Adding or changing a bank account
Last updated: November 13, 2025
Heads up! If you do not see the option to add, change or remove a bank account in your Dashboard, for example the list of bank accounts is read-only, the required Manage bank accounts permission may not be enabled for your account. Please check with your Dashboard administrator if you have questions.
Important notes:
This page explains how to add a bank account, add an additional bank account or change your existing bank account in FareHarbor. If you haven’t completed your initial setup before adding a bank account, please see the Payment Setup Checklist page first.
The steps for adding a bank account will vary depending on what country your bank is based in and what type of account you have. Click into one of the sections below to see steps for your bank account type.
If you have more than one bank account added to FareHarbor, see Setting your primary bank account to ensure the correct account is set up to receive payments.
To create, edit, or delete bank accounts, you must have 2-step verification enabled.
Adding a US bank account
- Ensure that the Manage bank accounts permission is enabled for your account.
- Navigate to Settings in your Dashboard.
- Select Bank & Payments from the Settings menu.
- Click the Bank Accounts tab.
Click the Add bank account button and enter the following information:
- Select whether the account holder is an Individual or a Company.
- Enter the account holder’s name.
- Enter the account number.
- Enter the routing number.
- Click Add bank account at the bottom of the form.
Once you’ve added the new account, you’ll need to complete the verification process by following the steps below. If you have more than one bank account or need to remove an old account, see Setting your primary bank account to ensure the correct account is set up to receive payments.
Verifying a new bank account
Your new bank account must be verified before it can start receiving payouts. Please note that it can take up to 3 business days to receive the verification deposits in your bank statement.
To verify a new bank account:
- Ensure that the Manage bank accounts permission is enabled for your account.
Check your bank statement for two small deposits (less than $1). The deposit description will be listed as either “Stripe” or “FareHarbor.”
Note: Some banks do not display these small deposits, but they can confirm them upon request. If you do not see the deposits after three business days, contact your bank to confirm the exact amounts—this is required for step 5 of this process.
Navigate back to Settings > Bank & Payments > Bank accounts.
Locate your new bank and click the Verify now button.

Enter the amounts exactly as they appear in your statement, without a dollar sign. When entering the deposit amounts, there should be a decimal point before the number to indicate that the amount is in cents (0.32 instead of 32).

Click Verify.
Once the new bank account has been verified, it will take seven calendar days for the account to be available for payouts. This is a security measure for new bank accounts.
Important notes:
- This applies only to newly added bank accounts. Existing, previously verified accounts will continue to receive payouts without interruption.
- For new clients: This security measure has no impact on your go-live date.
- You will still be able to accept payments during this period.
You can track the status of your new bank account and whether it’s available for payouts in your Bank Accounts tab (Settings > Bank & Payments > Bank Accounts).
- Pending – The account is verified but not yet eligible to receive payouts (less than seven days old).
- Verified – The account is eligible to receive payouts (seven days or older).

Having trouble? If you’ve tried entering your verification amounts more than 3 times and they are not working, please see our FAQs or contact us before trying again.
Adding a non-US bank account
Note: If you have an IBAN (International Bank Account Number), follow the steps for adding an IBAN account instead.
- Ensure that the Manage bank accounts permission is enabled for your account.
- From your Bank & Payments overview, click the Bank Accounts tab at the top of the page. You should see a form titled “Add bank account.”
- Select whether the account holder is an Individual or a Company.
- Enter the account holder’s name (either the individual’s name or the company name).
- Enter your bank account number.
- Enter your routing number. Depending on your country, this requirement may vary. See the list of routing number options below.
- Click Add bank account.
Once the new bank account has been verified, it will take seven calendar days for the account to be available for payouts. This is a security measure for new bank accounts.
Important notes:
- This applies only to newly added bank accounts. Existing, previously verified accounts will continue to receive payouts without interruption.
- For new clients: This security measure has no impact on your go-live date.
- You will still be able to accept payments during this period.
You can track the status of your new bank account and whether it’s available for payouts in your Bank Accounts tab (Settings > Bank & Payments > Bank Accounts).
- Pending – The account is verified but not yet eligible to receive payouts (less than seven days old).
- Verified – The account is eligible to receive payouts (seven days or older).

Routing number options
- Australia: Enter your 6-digit BSB (Bank-State-Branch) number.
- United Kingdom: Enter your 6-digit sort code.
- Canada: For Canadian Bank Accounts you must enter your 5-digit branch number (also known as transit number) followed by your 3-digit institution number (for example, 12345-678).
Note: Sometimes your branch number will appear to be 4 digits long. In this scenario, you will need to add a final digit, which is generally related to the geographical location of your branch.
Here’s a list with the final digit corresponding to each geolocation. If unsure, please reach out to your bank to request your 5-digit branch code.
0 – for British Columbia and Yukon
1 – for Western Quebec including Montreal and surrounding areas
2 – for Ontario including Toronto and surrounding area
3 – for Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland excluding Labrador
4 – for New Brunswick
5 – for Eastern Quebec including Labrador
6 – for Eastern Ontario including Ottawa and surrounding area
7 – for Manitoba and North-Western Ontario
8 – for Saskatchewan
9 – for Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Adding an IBAN account
If you have an IBAN (International Bank Account Number), follow these steps to add your bank account.
- Ensure that the Manage bank accounts permission is enabled for your account.
- From your Bank & Payments overview, click the Bank Accounts tab at the top of the page. You should see a form titled “Add bank account.”
- Select whether the account holder is an Individual or a Company.
- Enter the account holder’s name (either the individual’s name or the company name).
- Enter your full IBAN in the Account number field. Be sure to include the 2-letter country code and all following characters, with no spaces (for example, FR1420041010050500013M02606).
- Confirm your IBAN.
- Leave the routing number fields blank. Routing number is not required for IBAN accounts.
- Click Add bank account.
Setting your primary bank account
Your added bank accounts will appear under Settings > Bank & Payments > Bank accounts.

The first bank account listed is the primary account. This is where all payouts will be sent. In the example above, Demo Bank is the primary bank account.
To set your primary bank account, drag the
icon to the left of the bank name to the top of the list.
To delete an old bank account, click Remove next to the name of the account.
Removing a bank account
Note: Once a bank account has been removed, FareHarbor can no longer deposit money into that account. If you simply want to change which bank account your payouts go to, you can change your primary account instead.
- Ensure that the Manage bank accounts permission is enabled for your account.
- Navigate to Settings > Bank & Payments > Bank accounts. Your verified bank accounts will be listed, with the primary account at the top of the list.
- Click Remove next to the name of the account you want to remove. You’ll see a pop-up notification asking you to confirm. Click OK.

Frequently Asked Questions
Why don’t I see the Add bank account button on the Banks & payments > Bank Accounts tab?
If you do not see the Add bank account button, this means that the “Manage bank accounts” permission is not enabled for your user account.
I was previously able to add, remove or update bank accounts. Why am I unable to do so now?
Due to the addition of the Manage bank accounts permission setting, your permissions may have been changed. In most cases, check with your company or Dashboard director or administrator for assistance. Until that time, the bank accounts will be in read-only mode, even if you were the user who originally added them to your Dashboard.
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Enabling Manage bank accounts setting
FareHarbor has implemented a permission that will determine which users at a company are able to add, edit or remove bank accounts. This is in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”) of 2002.
Users must have the Manage bank accounts permission enabled in Settings in order to be able to perform these actions.
Note: Users who previously had the ability to add, edit or remove bank accounts from their company Dashboard will need to have this permission explicitly enabled for them in order to continue to be able to do so. Bank accounts previously added by that user will be in read-only mode until the permission is enabled.
To enable this permission:
- Click Settings > Bank & Payments.
- Click the Users & Permissions > Permission Groups tab.
- Click >>edit for the Directors Permission Group. This is normally the group that will have access to this option.
- Click the Setup tab and scroll to the Setup section.
- Check the box next to Manage bank accounts:

When do new bank accounts start receiving payouts?
After a new bank account has been added and verified, it will take at least seven calendar days before the first payout is received by the client. This is a security measure on FareHarbor’s end that applies only to newly added bank accounts. Existing, previously verified accounts will continue to receive payouts without interruption.
Note: This seven day delay for payouts has no impact on:
- The go-live date.
- Accepting payments.
The client can track the payout status of their new bank account and whether it’s available for payouts on the Bank Accounts tab (Settings > Bank & Payments > Bank Accounts).
- Pending – The account is verified but not yet eligible to receive payouts (less than seven days old).
- Verified – The account is eligible to receive payouts (seven days or older).
Troubleshooting micro-deposits
- Important to note: Non-US bank accounts do not require micro-deposits/account verification.
- Confirm that the bank account added to FareHarbor is a checking account. Adding a savings account will result in an error while trying to add into FareHarbor.
- Try removing and re-adding the bank account details (information may have been entered incorrectly the first time).
If that doesn’t work, request that they send us a copy of a voided check. There are two things we can do once we receive a voided check:
- Payment Operations can remove and re-add the bank account ourselves to make sure it was entered correctly.
- Payment Operations can ask Stripe to verify that the micro-deposits were sent successfully or if they failed to reach the bank.
Micro-deposits for Multiple Dashboards:
- If there is one bank account being added to multiple Dashboards and they are all added on the same day, only 2 micro-deposits will appear on the bank statement and can be used to verify all the Dashboards
Demo bank account info
If setting up a test bank account, use the following info:
- Account number: 000123456789
- Routing number: 110000000
- Verification amounts: .32 and .45
- When entering tax verification info, you can make up a business owner name and use 0000 as the last 4 digits of their SSN. Choose “As an individual” and enter any address to complete the step.
If setting up a non-US Dashboard, see this page for a list of demo account numbers by country.