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FedNow

The Federal Reserve's instant payment rail. Used for instant transfers in the USA.

Rail overview

Use FEDNOW for US instant bank movement when the receiving institution supports the rail.

Instant rails still require provider confirmation; Conomy updates the payment once the rail accepts, completes, or rejects the instruction.

Region United States
Currency USD
Direction Pay-in / Pay-out
Model Instant bank transfer

Use it for time-sensitive payout and funding flows where the bank supports FedNow reachability.

FieldTypeDescription
typestringMust be "FEDNOW"
currencystringMust be "USD"
fedNow.bank.accountNumberstringBank account number
fedNow.routingNumberstring9-digit ABA routing number
fedNow.customer.firstNamestringAccount holder’s first name
fedNow.customer.lastNamestringAccount holder’s last name
fedNow.customer.emailstringAccount holder’s email
fedNow.customer.documentNumberstringSSN or ITIN
fedNow.customer.documentTypestringDocument type
{
"type": "FEDNOW",
"currency": "USD",
"fedNow": {
"routingNumber": "021000021",
"bank": {
"accountNumber": "000123456789"
},
"customer": {
"firstName": "Michael",
"lastName": "Johnson",
"email": "michael@example.com",
"documentType": "SSN",
"documentNumber": "123456789"
}
}
}

ABA routing number (9 digits).

Bank account number.

CHECKINGSAVINGS

Information on who pays the transaction

idstring

Unique identifier for the internal service.

firstNamestringrequired

Payer's name

emailstring

Payer's email

lastNamestring

Payer's last name

phoneNumberstring

Payer's phone number without prefix

phoneNumberPrefixstring

Phone number prefix (e.g., +57)

documentTypestring

Documeny type of the entity (e.g., RUT, CURP, CURL). Go to the Supported Identity document types page for the complete list of supported values.

documentNumberstring

The document number associated with the documentType

addressobject

The entity’s address information.