Add Paper Biller

Use the Add Paper Biller endpoint to create a custom paper biller for a customer and to schedule paper bill payments. Billers that are created with this endpoint will receive a paper check instead of an electronic payment.

The account must be active (status: N) to use this endpoint. See Creating a Billpay Transaction for further instructions on using this endpoint.

Status codes

See Global Response Statuses for status codes that are common across endpoints.

The table below lists status codes that apply to this specific endpoint.

Status codeDescription
487-01Customer already has this biller
487-04amount, nextDate, and endDate are required for scheduled bill payment
487-05Account not active
Form Data
string
required

Web service username, as provided by Galileo.
Pattern: Max 50 characters
Example: "AbC123-9999"

string
required

Web service password, as provided by Galileo.
Pattern: Max 15 characters
Example: "4sb62fh6w4h7w34g"

int32
required

Galileo-issued provider identifier.
Pattern: Max 10 digits
Example: 9999

string
required
1 to 60

A unique provider-generated ID to identify this API call. A UUID is preferred.
Pattern: 60 characters or less
Example: "9845dk-39fdk3fj3-4483483478"

string
required

The PRN or PAN of the account.
Pattern: PAN or PRN
Example: "074103447228"

string
required

Display name for the biller. You can have duplicate billerNames as long as the addresses are different.
Pattern: Max 50 alphanumeric characters, no punctuation
Example: "My Landlord"

string
required
length between 3 and 80

First line of the biller address.
Pattern: Min of 3 and Max 80 alphanumeric characters
Example: "33 Maple Street"

string | null

Second line of biller address.
Pattern: Max 30 alphanumeric characters
Example: "#4B"

string
required
length between 1 and 60

Biller city.
Pattern: Max 30 letters and spaces
Example: "Salt Lake City"

string
enum
required
length between 2 and 2

Biller state or province.
Pattern: 2-character state or provincial abbreviation
Example: "UT"

string
required
length between 5 and 10

Biller postal code.
Pattern: 12345, 12345-1234, or K1A-1A1
Example: "84121"

string | null

Biller phone number or "null".
Pattern: Exactly 10 digits, no hyphens or other characters or "null"
Example: "8013656060"

string
required
length between 1 and 30

Account number that the account holder has with the biller. This value is not validated against a formatting mask. If there is no account number for the biller, pass n/a. You cannot edit this value with Modify Paper Biller. If the account holder submits an incorrect value, you must remove the biller and create the biller again with the correct account number.
Pattern: Alphanumeric string including hyphens and spaces.
Example: "3333223323455555"

string | null
enum

Frequency of the bill payment:

  • O — One time
  • W — Weekly
  • M — Monthly
  • Q — Quarterly
  • Y — Yearly

If this value is not O then nextDate and endDate are required.
Pattern: One letter
Example: "W"

Allowed:
date-time | null

The next date that the payment is scheduled.
Pattern: YYYY-MM-DD
Example: "2015-02-04"

date-time | null

The last date that the payment is scheduled. Can be up to five years in the future, so if today is 20 Jan 2020, this parameter can be no later than 20 Jan 2025. However, if today's date is a leap day, such as 29 Feb 2020, the latest date can be 1 Mar 2025.
Pattern: YYYY-MM-DD
Example: "2015-02-04"

float | null
0.01 to 999999999999.99

Currency amount as a whole or decimal amount.
Pattern: Positive integer or decimal number
Example: 100.00, 100, or 100.73

Headers
string
enum
Defaults to json

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Allowed:
string
enum
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