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POST
Move money internally
Creates a transfer between two Lemma accounts. Book transfers settle instantly, are free, and are available 24/7.
Transfers over $100,000 are held for manual review by the Lemma team as a security measure to protect your accounts in the event of a compromised API key. Need higher limits? Contact us.

Request body

source_account_id
string
required
The ID of the Lemma account to send money from.
destination_account_id
string
required
The ID of the Lemma account to send money to.
amount
integer
required
The amount to transfer in cents. Must be greater than zero.
description
string
A memo or description for the transfer. Appears on both the sender and recipient’s transaction history.

Response

Returns the created book transfer object.
id
string
Unique identifier for the book transfer.
created_at
string
ISO 8601 timestamp of when the book transfer was created.
source_account_id
string
The Lemma account money moves from.
destination_account_id
string
The Lemma account money moves to.
amount
integer
The transfer amount in cents.
status
string
Current status of the book transfer.
description
string
Description of the transfer.
source_transaction_id
string | null
The settled transaction on the source account, once the transfer posts.
destination_transaction_id
string | null
The settled transaction on the destination account, once the transfer posts.