# FDIC Bank Name Search & Screener

> FDIC Bank Name Search & Screener is a paid API for AI agents from api.agentstools.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.008/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Search US FDIC-insured banks by name (with optional state filter) and return ranked candidate institutions with key financial identifiers and headline metrics.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.agentstools.dev/bankhealth/screen
- Price: $0.008/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fdic-bank-name-search-screener-6a3df06b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ts2nHsZe9WxdOJcagkNmK

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability fdic-bank-name-search-screener-6a3df06b
```

Example prompt: Can you search FDIC-insured banks for 'First National Bank' in Texas and give me up to 10 candidates with their certificate numbers, active status, and headline assets?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint as the cheap first step when you need to identify or disambiguate a US bank by name before performing deeper financial health analysis. Prefer it over the full bankhealth/verdict endpoint when you don't yet have the FDIC certificate number and need to resolve which institution you're asking about. Ideal when the user provides a partial or common bank name and you need ranked candidates with basic identifiers.

## Known failure modes

- No matching banks found for the given name — returns empty candidates list
- Invalid or unrecognized state code — may return unfiltered results or error
- Name string too vague returns too many low-confidence matches
- FDIC data source temporarily unavailable — service error response
- Limit parameter out of range (must be 1–20) — validation error

## How this service works

Search US FDIC-insured banks by name and get ranked candidate institutions, each with its FDIC certificate number, active status, charter class, city and state and headline assets, deposits and return on assets. Cheap first step before bankhealth/verdict.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 20 candidate FDIC-insured institutions matching the name query, each with: FDIC certificate number, institution name, active/inactive status, charter class, city, state, total assets, total deposits, and return on assets — ready to feed into a deeper bankhealth/verdict call.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "name"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "name": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Bank or institution name to search for"
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 20,
       "minimum": 1,
       "description": "Max candidates to return, default 8"
      },
      "state": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional 2-letter US state code to narrow the search"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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