Possible to expose bank_reference_prefix for creditor entities?

[M1ke]

Recent updates have improved data available from the API for Creditors.

However the field bank_reference_prefix is still not available. I am imagining the change to make that available would be very small, given that field is available in the JSON output on the GoCardless manage page.

[timrogers]

@M1ke Thanks for creating this issue! At the moment, bank_reference_prefix is not exposed in the public API, but rather only to Dashboard. We'll chat internally about exposing this. Out of interest, what would you want to use it for?

[M1ke]

@timrogers We manage a large number of creditors who are all taking payments into their own accounts managed via our platform. When they set up a creditor, the creditor name becomes their default bank reference, but the people paying them are using our platform, so we change the reference to our company name to make it clearer and reduce the chance of a charge back. At present someone has to go and check each new creditor to ensure this is correct. If we had GET access we could at least automate the check, and if we could submit that field in a create action then we would be able to automate the whole process.

[timrogers]

@M1ke Thanks! We'll have a think 🤔

[jjholmes927]

@M1ke Hey Mike! Seen this unresolved thread by chance, caught my eye as we are planning on renaming this field and exposing it via the public API so if this still relevant to you it should be available in the not too distant future.