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Cash Balances


Cash Balances

A customer’s Cash balance represents real funds. Customers can add funds to their cash balance by sending a bank transfer. These funds can be used for payment and can eventually be paid out to your bank account.

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Update a cash balance's settings

POST / v1 / customers /:id / cash_balance

Retrieve a cash balance

GET / v1 / customers /:id / cash_balance

The Cash balance object

Attributes

  • object string, value is "cash_balance" String representing the object’s type. Objects of the same type share the same value.
  • available nullable map A hash of all cash balances available to this customer. You cannot delete a customer with any cash balances, even if the balance is 0. Amounts are represented in the smallest currency unit.
  • customer string The ID of the customer whose cash balance this object represents.
  • customer _ account nullable string The ID of an Account representing a customer whose cash balance this object represents.
  • livemode boolean If the object exists in live mode, the value is true. If the object exists in test mode, the value is false.
  • settings object A hash of settings for this cash balance.

The Cash balance object

{ "object": "cash_balance", "available": { "eur": 10000 }, "customer": "cus_OaCLf8Fi1nbFpJ", "livemode": false, "settings": { "reconciliation_mode": "automatic", "using_merchant_default": true }}

Update a cash balance's settings

POST / v1 / customers /:id / cash_balance

Changes the settings on a customer’s cash balance.

Parameters

  • settings object A hash of settings for this cash balance.

Returns

The customer’s cash balance, with the updated settings.

Response

{ "object": "cash_balance", "available": null, "customer": "cus_Ob4Xiw8KXOqcvM", "livemode": false, "settings": { "reconciliation_mode": "manual", "using_merchant_default": false }}
Last verified 2026-09-25

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