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# Get an external bank payout for a ready customer account

> Poll payout status after confirm.

Poll payout status after confirm.

Guide: [External bank payouts](/customers/payouts).


## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /partner/customers/{customer_id}/accounts/{account_id}/payouts/{payout_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Element Pay Partner API
  description: >-
    Provider-neutral fiat ↔ crypto ramps for partners. Discover corridors,
    create a binding quote, accept it, and receive webhooks. African local fiat
    (mobile money and bank) is auto-routed by corridor.
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://sandbox.elementpay.net/api/v1
    description: Sandbox
security:
  - APIKeyHeader: []
tags:
  - name: partner
    description: >-
      Corridor discovery, indicative rates, binding quotes, and order acceptance
      (including order-path account currency conversion rails). Customer ledger
      conversions use partner-customer-transfers `/conversions`.
    x-group: Partner
  - name: partner-customers
    description: >-
      Vault KYC: requirements, create, list, get/update, documents, submit, and
      revoke (`pcus_*`).
    x-group: Customers
  - name: partner-customer-accounts
    description: >-
      Customer deposit rails: open / list / get accounts and deposit
      instructions.
    x-group: Customer accounts
  - name: partner-customer-transfers
    description: >-
      On-ledger money movement: stablecoin sends, same-currency book transfers,
      and cross-currency conversions.
    x-group: Customer transfers
  - name: partner-customer-payouts
    description: >-
      External bank payouts: scheme discovery, local bank directory
      (NGN/GHS/CAD), preview, confirm, and status.
    x-group: Customer payouts
paths:
  /partner/customers/{customer_id}/accounts/{account_id}/payouts/{payout_id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - partner-customer-payouts
      summary: Get an external bank payout for a ready customer account
      description: Poll payout status after confirm.
      operationId: >-
        partner_customer_get_payout_partner_customers__customer_id__accounts__account_id__payouts__payout_id__get
      parameters:
        - name: customer_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            description: Public customer id returned by POST /partner/customers
            examples:
              - pcus_a1b2c3d4e5f6
            title: Customer Id
          description: Public customer id returned by POST /partner/customers
          example: pcus_a1b2c3d4e5f6
        - name: account_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
            description: Account id returned by the customer account API
            title: Account Id
          description: Account id returned by the customer account API
        - name: payout_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            minLength: 8
            description: Payout id returned by payout confirm
            title: Payout Id
          description: Payout id returned by payout confirm
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Payout status for polling.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartnerSuccessEnvelope'
              example:
                status: success
                message: Payout
                data:
                  id: 101
                  status: submitted
                  from_account_id: 39
                  currency: NGN
                  amount: '1.00'
                  fee: '0.50'
                  receive_amount: '0.50'
                  fee_status: final
                  scheme: nip
                  destination:
                    rail: bank
                    country: NG
                    scheme: nip
                    bank_name: Access Bank
                    account_number_masked: '****0031'
                  created_at: '2026-09-14T12:05:00+00:00'
                  customer_id: pcus_a1b2c3d4e5f6
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                  - status
                  - message
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - error
                  message:
                    type: string
                  data:
                    type:
                      - object
                      - 'null'
              example:
                status: error
                message: Unauthorized
                data: null
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                  - status
                  - message
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - error
                  message:
                    type: string
                  data:
                    type:
                      - object
                      - 'null'
              example:
                status: error
                message: Validation error
                data:
                  field: country
      security:
        - APIKeyHeader: []
components:
  schemas:
    PartnerSuccessEnvelope:
      type: object
      required:
        - status
        - message
        - data
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - success
        message:
          type: string
        data:
          type: object
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key

````