# account From **Stripe API**. This is an object representing a Stripe account. You can retrieve it to see properties on the account like its current e-mail address or if the account is enabled yet to make live charges. Some properties, marked below, are available only to platforms that want to [create and manage Express or Custom accounts](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/accounts). - Type: `object` ## Properties ### `business_profile` - Required: false - Nullable: true Business information about the account. ### `business_type` - Required: false - Type: `string` - Nullable: true - Allowed values: `"company"`, `"government_entity"`, `"individual"`, `"non_profit"` The business type. ### `capabilities` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `charges_enabled` - Required: false - Type: `boolean` Whether the account can create live charges. ### `company` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `controller` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `country` - Required: false - Type: `string` - maxLength: `5000` The account's country. ### `created` - Required: false - Type: `integer` - Format: `unix-time` Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch. ### `default_currency` - Required: false - Type: `string` - maxLength: `5000` Three-letter ISO currency code representing the default currency for the account. This must be a currency that [Stripe supports in the account's country](https://stripe.com/docs/payouts). ### `details_submitted` - Required: false - Type: `boolean` Whether account details have been submitted. Standard accounts cannot receive payouts before this is true. ### `email` - Required: false - Type: `string` - Nullable: true - maxLength: `5000` An email address associated with the account. You can treat this as metadata: it is not used for authentication or messaging account holders. ### `external_accounts` - Required: false - Type: `object` External accounts (bank accounts and debit cards) currently attached to this account ### `future_requirements` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `id` - Required: true - Type: `string` - maxLength: `5000` Unique identifier for the object. ### `individual` - Required: false - Type: `object` This is an object representing a person associated with a Stripe account. A platform cannot access a Standard or Express account's persons after the account starts onboarding, such as after generating an account link for the account. See the [Standard onboarding](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/standard-accounts) or [Express onboarding documentation](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/express-accounts) for information about platform pre-filling and account onboarding steps. Related guide: [Handling Identity Verification with the API](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/identity-verification-api#person-information). ### `metadata` - Required: false - Type: `object` Set of [key-value pairs](https://stripe.com/docs/api/metadata) that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. ### `object` - Required: true - Type: `string` - Allowed values: `"account"` String representing the object's type. Objects of the same type share the same value. ### `payouts_enabled` - Required: false - Type: `boolean` Whether Stripe can send payouts to this account. ### `requirements` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `settings` - Required: false - Nullable: true Options for customizing how the account functions within Stripe. ### `tos_acceptance` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `type` - Required: false - Type: `string` - Allowed values: `"custom"`, `"express"`, `"standard"` The Stripe account type. Can be `standard`, `express`, or `custom`. ## JSON Schema ```json {"description":"This is an object representing a Stripe account. You can retrieve it to see\nproperties on the account like its current e-mail address or if the account is\nenabled yet to make live charges.\n\nSome properties, marked below, are available only to platforms that want to\n[create and manage Express or Custom accounts](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/accounts).","properties":{"business_profile":{"anyOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/account_business_profile"}],"description":"Business information about the account.","nullable":true},"business_type":{"description":"The business type.","enum":["company","government_entity","individual","non_profit"],"nullable":true,"type":"string","x-stripeBypassValidation":true},"capabilities":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/account_capabilities"},"charges_enabled":{"description":"Whether the account can create live charges.","type":"boolean"},"company":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/legal_entity_company"},"controller":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/account_unification_account_controller"},"country":{"description":"The account's country.","maxLength":5000,"type":"string"},"created":{"description":"Time at which the object was created. 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Objects of the same type share the same value.","enum":["account"],"type":"string"},"payouts_enabled":{"description":"Whether Stripe can send payouts to this account.","type":"boolean"},"requirements":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/account_requirements"},"settings":{"anyOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/account_settings"}],"description":"Options for customizing how the account functions within Stripe.","nullable":true},"tos_acceptance":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/account_tos_acceptance"},"type":{"description":"The Stripe account type. Can be `standard`, `express`, or `custom`.","enum":["custom","express","standard"],"type":"string"}},"required":["id","object"],"title":"Account","type":"object","x-expandableFields":["business_profile","capabilities","company","controller","external_accounts","future_requirements","individual","requirements","settings","tos_acceptance"],"x-resourceId":"account"} ```