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External Account data dictionary
What is an External Account object on Groov platform?
External account refers to the payout transfer destinations (Banks, Cards or wallets) for a seller/ledger account or are accounts that relate to a customers saved payment method/source from where recurring payments can be initiated as saved on the sellers commerce/payment provider partner platform.
For the seller/ledger account, this provides a view of the details of the Bank or card account the funds were paid out to, helps reconcile banking entries to detailed transaction breakdown in terms of granular dataset
For the buyer/customer dataset, this provides the various instruments that the seller uses to make the payments (incl subscription based payments) and helps profiling the buyers and their usage patterns using various payment instruments.
The /Bank Account sub model lists the various attributes related to the Bank account as a destination account (seller) or as a payment instrument (buyer/customer). Wherever it relates to a business/seller, the customer_id/customer entry will be blank for such records.
The /Card sub model lists the various attributes related to the card (debit and/or credit) account as a destination account (seller) or as a payment instrument (buyer/customer). Wherever it relates to a business/seller, the customer_id/customer entry will be blank for such records.
The /Other sub model lists the various attributes related to any other form of payment method other than Bank Account or Cards i,e wallets, crypto type of account as a destination account (seller) or as a payment instrument (buyer/customer). Wherever it relates to a business/seller, the customer_id/customer entry will be blank for such records.
Data Dictionary (External Account /Bank Account)
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bank_account | list | provides details of the external account or payment methods where the mediumis via Bank accounts |
| object | string | String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value. Value is "list" |
| type | string | Type of external account. Value will be: Bank Account |
| id | string | Groov identifier of the listed bank account. (prefix used is 'bank') |
| customer_id | string | id of the customer on Groov platform the external account belongs to (if it’s a customerrelated account). To limit the number of calls to the API, and the size of the responses, our REST API to support the expansion of this |
| name | string | The name of the person or business that owns the bank account. |
| category | string | The type of entity that holds the account. This can be either be: personal or business or other |
| type | string | The bank account type. This can be either be: checkng or savings or other |
| bank_name | string | Name of the bank account |
| bank_country | string | Two-letter ISO code representing the country the bank account is located in. |
| account_currency | currency | currency of the bank account. Three-letter ISO code for the currency |
| account_number | integer | bank account number |
| sort_code | integer | routing number or the sort code of the bank account |
| status | string | Status of the bank account. Values are: Active Inactive |
| IBAN | string | IBAN number |
| SWIFTCode | string | SWIFT code |
| primary | boolean | primary bank account (the one used for settlements). |
| recordState | string | Shows if the record is active or has been deleted (can be ACTIVE or DELETED) |
| created_date | timestamp | Date the record was created in the commerce or partner platform |
| modifiedDate | date | Date the record was last updated in the our system. |
| recordState | string | Show if the record is deleted (can be ACTIVE or DELETED) |
Data Dictionary (External Account /Card)
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| card | list | provides details of the external account or payment methods where the medium is via Cards |
| object | string | String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value. Value is "list" |
| data | array of hashes | The list of all stored cards associated with the connected ledger (either the ledgers destination settlement account or the ledge account customers paymen account) |
| id | string | Groov identifier of the listed card account (prefix used is 'card') |
| customer_id | string | id of the customer on Groov platform the external account belongs to (if it’s a customerrelated account). To limit the number of calls to the API, and the size of the responses, our REST API to support the expansion of this |
| name | string | cardholder name |
| card_number | integer | the card number |
| tokenization_method | string | f the card number is tokenized, this is the method that was used. Can be android_pay (includes Google Pay) apple_pay masterpass visa_checkout null |
| address_city | string | City/District/Suburb/Town/Village. |
| address_postal_code | string | post code or zip code |
| address_country | string | Billing address country, if provided when creating card. |
| brand | string | Card brand. Can be American Express Diners Club Discover JCB MasterCard UnionPay Visa Unknown |
| country | string | Two-letter ISO code representing the country of the card. You could use this attribute to get a sense of the international breakdown of cards you’ve collected. |
| type | string | Card type. Values Can be credit debit prepaid unknown |
| recordState | string | Shows if the record is active or has been deleted (can be ACTIVE or DELETED) |
| created_date | timestamp | Date the record was created in the commerce or partner platform |
| modifiedDate | date | Date the record was last updated in the our system. |
Data Dictionary (External Account /Card)
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| other | list | provides details of the external account or payment methods where the medium is anything other than bank account or card |
| object | string | String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value. Value is "list" |
| data | array of hashes | The list of all other methods of payment associated with the connected ledger (either the ledgers destination settlement account or the ledge account customers paymen account) |
| id | string | Groov identifier of the listed other payment method account (prefix used is 'other') |
| customer_id | string | id of the customer on Groov platform the external account belongs to (if it’s a customerrelated account). To limit the number of calls to the API, and the size of the responses, our REST API to support the expansion of this |
| payment_method | string | Payment method type: ach_credit_transfer ach_debit acss_debit alipay au_becs_debit bancontact card_present eps giropay ideal klarna multibanco p24 sepa_debit sofort stripe_account unknown cash custom invoice swish vipps mobile storecredit paypal prepaid crypto |
| recordState | string | Shows if the record is active or has been deleted (can be ACTIVE or DELETED) |
| created_date | timestamp | Date the record was created in the commerce or partner platform |
| modifiedDate | date | Date the record was last updated in the our system. |
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