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Adyen Balance Platform API is the core of "Adyen for Platforms" — manage balance accounts, payment splits, and KYC across multiple merchants on a marketplace/SaaS platform.

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Use it when

Adyen holds its own banking licenses (EU/NA) — no third-party dependency

Watch for

Requires Adyen contract + platform-business due diligence

First check

Engage Adyen sales to sign a Balance Platform contract. POST /accountHolders to create account holders; POST /balanceAccounts for balance accounts.

Auth
CORS
No
HTTPS
Yes
Signup
?
Latency
944 ms
Protocol
REST
Pricing

Uptime · 30-day window

Probes: 1Uptime: 100%Avg latency: 944ms
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About this API

Balance Platform is Adyen's main product for marketplace/platform economy use cases, competing with Stripe Connect. It addresses the complex "platform collects → splits to multiple parties → ensures compliance" flow. Core abstractions: accountHolder (each merchant/driver/seller) and balanceAccount (currency-bearing balance, multi-currency). A buyer payment can instant-split into multiple balanceAccounts; Adyen handles KYC/KYB (merchant identity verification), reserves (regulatory holds), and payouts (scheduled disbursement to external banks). The key differentiator vs. Stripe Connect: Adyen holds banking licenses in EU and NA — no intermediate bank, so latency is low and rules are controllable. Uber, Etsy, eBay use Adyen Balance Platform.

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What you can build

  • 1Marketplace seller payouts (Taobao/Etsy model)
  • 2SaaS platform escrow for customers
  • 3Ride-hail driver settlement
  • 4Instant split (one buyer payment to multiple recipients)
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Strengths & limitations

Strengths

  • Adyen holds its own banking licenses (EU/NA) — no third-party dependency
  • Built-in KYC/KYB workflows
  • Multi-currency balance accounts

Limitations

  • Requires Adyen contract + platform-business due diligence
  • Not suitable for single-merchant scenarios — use regular Payments API instead
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Example request

Generic template — replace <endpoint> with the real path from the docs.
curl https://www.adyen.help/hc/en-us/community/topics/<endpoint>
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Getting started

Engage Adyen sales to sign a Balance Platform contract. POST /accountHolders to create account holders; POST /balanceAccounts for balance accounts.

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FAQ

How does Balance Platform compare to Stripe Connect?+

Stripe Connect is easier to onboard; Adyen Balance Platform wins on EU compliance and high-volume scenarios (in-house banking licenses).

Can it settle to sellers in China?+

Adyen does not yet hold a local mainland-China banking license; cross-border payouts work, but onshore entities are not supported.

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Technical details

CORS: NoHTTPS: YesSignup: ?Open source: No
Auth type
unknown
Pricing
unknown
Protocols
REST
SDKs
java, python, javascript, php
Response time
944 ms
Last health check
5/12/2026, 7:36:31 AM
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