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# 2026.08

> Grand Central Unified APIs release notes, version 2026.08.

## Features

The following feature updates are available in 2026.08 for Grand Central Unified APIs:

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  | Customer Workbench         | `grandcentral-customer-workbench-api` | 0.1.0   | Added the customer workbench API with user preference updates                   | The customer workbench API is included in the Grand Central API BOM for the first time in v2026.08. It provides `PUT /user-preferences` to send an atomic batch of per-user, per-account preferences to the downstream system.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
  | Party Reference            | `grandcentral-party-reference-api`    | 2.4.1   | Added optional branch and custom fields to party reference schemas              | The party reference API adds an optional `branch` string attribute on create, search, get, and update party operations. The `organisation`, `person`, `identification`, and `partyRelationship` schemas now include optional `customFields` for vendor-specific extensions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
  | Loan                       | `grandcentral-loan-api`               | 1.4.0   | Extended the loan API with settlement account and delinquency fields            | The loan API adds `settlementArrangement` with `defaultSettlementAccountId`, `defaultSettlementAccountNumber`, and `defaultSettlementAccountName` to the `loan` schema. It also adds `delinquencyArrangement` with `inArrearsAmount`, `inArrearsDate`, `overduePaymentsCount`, and `penaltyAmount`. Both arrangements appear on `POST /loans` and `PATCH /loans/{loanId}` request bodies and on the `GET /loans/{loanId}` response. `POST /loans` returns `createLoanResponse` without these fields. `PATCH /loans/{loanId}` returns HTTP `204` with no body.                                                                     |
  | Party Lifecycle Management | `grandcentral-party-lifecycle-api`    | 1.9.1   | Added a party monitoring configuration endpoint to the party lifecycle API      | The party lifecycle API adds `POST /customer-screening/config-monitoring` so you can update customer monitoring configuration for ComplyAdvantage Mesh screening workflows.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
  | Party Lifecycle Management | `grandcentral-party-lifecycle-api`    | 1.9.1   | Added a screening match profile disposition endpoint to the party lifecycle API | The party lifecycle API adds `POST /screening-assessment/match-profiles/dispositions` to record analyst dispositions (`FALSE_POSITIVE`, `TRUE_POSITIVE`, or `IN_REVIEW`) against a screening match profile.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
  | Party Lifecycle Management | `grandcentral-party-lifecycle-api`    | 1.9.1   | Added a screening match profile suppression endpoint to the party lifecycle API | The party lifecycle API adds `POST /screening-assessment/match-profiles/suppression` to create a customer-scoped suppression for a match profile after analyst disposition.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
  | Payment                    | `grandcentral-payment-order-api`      | 2.2.0   | Added refund initiation and status endpoints to the payment order API           | The payment order API adds `POST /payments/refunds` to initiate a disputed transaction refund and `GET /payments/refunds/{id}/status` to retrieve refund status values such as `INITIATED`, `PENDING`, `CONFIRMED`, `COMPLETED`, `RETURNED`, and `FAILED`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
  | Payment                    | `grandcentral-payment-order-api`      | 2.2.0   | Extended payment instruction and address schemas in the payment order API       | The payment order API renames `instructionId` to `channelInstructionId` on payment instruction request and response schemas and adds `paymentProcessorInstructionId` on payment responses. The shared address schema updates `addressType` enum values to ISO 20022-aligned codes (for example `BIZZ` and `MLTO`), adds `townLocationName` and `districtName`, and aligns `maxLength` constraints on address fields. Breaking changes include the `instructionId` rename and the updated `addressType` enum values. If you use payment instruction or address schemas, review the updated API specification for required changes. |
  | Position Keeping           | `grandcentral-position-keeping-api`   | 0.2.0   | Added an internal transaction enrichment endpoint to the position keeping API   | The position keeping API adds `POST /internal/transactions/enrichment` to accept a batch of account transactions for asynchronous enrichment, aligned with the `transactionsEnrichmentRequested` SyncHub event payload.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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