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A payment with an exchange allows you to send funds to a recipient in a currency that you aren’t currently holding. For example, if you want to send funds in USD but only have a balance in GBP.
Currently, you can only make payments from the parent budget, not from any sub-budgets.

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How it works

The following diagram describes the different steps required to send funds externally with Equals Money. Click on the image to enlarge it. Diagram showing the steps required to send funds externally

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Create a payment with exchange

POST /v2/orders/trade?accountId={accountId}

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Before you start

To send a payment with an exchange, you first need to create a quote where:
  • type.from is set to balance
  • type.to is set to payment, multiple, or forward
  • sourceCurrency and targetCurrency are set to different currencies
  • either sourceCurrency.amount or targetCurrency.amount is provided
  • sourceCurrency.currency.budgetId and targetCurrency.currency.budgetId are set to the ID of the parent budget
For example, to make a 10 GBP payment to a recipient who wants to receive USD: 
curl -i -X POST \
  'https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/orders/quote?accountId=F12345' \
  -H 'Authorization: ApiKey YOUR_API_KEY_HERE' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "sourceCurrency": {
      "amount": 10,
      "currency": {
        "budgetId": "b489ea2c-0dd1-4fb1-b345-de5a596a5527",
        "currencyCode": "GBP"
      }
    },
    "targetCurrency": {
      "currency": {
        "budgetId": "b489ea2c-0dd1-4fb1-b345-de5a596a5527",
        "currencyCode": "USD"
      }
    },
    "settlementDate": "20231001",
    "type": {
      "from": "balance",
      "to": "payment"
    }
  }'

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Request

Use this request to create a payment with exchange, using the orderId and quoteRequestId returned when you created a quote. 
curl -i -X POST \
  'https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/orders/trade?accountId=F12345' \
  -H 'Authorization: ApiKey YOUR_API_KEY_HERE' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "orderId": "FPLZQVE5G2ZZKS",
    "quoteRequestId": "SLQMQKRV8NR32DA3T0GZ7OC1SNDKO7X1HH",
    "payments": {
      "amount": 10,
      "currency": {
        "budgetId": "b489ea2c-0dd1-4fb1-b345-de5a596a5527",
        "currencyCode": "GBP"
      },
      "recipientId": "8lciyups6",
      "internalReference": "REF-123-456",
      "externalReference": "REF-123-456"
    }
  }'

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Query parameters

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accountId
string
required
The ID of the account that you’re creating an order for.Allowable values: An existing accountId

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Request body schema

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orderId
string
required
The ID of the order that was returned in the quote request.Allowable values: An existing orderId (≤ 36 characters)
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quoteRequestId
string
required
The ID of the quote request.Allowable values: An existing quoteRequestId (≤ 36 characters)
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payments
object
required
Details about the payment.Allowable values: A valid payments object containing the following fields: amount, currency, recipientId, internalReference, externalReference

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Response

If your request is successful, you’ll receive a 200 response. 
{
  "orderId": "FPLZQVE5G2ZZKS",
  "quoteRequestId": "SLQMQKRV8NR32DA3T0GZ7OC1SNDKO7X1HH",
  "settlement": {
    "date": "20230825",
    "price": {
      "amount": 10,
      "currency": "GBP"
    },
    "charges": {
      "fee": 0
    }
  },
  "quote": {
    "rate": 1,
    "inverseRate": 1,
    "fromGbpAmount": 10,
    "from": {
      "amount": 10,
      "currency": "GBP"
    },
    "to": {
      "amount": 10,
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "direction": "1"
  }
}
For customers where the external reference affects account ownership validation:If the provided external reference doesn’t match the one associated with the recipient, an error will occur. To resolve this, resubmit the request with the correct external reference, or create a new recipient with the preferred external reference.
For more detailed information about this request and its response, see the API reference.