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Create accounts under your own entity or an entity you open for a client. Each account tracks a separate balance. An entity is the legal account holder. Your organization always has a main entity, and you can also create entities for your clients.

Account activation

An Account is active as soon as Fintoc creates it. Accounts have no pending state: status is active, blocked, or closed.
  • For your main entity, you can create accounts at any time.
  • For a new entity, Fintoc creates the entityโ€™s main Account when Fintoc approves the business verification. Verification takes up to 72 business hours. Until then, the entity has no accounts.

Create more accounts for your organizationโ€™s entity

Your Fintoc organization starts with one Account. You can immediately create more accounts for your main entity. Multiple accounts improve reconciliation because each account keeps a separate balance.

Use the API

Call the Create account endpoint with your main entityโ€™s entity_id. To retrieve the entity_id, call the List entities endpoint. You can also create the account from the Dashboard.

Create accounts for another entity (your clients)

Available in Chile and MexicoYou can create a client Entity and its Account objects in Chile and Mexico, from the dashboard or through the API. To do it through the API, see Onboard an entity by API.
If you manage funds for clients, you can open accounts under each clientโ€™s legal name.

Example use case

Consider a food delivery platform:
  • You keep one Account under your own entity to collect your platform fees.
  • You create one Account per restaurant under a new entity. When a customer pays, the transfer receipt shows the restaurantโ€™s name instead of your platformโ€™s name.
You manage balances and payouts between your Account object and your clientsโ€™ Account objects.

1. Create an entity

Create the entity from the Entities section of the Dashboard. Select Create Entity, then enter the entityโ€™s legal name and tax ID: the Chilean tax ID (RUT) or the Mexican tax ID (RFC).

2. Complete business verification

Complete the business verification form for your new entity in the Dashboard. Fintocโ€™s compliance team reviews your information within 72 business hours and confirms when the entity is ready to use.

3. Start using Business Accounts

When Fintoc approves the business verification, Fintoc creates the client Entityโ€™s main Account and root account number. Retrieve both with the List accounts endpoint, filtered by entity_id. From there you can:
  • Create Transfer objects from the entityโ€™s main Account.
  • Receive transfers at its root account number or generate more account numbers.
  • Create more Account objects under this entity.

Test the integration

In test mode, use your test secret key to call the Create account endpoint. Set entity_id to your main test entity. The response returns an id prefixed with acc_ and a status of active, which confirms the Account is ready to use.