# Balance

The account's current balance. This amount is comprised of any
<a href="/docs/admin-api/rest/reference/shopify_payments/transaction">Transaction</a> not yet included in a
<a href="/docs/admin-api/rest/reference/shopify_payments/payout">Payout</a>.

## Resource Properties

### Balance

* balance: The account's current balance which contains the following properties:
<ul>
  <li>
    <code>amount</code>: The balance amount.
  </li>
  <li>
    <code>currency</code>:
    Three letter currency code (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217">ISO 4217</a> format).
  </li>
</ul>

  * Type: x-string
  * Example: [{"amount"=>"22.56", "currency"=>"USD"}]
## Return the current balance

Retrieves the account's current balance.

### Endpoint
/admin/api/#{api_version}/shopify_payments/balance.json (GET)

### Parameters
* api_version (required): 

### Responses
#### 200
Return the current balance

Examples:
##### Retrieves the account's current balance.
Request:
```
GET /admin/api/unstable/shopify_payments/balance.json
```

Response:
```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{"balance":[{"amount":"53.99","currency":"USD"}]}
```