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Blnk v0.6.3 (Latest)

All you need to build reliable financial products.

A complete backend toolkit to build scalable and reliable financial products 

Blnk Developer Documentation • Open-source Backend for Financial Products

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Welcome to Blnk

Learn how to create and use ledgers in Blnk.

About Ledgers • Blnk Developer Documentation

Overview

Learn how to use the General Ledger to organize the flow of funds in your application.

Learn how to use a General Ledger to organize the flow of funds in your application.

General Ledger • Blnk Developer Documentation

General ledger

General Ledger

Learn how to represent flow of funds in your organization.

Learn how to represent the flow of funds within your fintech application.

Money Movement Maps • Blnk Developer Documentation

Money movement map

Money Movement Maps

Learn how to set up your ledgers for easy navigation & reference.

Ledger Architecture • Blnk Developer Documentation

Ledger architecture

Architecting your ledger

Learn how to create and use balances in Blnk.

About Balances • Blnk Developer Documentation

Learn how to set your asset classes (currencies).

Learn how to represent currencies, crypto, and custom classes in your Ledger.

Defining Asset Classes • Blnk Developer Documentation

Asset classes

Defining asset classes

Learn how to create and use internal balances for your organization.

Learn how to create and use internal balances in your Blnk Ledger

Internal Balances • Blnk Developer Documentation

Internal balances

Monitor balances and get notified via webhook when they meet set conditions.

Balance Monitoring • Blnk Developer Documentation

Balance monitoring

Learn how to correct errors to esnure accuracy in your Blnk Ledger.

Learn how to correct errors and ensure accuracy in your ledger balances.

Adjusting Balances • Blnk Developer Documentation

Adjusting balances

Learn how to close and zero out balances in your Ledger

Closing Balances • Blnk Developer Documentation

Closing balances

Learn about the different statuses of a transaction.

Learn about the different statuses in the Blnk Ledger

Transaction Statuses • Blnk Developer Documentation

Statuses

Transaction statuses

Ensure correctness when recording amounts with floating points in your Blnk Ledger

Learn how to ensure correctness when recording amounts with floating points in your Blnk Ledger

Transaction Precision • Blnk Developer Documentation

Precision

Transaction precision

Represent balance overdrafts and negative balances in your Ledger.

Learn how to represent overdrafts and negative balances in your Ledger.

Applying Overdrafts  • Blnk Developer Documentation

Overdrafts

Applying overdrafts

Learn how to hold transactions until a condition is met.

Hold transaction until a condition is met with Blnk inflight transactions

Inflight Transactions • Blnk Developer Documentation

Inflight

Applying inflight

Learn how to manage refunds in your Blnk Ledger

Refunding Transactions • Blnk Developer Documentation

Refunds

Refunding transactions

Learn how to transactions between different currencies.

Record transactions between different currencies in your Blnk Ledger.

Applying Rates • Blnk Developer Documentation

Rates

Applying rates

Learn how to schedule a transaction for a later date in your Blnk Ledger.

Schedule transactions for a later date in your Blnk Ledger.

Scheduling Transactions • Blnk Developer Documentation

Scheduling transactions

Move money from multiple sources to a single destination.

Multiple Sources • Blnk Developer Documentation

Multiple sources

Move money from a single source to multiple destinations.

Move money from a single source to a multiple destinations in your Blnk Ledger.

Multiple Destinations  • Blnk Developer Documentation

Multiple destinations

Learn how Blnk uses transaction hashing for immutability.

Blnk uses SHA-256 hashing to ensure transaction integrity and security in your application.

Transaction Hashing • Blnk Developer Documentation

Transaction hashing

Learn how to set up reconciliation workflows for your Blnk Ledger.

About Reconciliation • Blnk Developer Documentation

Get started

Get started with Reconciliations

Learn how to prepare your external records for reconciliation.

Learn how to prepare and upload your external records for reconciliation.

External Data Preparation • Blnk Developer Documentation

External data

External Data Preparation

Determine how Blnk compares and matches records between your Ledger and external data.

Set rules that govern how your Ledger and external records are matched

Matching Rules • Blnk Developer Documentation

Matching rules

Choose the strategy that best fits your financial workflows.

Choose and apply the strategy that best fits your financial workflows.

Reconciliation Strategies • Blnk Developer Documentation

Reconciliation strategies

Identity Overview • Blnk Developer Documentation

Learn how to link identities to a balance

Learn how to link identities to balances.

Connect Identity to Balance • Blnk Developer Documentation

Link balances

Link identity to a balance

Learn how to retrieve any data in your Ledger.

About Search • Blnk Developer Documentation

Getting started with Search

Learn how to use the query field in Search.

Querying • Blnk Developer Documentation

Querying parameters

Learn how to use filters to streamline your search results.

Use filters to streamline your search results

Filtering • Blnk Developer Documentation

Filtering parameters

Learn how to use sorting to order your search results.

Order your search results by creation date, scheduled date, or combine for multi-step sorting.

Sorting • Blnk Developer Documentation

Sorting parameters

Learn how to use pagination to manage large sets of search results.

Pagination • Blnk Developer Documentation

Pagination parameters

Build multicurrency wallets with the Blnk Ledger.

Use Case: Multicurrency Wallets • Blnk Developer Documentation

Multicurrency wallets

Managing transfers with side effects in the Blnk Ledger

Managing transfers with side effects in the Blnk Ledger.

Use Case: Managing Transfers • Blnk Developer Documentation

Managing transfers

Managing transfers with side effects

Implement virtual cards issuance with the Blnk Ledger.

Use Case: Virtual Cards • Blnk Developer Documentation

Virtual cards

Virtual cards issuance

Build a loyalty points system with the Blnk Ledger.

Use Case: Loyalty Points System • Blnk Developer Documentation

Loyalty points system

Implement an expense management platform with the Blnk Ledger.

Use Case: Expense Management • Blnk Developer Documentation

Expense management

Expense management platform

Build an escrow application with the Blnk Ledger.

Use Case: Escrow Application • Blnk Developer Documentation

Escrow application

Build a savings application with the Blnk Ledger.

Use Case: Savings Application • Blnk Developer Documentation

Savings application

Configure real-time alerts for transaction events and handle error notifications through Slack. Stay updated with critical information.

Configure real-time alerts for transaction events and handle error notifications through Slack.

Notifications • Blnk Developer Documentation

Notifications

Handling notifications

Learn how to configure your Blnk server with the blnk.json file.

Set Up Your Blnk Configuration • Blnk Developer Documentation

Configuration file

Configuring your Blnk server

Update your configuration, ensure domain setup, and verify secure connections for a safer financial application.

Enable HTTPs • Blnk Developer Documentation

Enable HTTPs

Enable HTTPs for Blnk server

Enable secure mode, manage secret keys, and follow best practices for a secure environment.

Secure Blnk • Blnk Developer Documentation

Secure Blnk

Secure your Blnk server

Learn to perform load testing on your Blnk server using k6.

Load Testing • Blnk Developer Documentation

Load testing

Learn how to backup your Blnk data to a local disk.

Back up your Blnk server’s PostgreSQL database. Follow this guide for setup, verification, best practices for storage, and restoration steps to ensure data safety.

Backup to Disk • Blnk Developer Documentation

Backup to Disk

Learn how to backup your Blnk data to the cloud.

Backup your Blnk server to Amazon S3. Follow this guide for setup, configuration, automation, and best practices for secure cloud backups.

Back Up to Amazon S3 - Secure Cloud Storage • Blnk Developer Documentation

Backup to S3

Backup to Amazon S3

An engineer's guide to the Double Entry principle with Blnk.

Learn the basics, explore scenarios, and simplify record-keeping in your Blnk Ledger.

What's new?

​Fixed errors in Search

Fixed errors in Search