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# Create Transfer

> Move money between your own business accounts — your main business and
its child businesses — internally and same-currency only. Settles
immediately with no fee.

Set `sourceTenantKey` to the business funds move from (omit it to send
from your main business) and `destinationTenantKey` to the business they
move to. Allowed movements are main → child, child → child, and
child → main.

There is no `GET` for a transfer — track it via the
[platform disbursements endpoint](/api-reference/workforce/platform/list-disbursements)
filtered to `type=TRANSFER`, matching the returned `id` or your `reference`.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/workforce-management.yaml post /v1/platform/transfers
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  description: APIs for interacting with Cadana Payroll Platform
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Business Workforce Management
  termsOfService: https://cadanapay.com/terms-and-conditions
  contact:
    email: api@cadanapay.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
  - url: https://api.cadanapay.com
    description: Prod Server
  - url: https://dev-api.cadanapay.com
    description: Dev Server
security:
  - Authorization: []
tags:
  - name: Custom Auth
    description: APIs for interacting with Custom Authentication
  - name: Persons
    description: APIs for interacting with the HR module
  - name: Milestones
    description: APIs for milestone-based contractor pay
  - name: Instant Pay
    description: APIs for interacting with Instant Pay functionality
  - name: Users
    description: APIs for interacting with employee/contractor Cadana accounts
  - name: Files
    description: APIs for interacting with file uploads
  - name: Payrolls
    description: APIs for interacting with Payroll
  - name: Platform
    description: Platform APIs for interacting with businesses
  - name: Businesses
    description: APIs for interacting with Business
  - name: Treasury
    description: APIs for business balances, funding, and withdrawals
  - name: KYB
    description: APIs for business verification
  - name: Contracts
    description: APIs for interacting with contracts
  - name: Sandbox
    description: APIs for relevant sandbox simulations
  - name: Invoices
    description: APIs for interacting with invoices
  - name: Reimbursements
    description: APIs for interacting with reimbursements
  - name: Entities
    description: >-
      APIs for managing legal sub-entities (subsidiaries, branches) under a
      parent business
paths:
  /v1/platform/transfers:
    post:
      tags:
        - Platform
      summary: Create Transfer
      description: >
        Move money between your own business accounts — your main business and

        its child businesses — internally and same-currency only. Settles

        immediately with no fee.


        Set `sourceTenantKey` to the business funds move from (omit it to send

        from your main business) and `destinationTenantKey` to the business they

        move to. Allowed movements are main → child, child → child, and

        child → main.


        There is no `GET` for a transfer — track it via the

        [platform disbursements
        endpoint](/api-reference/workforce/platform/list-disbursements)

        filtered to `type=TRANSFER`, matching the returned `id` or your
        `reference`.
      operationId: createPlatformTransfer
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateTransferRequest'
            examples:
              transferRequest:
                summary: Example transfer request
                value:
                  sourceTenantKey: blm123456
                  destinationTenantKey: blm998877
                  amount:
                    amount: 500000
                    currency: USD
                  reference: transfer-123
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/CreatePlatformTransferResponse'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequestError'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ForbiddenError'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
      security:
        - Authorization: []
components:
  schemas:
    CreateTransferRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - destinationTenantKey
        - amount
        - reference
      properties:
        sourceTenantKey:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The business funds move from. Omit to send from your main business,
            or pass a child business's tenant key.
          example: blm123456
        destinationTenantKey:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The business funds move to — a child business or your main business.
            Cannot equal the source.
          example: blm998877
        amount:
          type: object
          required:
            - amount
            - currency
          properties:
            amount:
              type: integer
              description: Value in the lowest denomination of the currency (e.g. cents)
              example: 500000
            currency:
              type: string
              description: >-
                ISO 4217 code. Source and destination must match —
                cross-currency is not supported.
              example: USD
        reference:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Your client reference for the transfer. Stored on it so you can
            locate it later.
          example: transfer-123
    BadRequestError:
      description: Bad input provided by client
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        - type: object
          properties:
            params:
              description: A map for meta data around the error that occurred
              type: object
      example:
        code: invalid_request_body
        message: The request body provided is not valid
        params:
          field: Value is invalid.
    ForbiddenError:
      description: Forbidden
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      example:
        code: forbidden
        message: Transfers are only available to platform businesses.
    InternalError:
      description: Internal server error
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      example:
        code: internal_error
        message: An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later.
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          description: A machine parsable error code
          type: string
          enum:
            - invalid_request_body
            - resource_not_found
            - forbidden
            - internal_error
        message:
          description: A human readable message describing the error
          type: string
  responses:
    CreatePlatformTransferResponse:
      description: Transfer created response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
                format: uuid
                description: >-
                  The transfer id. Track it via the platform disbursements
                  endpoint filtered to `type=TRANSFER`.
                example: 9b2c1f47-8a0d-4e21-bf3c-2d6f1a9e74c5
          examples:
            transfer:
              summary: Example transfer creation response
              value:
                id: 9b2c1f47-8a0d-4e21-bf3c-2d6f1a9e74c5
    BadRequestError:
      description: Bad input provided by client
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BadRequestError'
    ForbiddenError:
      description: The caller is not permitted to perform this action
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError'
    InternalError:
      description: Internal error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalError'
  securitySchemes:
    Authorization:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API_SECRET_KEY

````