Paystack Balance API

Fetch your Paystack balance per currency and read the balance ledger for treasury operations and reconciliation.

Paystack Balance API is one of 13 APIs that Paystack publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 machine-runnable capability that can be deployed as REST, MCP, or Agent Skill surfaces via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include Balance, Ledger, and Treasury. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, and 1 Naftiko capability spec.

OpenAPI Specification

paystack-balance-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Paystack Balance API
  description: Fetch your Paystack balance and ledger history per currency for treasury operations and reconciliation.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Paystack Support
    url: https://support.paystack.com
    email: [email protected]
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://api.paystack.co
  description: Base API endpoint
tags:
- name: Balance
paths:
  /balance:
    get:
      tags:
      - Balance
      summary: Fetch Balance
      operationId: balance_fetch
      description: Check your Paystack account balance
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /balance/ledger:
    get:
      tags:
      - Balance
      summary: Balance Ledger
      operationId: balance_ledger
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: perPage
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Number of records to fetch per page
      - in: query
        name: page
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: The section to retrieve
      - in: query
        name: from
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        description: The start date
      - in: query
        name: to
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        description: The end date
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
  schemas:
    Customer:
      allOf:
      - type: object
        required:
        - email
        properties:
          email:
            description: Customer's email address
            type: string
      - type: object
        properties:
          first_name:
            description: Customer's first name
            type: string
          last_name:
            description: Customer's last name
            type: string
          phone:
            description: Customer's phone number
            type: string
          metadata:
            description: Stringified JSON object of custom data
            type: string
      - type: object
        required:
        - authorization_code
        properties:
          authorization_code:
            description: Customer's authorization code to be deactivated
            type: string
      - type: object
        required:
        - customer
        properties:
          customer:
            description: Customer's code, or email address
            type: string
          risk_action:
            description: "One of the possible risk actions [ default, allow, deny ]. allow to whitelist. \ndeny to blacklist.\
              \ Customers start with a default risk action.\n"
            type: string
            enum:
            - default
            - allow
            - deny
      - type: object
        required:
        - type
        - country
        - bvn
        - bank_code
        - account_number
        properties:
          type:
            description: Predefined types of identification.
            type: string
            enum:
            - bvn
            - bank_account
          country:
            description: Two-letter country code of identification issuer
            type: string
          bvn:
            description: Customer's Bank Verification Number
            type: string
          bank_code:
            description: You can get the list of bank codes by calling the List Banks endpoint (https://api.paystack.co/bank).
            type: string
          account_number:
            description: Customer's bank account number.
            type: string
          value:
            description: Customer's identification number. Required if type is bvn
            type: string
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: boolean
        message:
          type: string
    Response:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: boolean
        message:
          type: string
        data:
          type: object
security:
- bearerAuth: []