URL: /baas/api/reference/financial-operations/create-beneficiary

---
title: 'Add beneficiary (account)'
description: 'Create a beneficiary to be referenced when preparing and executing transfers.'
---

## Endpoint

`POST /api/v2.1/fintrans/{accountId}/beneficiaries`

<Note>
  This endpoint requires `X-Forwarded-From` and a device header. The backend accepts any of:
  `deviceId`, `X-Device-Id`, `device-id`.
</Note>

## Sample cURL

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://sandbox.finhub.cloud/api/v2.1/fintrans/{accountId}/beneficiaries' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>' \
  --header 'X-Tenant-Id: <TENANT_ID>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'User-Agent: <USER_AGENT>' \
  --header 'X-Forwarded-From: <FORWARDED_FROM>' \
  --header 'platform: Web' \
  --header 'deviceId: <DEVICE_ID>' \
  --data '{
    "purposeCode": "SUPP",
    "postalCode": "LT-01103",
    "shortName": "",
    "bicSwiftCode": "SONCLT21",
    "lastName": "Customer",
    "city": "Vilnius",
    "email": "customer.20260331114946-387074@testcorp.com",
    "bankName": "UAB Sonect Europe",
    "currency": "EUR",
    "country": "LT",
    "networkName": "SEPA",
    "firstName": "John",
    "bankAddress": "Gedimino pr. 20, Vilnius, Lithuania",
    "customerId": "2dac1793-ab48-420c-b0b5-01292302e188",
    "addressLine1": "1 Test Street",
    "partyType": "INDIVIDUAL_CUSTOMER",
    "iban": "LT213320011000055860",
    "companyName": ""
  }'
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "id": "3114774a-aa94-4648-9e57-5ff226ef02dd",
    "name": "",
    "iban": "LT213320011000055860",
    "type": "INDIVIDUAL_CUSTOMER",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "currency": "EUR",
    "country": "",
    "email": "",
    "phoneNumber": "",
    "shortName": "",
    "networkName": "SEPA",
    "bankName": "",
    "purposeCode": "",
    "assetId": "eba40e17-e539-430e-a6cc-2b0f01e4c86e"
  },
  "message": "Success"
}
```

<Note>
  Use the returned `assetId` as the `beneficiaryId` when preparing a financial operation.
</Note>

## Missing Headers Error Example

```json
{
  "code": 500,
  "data": {
    "deviceId_accepted": [
      "deviceId",
      "X-Device-Id",
      "device-id"
    ],
    "missingHeaders": [
      "X-Forwarded-From",
      "deviceId"
    ]
  },
  "message": "Missing required header(s)"
}
```