Adyen Balance Control API
Adyen Balance Control API
Adyen Balance Control API moves funds between merchant accounts within Adyen — for centralized fund management and reconciliation.
Internal transfer is instant
Adyen-internal only — cannot move to external banks
Contact Adyen sales to enable Balance Control. POST /pal/servlet/BalanceControl/.../transferFunds to submit a transfer.
Uptime · 30-day window
About this API
Balance Control API is a fund-management tool for customers with multiple merchant accounts under the same corporate group. Typical scenario: a multinational group with European subsidiary using one merchant account for EUR collection and North American subsidiary with another for USD, but finance wants centralized control — Balance Control moves funds internally in Adyen, avoiding the intermediate cost of payout-and-reload via external banks. Not feature-rich, but saves significant clearing and FX fees for large customers.
What you can build
- 1Centralize funds across multiple merchant accounts in a group
- 2Transfer from subsidiary merchant to parent merchant
- 3Internal reconciliation adjustments
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Internal transfer is instant
- No clearing cost (stays within Adyen)
Limitations
- Adyen-internal only — cannot move to external banks
- Requires prior contractual authorization
Example request
curl https://www.adyen.help/hc/en-us/community/topics/<endpoint>Getting started
Contact Adyen sales to enable Balance Control. POST /pal/servlet/BalanceControl/.../transferFunds to submit a transfer.
FAQ
Can I transfer between merchant accounts in different currencies?+
Yes — Adyen auto-converts at the day's mid-market rate. Specific spreads per contract.
Technical details
- Auth type
- unknown
- Pricing
- unknown
- Protocols
- REST
- SDKs
- java, python, javascript, php
- Response time
- 1074 ms
- Last health check
- 5/12/2026, 7:36:31 AM
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