Create Federal Benefit Enrollment

Use the Create Federal Benefit Enrollment endpoint to initiate the process for the specified customer to receive U.S. federal benefit funds via ACH deposit. All enrollments that you initiate with this endpoint are queued into a batch file that is sent regularly (usually daily) to the federal government for processing.

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Note

This endpoint automatically creates a secondary account for benefits deposits that shares its balance with the primary account.

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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
^$|^([0-9]{12}|[0-9]{16})$

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

string
required

Unique location identifier; see location types.
Pattern: Must be a number if type is 0; Must be less than 15 characters if type is 1.
Example: "a455-3483"

int32
enum
required

0=Galileo Location ID
1=Partner Location ID
Pattern: 0 or 1
Example: 1

Allowed:
int32
required
0 to 9

Specifies whether the owner of the account in accountNo is a direct recipient or a beneficiary:

  • 0 — Direct recipient
  • 1 — Beneficiary

Pattern: Integer
Example: 1

string
required
length between 2 and 30

Account holder's first name. Special character support.
Pattern: 1–40 characters: letters (A-Z, a-z), spaces, hyphens (-) and single quotes (')
Example: "Ed"

string
required
length between 2 and 30

Account holder's last name. Special character support.
Pattern: 1–40 characters: letters (A-Z, a-z), spaces, hyphens (-) and single quotes (')
Example: "Harley"

string
required
^[\d]{9}$

The Social Security number of the direct recipient of the disbursement.
Pattern: 9-digit Social Security number, no hyphens
Example: "123456789"

string
required
^[A-Z\/\s]

One of several defined agency types.
Pattern: See the Federal Benefit Enrollment Agency Types table in Enumerations.
Example: "SOCIAL SECURITY"

int32 | null
enum
Defaults to 0

Specifies whether to send alerts regarding the enrollment process.
Pattern: Integer
Example: 1

Allowed:
int32 | null

Identifier of the agent, for use in transaction reporting and tracking.
Pattern: Integer
Example: 109405

string | null

Middle name of the beneficiary.Middle names are not used in ENR transactions, but they are included here for parity between the Account Management and Federal Benefit Enrollment data models.
Pattern: String
Example: James

Headers
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enum
Defaults to json

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enum
Defaults to application/json

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