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# API access with every account

Every Mercury account comes with read and write API access. Your account is yours to automate.

## Make your account work for you

Maintain accurate records with less effort

[View API docs](https://docs.mercury.com/reference/welcome-to-mercury-api)

- Use your financial data to create custom dashboards.
- Automatically make mass payments via Mercury.
- Match invoices or bookkeeping records to your transactions.

Automate billing with our invoicing API

[View API docs](https://docs.mercury.com/reference/accounts_receivable)

- Generate and send invoices based on CRM, billing, or usage data
- Monitor invoice status to make sure you're always paid on time
- Everything integrates with your Mercury account for full visibility
- Create up to 500 invoices/month on Plus, or unlimited with Pro

## APIs for nearly any use case

Your account — turned into building blocks.

[Explore demo](https://demo.mercury.com/dashboard)

- Transactions: Download and search your full transaction history.
- Recipients: Get a list of your Mercury recipients or filter transactions by their ID.
- Account data: Query account type, routing and account numbers, and balance.
- ACH payments: Make 100 free programmatic ACH payments per month.
- Invoicing: Create, send, and track invoices programmatically.
- Accounting Integrations: Easily sync with your accounting software to close books faster.

## Open your account in 10 minutes or less

## Disclaimers and footnotes

Mercury is a fintech company, [not an FDIC-insured bank](/content/how-mercury-works/index.html). Banking services provided through [Choice Financial Group](/content/legal/choice/sweep-program-deposit-placement-and-custodial-agreement/index.html) and [Column N.A.](/content/legal/column/sweep-program-deposit-placement-and-custodial-agreements/index.html), Members FDIC. Deposit insurance covers the failure of an insured bank.
