> ## Documentation Index
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# Institutions Overview

> Overview of institution resource and field definitions

Institutions are financial service providers such as banks, credit unions, and investment firms that users connect to aggregate their financial data.

## Institution Fields

| Field Name                        | Data Type | Description                                                                                                                        |
| :-------------------------------- | :-------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `code`                            | String    | A unique identifier for each institution. Defined by MX.                                                                           |
| `created_at`                      | String    | Date and time the institution was created, represented in ISO 8601 format with timestamp (e.g. 2015-04-13T12:01:23-00:00).         |
| `forgot_password_url`             | String    | The URL of the institution for helping users recover a forgotten password.                                                         |
| `forgot_username_url`             | String    | The URL of the institution for helping users recover a forgotten username.                                                         |
| `guid`                            | String    | A unique identifier for the institution. Defined by MX.                                                                            |
| `has_checking_accounts`           | Boolean   | (Deprecated) If the institution has checking accounts, this field will be true. Otherwise, this field will be false.               |
| `has_credit_card_accounts`        | Boolean   | (Deprecated) If the institution has credit card accounts, this field will be true. Otherwise, this field will be false.            |
| `has_investment_accounts`         | Boolean   | (Deprecated) If the institution has investment accounts, this field will be true. Otherwise, this field will be false.             |
| `has_line_of_credit_accounts`     | Boolean   | (Deprecated) If the institution has line of credit accounts, this field will be true. Otherwise, this field will be false.         |
| `has_loan_accounts`               | Boolean   | (Deprecated) If the institution has loan accounts, this field will be true. Otherwise, this field will be false.                   |
| `has_mortgage_accounts`           | Boolean   | (Deprecated) If the institution has mortgage accounts, this field will be true. Otherwise, this field will be false.               |
| `has_savings_accounts`            | Boolean   | (Deprecated) If the institution has savings accounts, this field will be true. Otherwise, this field will be false.                |
| `is_disabled_by_client`           | Boolean   | This indicates whether the institution has been disabled by the client.                                                            |
| `is_hidden`                       | Boolean   | If the institution is available for creating new member connections, this field will be false. Otherwise, this field will be true. |
| `is_test`                         | Boolean   | If the institution represents a test institution such as MX Bank, this field will be true. Otherwise, this field will be false.    |
| `iso_country_code`                | Array     | The ISO country codes related to the institution.                                                                                  |
| `medium_logo_url`                 | String    | The institution's logo (medium size). This may be a generic logo if MX does not have a specific logo for the institution.          |
| `name`                            | String    | The name of the institution that is visible to the user.                                                                           |
| `popularity`                      | Integer   | The number of member connections to the institution.                                                                               |
| `small_logo_url`                  | String    | The institution's logo (small size). This may be a generic logo if MX does not have a specific logo for the institution.           |
| `supports_account_identification` | Boolean   | Indicates whether account identification is available for this institution.                                                        |
| `supports_account_verification`   | Boolean   | Indicates whether account verification is available for this institution.                                                          |
| `supports_oauth`                  | Boolean   | This indicates whether the institution supports OAuth authentication.                                                              |
| `supports_transaction_history`    | Boolean   | Indicates whether the institution allows access to up to 24 months of transaction data.                                            |
| `trouble_signing_in_url`          | String    | The URL of the institution for helping users troubleshoot any other sign-in issue.                                                 |
| `updated_at`                      | String    | Date and time the institution was updated, represented in ISO 8601 format with timestamp (e.g. 2015-04-13T12:01:23-00:00).         |
| `url`                             | String    | The URL of the institution.                                                                                                        |

## Credential Field Types

The "field\_type" of the Institution Required Credential endpoint will return integers. See the table below for the name for each integer and its corresponding HTML element. See the Nexus Guide for more information

| Credential Type | Definition     |
| :-------------- | :------------- |
| 0               | TEXT           |
| 1               | PASSWORD       |
| 2               | OPTIONS        |
| 3               | LOGIN          |
| 12              | TOKEN          |
| 13              | IMAGE\_DATA    |
| 14              | IMAGE\_OPTIONS |