls. current_tax_jurisdiction: type: string description: >- The current tax jurisdiction for the business entity, derived from its `ca::province_of_employment` Tax Property. nullable: true ca_settings: type: object description: >- Canada-specific settings for this business entity. Only present for business entities with a Canadian address. nullable: true properties: roe_submission_setting: type: string description: >- Indicates whether Record of Employment (ROE) submissions are managed by Nmbr (`managed`) or by the employer directly (`manual`). nullable: true accounting_settings: type: object description: >- Accounting-related settings for this business entity. New clients should read and write these through this object; the top-level `default_bank_accounting_code`, `default_payroll_payable_accounting_code`, `resolve_journal_entry_stat_withholdings`, and `primary_tag_group` fields are retained as aliases for backwards compatibility. nullable: true properties: default_bank_accounting_code: description: >- The Accounting Code used as the default bank account row when generating journal entries. default_payroll_payable_accounting_code: description: >- The Accounting Code used as the default payroll payable row when generating journal entries. resolve_journal_entry_stat_withholdings: type: boolean description: >- When `true`, statutory withholding line items (employee and employer) are split across tracking dimensions derived from their applicable source earnings. When `false`, each statutory withholding appears as a single unsplit row in journal entries. primary_tag_group: description: >- The Tag Group that drives default accounting-code resolution for line items. Setting this also flags the group as a journal entry dimension. block_approval_on_incomplete_journal_entries: type: boolean description: >- When `true`, payroll approval is blocked if any exportable journal entry row has no Accounting Code. block_approval_on_missing_export_identifiers: type: boolean description: >- When `true`, payroll approval is blocked if any exportable journal entry row has no Accounting Code OR has one that lacks the enabled integration's external identifier. default_bank_accounting_code: description: |- This attribute is deprecated and will be removed. Use `accounting_settings.default_bank_accounting_code`. deprecated: true default_payroll_payable_accounting_code: description: |- This attribute is deprecated and will be removed. Use `accounting_settings.default_payroll_payable_accounting_code`. deprecated: true preferred_locale: type: string description: >- The locale used for payroll communications sent to Employees and Contractors within this business entity. If not set, the Company's locale is used. nullable: true enum: - en - fr hold_funding_for_verification: type: boolean description: >- When `true`, funding payments will be automatically held after settlement for verification. Downstream payments (employee, CRA, RQ) will not be processed until the funding payment hold is released. resolve_journal_entry_stat_withholdings: type: boolean description: |- This attribute is deprecated and will be removed. Use `accounting_settings.resolve_journal_entry_stat_withholdings`. deprecated: true primary_tag_group: description: |- This attribute is deprecated and will be removed. Use `accounting_settings.primary_tag_group`. deprecated: true created_at: type: string description: The date and time the object was created in Nmbr. readOnly: true format: dateTime updated_at: type: string description: The date and time the object was last updated in Nmbr. readOnly: true format: dateTime securitySchemes: CompanyToken: type: http scheme: bearer ````