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Dev tools · January 8, 2013

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One curl command issues next-day ACH deposit

At Balanced Payments YC W2011, we've been working on simplifying ACH deposits and we've managed to boil it down to one curl command. Tell us what you think! Ultimately, our goal with this is to provide ACH deposits for those who are already using existing processing solutions, but want to pay their users or vendors via ACH instead. US only - we're cooking up something for international. Without further ado: curl https://api.balancedpayments.com/v1/credits \ -d amount=10000 \ -d description="Math lesson" \ -d bank_account[name]="Johann Bernoulli" \ -d bank_account[account_number]=9900000001 \…

One curl command issues next-day ACH deposit launched on January 8, 2013 with 91 votes, #23 of 526 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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Balanced Payments provides a developer tool for processing next-day ACH deposits through a single API command. It is designed for businesses using existing payment processing solutions who want to pay users or vendors directly via ACH transfer. The product simplifies bank account payouts to one curl command with account details, currently available in the US only.

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At Balanced Payments YC W2011, we've been working on simplifying ACH deposits and we've managed to boil it down to one curl command. Tell us what you think! Ultimately, our goal with this is to provide ACH deposits for those who are already using existing processing solutions, but want to pay their users or vendors…

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