# Repay a client from your balance

Applies funds from your own settlement balance to the client's outstanding receivables. Use it when incoming funds could not be attributed to a client automatically and were credited to your settlement account as unallocated. The funds must already be on your settlement account for `currency` and `paymentRails` (see `GET /accounts` in the Account API); an `amount` above that balance is rejected. Allocation is FIFO across the client's active receivables; the request does not select a particular receivable. Any amount beyond the client's `totalRepaymentAmount` remains on the client's settlement balance. The response acknowledges the request; read the receivable and credit account after settlement.

Product: PNSL API
API reference version: 2.0.0 (current)
OpenAPI contract: https://docs.axiym.io/openapi/pnsl-api/2.0.0.json
Canonical page: https://docs.axiym.io/pnsl-api/api-reference/2.0.0/receivables/createRepayment

[Complete reference with related definitions](/pnsl-api/api-reference/2.0.0/receivables/createRepayment.full.md)

## POST /clients/{clientId}/repayments

## Servers

```json
[
  {
    "url": "https://partner-api.sandbox.axiym.io/api/v1",
    "description": "Sandbox"
  },
  {
    "url": "https://partner-api.axiym.io/api/v1",
    "description": "Production"
  }
]
```

## Authentication

```json
{
  "security": [
    {
      "Default": []
    }
  ],
  "securitySchemes": {
    "Default": {
      "type": "http",
      "scheme": "bearer",
      "bearerFormat": "JWT"
    }
  }
}
```

## Parameters

### path: clientId

```json
{
  "name": "clientId",
  "in": "path",
  "required": true,
  "description": "Client identifier (UUID).",
  "schema": {
    "type": "string",
    "format": "uuid",
    "examples": [
      "b7e8c1a2-9f43-4d2e-8a6b-1c2d3e4f5a6b"
    ]
  }
}
```

### header: X-Request-Id

```json
{
  "name": "X-Request-Id",
  "in": "header",
  "required": false,
  "description": "Client-generated unique id for this request (UUID recommended), used for end-to-end tracing. Echoed back in the `X-Request-Id` response header and recorded in Axiym logs — quote it when contacting support. If omitted, Axiym generates one.\n",
  "schema": {
    "type": "string",
    "format": "uuid",
    "examples": [
      "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"
    ]
  }
}
```

### header: Idempotency-Key

```json
{
  "name": "Idempotency-Key",
  "in": "header",
  "required": false,
  "description": "Unique client-generated key to safely retry a funds-moving request (e.g. a UUID, but any unique string works). Repeating a request with the same key returns the original result instead of creating a duplicate.",
  "schema": {
    "type": "string",
    "maxLength": 255,
    "examples": [
      "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890"
    ]
  }
}
```

## Request body

```json
{
  "required": true,
  "content": {
    "application/json": {
      "schema": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "amount",
          "currency"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "amount": {
            "allOf": [
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Decimal"
              }
            ],
            "description": "Amount to apply from your settlement balance in `currency`. Allocated FIFO across the client's active receivables."
          },
          "currency": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Currency"
          },
          "paymentRails": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Payment rail code of the settlement balance to debit."
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Responses

### 201

```json
{
  "description": "Repayment accepted from your settlement balance.",
  "content": {
    "application/json": {
      "schema": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RequestStatus"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### 400

```json
{
  "description": "",
  "content": {
    "application/json": {
      "schema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "HTTP status code, duplicated in the body."
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Human-readable message describing the error."
          },
          "errors": {
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "message": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "description": "Additional error details; null when there are none."
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "code",
          "message",
          "errors"
        ]
      },
      "examples": {
        "Malformed JSON body": {
          "summary": "Malformed JSON body",
          "value": {
            "code": 400,
            "message": "Bad Request",
            "errors": {
              "message": "Failed to parse the request body as JSON: expected value at line 1 column 5"
            }
          }
        },
        "Generic": {
          "summary": "Generic",
          "value": {
            "code": 400,
            "message": "Invalid cursor",
            "errors": null
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "headers": {
    "X-Request-Id": {
      "description": "Unique id of this request (echoed from the request, or generated when omitted). Recorded in Axiym logs — quote it when contacting support about a failed request.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uuid",
        "examples": [
          "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### 401

```json
{
  "description": "",
  "content": {
    "application/json": {
      "schema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "HTTP status code, duplicated in the body."
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Human-readable message describing the error."
          },
          "errors": {
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Additional error details; null when there are none."
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "code",
          "message",
          "errors"
        ]
      },
      "examples": {
        "Example 1": {
          "summary": "Example 1",
          "value": {
            "code": 401,
            "message": "Unauthorized",
            "errors": null
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "headers": {
    "X-Request-Id": {
      "description": "Unique id of this request (echoed from the request, or generated when omitted). Recorded in Axiym logs — quote it when contacting support about a failed request.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uuid",
        "examples": [
          "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### 403

```json
{
  "description": "Forbidden",
  "content": {
    "application/json": {
      "schema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "HTTP status code, duplicated in the body."
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Human-readable message describing the error."
          },
          "errors": {
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Additional error details; null when there are none."
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "code",
          "message",
          "errors"
        ]
      },
      "examples": {
        "Example 1": {
          "summary": "Example 1",
          "value": {
            "code": 403,
            "message": "Forbidden",
            "errors": null
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "headers": {
    "X-Request-Id": {
      "description": "Unique id of this request (echoed from the request, or generated when omitted). Recorded in Axiym logs — quote it when contacting support about a failed request.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uuid",
        "examples": [
          "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### 404

```json
{
  "description": "",
  "content": {
    "application/json": {
      "schema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "HTTP status code, duplicated in the body."
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Human-readable message: either the generic 'Not Found' or a domain-specific one such as 'Client Not Found'."
          },
          "errors": {
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Additional error details; null when there are none."
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "code",
          "message",
          "errors"
        ]
      },
      "examples": {
        "Generic": {
          "summary": "Generic",
          "value": {
            "code": 404,
            "message": "Not Found",
            "errors": null
          }
        },
        "Client not found": {
          "summary": "Client not found",
          "value": {
            "code": 404,
            "message": "Client Not Found",
            "errors": null
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "headers": {
    "X-Request-Id": {
      "description": "Unique id of this request (echoed from the request, or generated when omitted). Recorded in Axiym logs — quote it when contacting support about a failed request.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uuid",
        "examples": [
          "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### 422

```json
{
  "description": "The request could not be processed. Two variants share this status: a validation failure, where `errors` is an object keyed by field name, and a business rejection, where `errors` is null and `message` states the reason (e.g. `Documents Not Accepted` when uploading to an already decided onboarding application, `Onboarding Cannot Be Finished` when finishing an already rejected case, or the generic `Unprocessable Request`).",
  "content": {
    "application/json": {
      "schema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "HTTP status code, duplicated in the body."
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "`Invalid Parameters` for validation failures; the rejection reason otherwise."
          },
          "errors": {
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Validation failures: object keyed by field name (camelCase); each value is either an array of ValidationError records (leaf), a nested object for struct fields, or an object keyed by array index for list fields. Business rejections: null.",
            "additionalProperties": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ValidationFieldErrors"
            }
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "code",
          "message",
          "errors"
        ]
      },
      "examples": {
        "Flat field errors": {
          "summary": "Flat field errors",
          "value": {
            "code": 422,
            "message": "Invalid Parameters",
            "errors": {
              "legalEntityName": [
                {
                  "code": "length",
                  "message": null,
                  "params": {
                    "value": "",
                    "min": 1
                  }
                }
              ],
              "currency": [
                {
                  "code": "invalid_currency",
                  "message": null,
                  "params": {
                    "value": "ZZZ"
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        },
        "Nested struct errors": {
          "summary": "Nested struct errors",
          "value": {
            "code": 422,
            "message": "Invalid Parameters",
            "errors": {
              "legalAddress": {
                "country": [
                  {
                    "code": "invalid_country",
                    "message": null,
                    "params": {
                      "value": "INVALID"
                    }
                  }
                ],
                "postalCode": [
                  {
                    "code": "length",
                    "message": null,
                    "params": {
                      "value": "",
                      "min": 1
                    }
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "List item errors": {
          "summary": "List item errors",
          "value": {
            "code": 422,
            "message": "Invalid Parameters",
            "errors": {
              "transactionHistory": {
                "0": {
                  "timestamp": [
                    {
                      "code": "invalid_date_time",
                      "message": null,
                      "params": {
                        "value": "2026-04-14"
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "Custom validator": {
          "summary": "Custom validator",
          "value": {
            "code": 422,
            "message": "Invalid Parameters",
            "errors": {
              "disbursementAccount": [
                {
                  "code": "disbursement_account_required",
                  "message": null,
                  "params": {
                    "value": null
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        },
        "Business rejection": {
          "summary": "Business rejection",
          "value": {
            "code": 422,
            "message": "Documents Not Accepted",
            "errors": null
          }
        },
        "Onboarding cannot be finished": {
          "summary": "Onboarding cannot be finished",
          "value": {
            "code": 422,
            "message": "Onboarding Cannot Be Finished",
            "errors": null
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "headers": {
    "X-Request-Id": {
      "description": "Unique id of this request (echoed from the request, or generated when omitted). Recorded in Axiym logs — quote it when contacting support about a failed request.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uuid",
        "examples": [
          "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### 500

```json
{
  "description": "",
  "content": {
    "application/json": {
      "schema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "HTTP status code, duplicated in the body."
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Human-readable message describing the error."
          },
          "errors": {
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Additional error details; null when there are none."
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "code",
          "message",
          "errors"
        ]
      },
      "examples": {
        "Example 1": {
          "summary": "Example 1",
          "value": {
            "code": 500,
            "message": "Internal Error",
            "errors": null
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "headers": {
    "X-Request-Id": {
      "description": "Unique id of this request (echoed from the request, or generated when omitted). Recorded in Axiym logs — quote it when contacting support about a failed request.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uuid",
        "examples": [
          "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Operation metadata

```json
{
  "tags": [
    "Receivables"
  ],
  "operationId": "createRepayment"
}
```

## Referenced schemas

Fetch the relevant schema to inspect its fields, constraints and related types.

- [`#/components/schemas/Decimal`](/pnsl-api/api-reference/2.0.0/schemas/Decimal.md)
- [`#/components/schemas/Currency`](/pnsl-api/api-reference/2.0.0/schemas/Currency.md)
- [`#/components/schemas/RequestStatus`](/pnsl-api/api-reference/2.0.0/schemas/RequestStatus.md)
- [`#/components/schemas/ValidationFieldErrors`](/pnsl-api/api-reference/2.0.0/schemas/ValidationFieldErrors.md)