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# Create an Account

An **account** in Lisk is a shared financial account inside your workspace - it holds a balance and is where money moves in and out. A workspace can have several accounts (for example, one for team budget and one for taxes), each with its own name, icon, and set of approvers.

When you create an account, you choose who can use it and how many people must approve each transaction before it goes through.

### Before you start

* You need permission to create accounts. This is available to workspace **Admins** and the **Owner**. If you don't see an **Add account** button, ask an admin to create the account for you.
* The people you want to add as approvers should already be members of the workspace. To add someone new first, see Invite members to a workspace.
* Anyone you want to set as an **Approver/Viewer** must have finished setting up the **Lisk mobile app** - approvers sign transactions on their phone.

### Steps

1. Go to the **Accounts** page in your workspace.
2. Click **Add account**.
3. On the **Create account** step, enter a **Name** for the account (for example, "Team Budget"). You can also click the icon next to the name field to pick an emoji and color, and optionally choose a **Department**.\
   In the Lisk app, a department is an organizational subdivision within a workspace — a way to group your workspace by team or business unit (e.g. Finance, Marketing, Operations) so accounts and people are easier to organize and report on.
4. Click **Next** to go to the **Members & approvals** step.
5. Use the **Add member** search box to find a workspace member by name or email, and select them to add them to the account.
6. For each person you added, open the role dropdown and choose:
   * **Approver** - can initiate and approve transactions from this account.
   * **Viewer** - can see the account but can't approve transactions.
7. Set **Approvals required** - the number of approvers who must approve before a transaction is executed (for example, 2 out of 3 approvers).
8. Click **Create account**.

### What to expect

The new account appears in your workspace's **Accounts** list. You'll need to add funds before you can send from it - see [Deposit Funds](/guides/transactions-and-payments/deposit-funds.md).

The **Approvals required** number you set applies to every transaction from this account: whenever someone sends, transfers, or withdraws, that many approvers must approve it (in the Lisk mobile app) before it goes through. Choose a number that fits how your team works - a higher number is more secure but needs more people to sign off.

### Troubleshooting

* **I don't see the Add account button** → Creating accounts is limited to admins and the owner. Ask an admin to create it.
* **A member is greyed out when I try to add them as an approver** → That person hasn't set up the Lisk mobile app yet, so they can't sign transactions. Ask them to download and log in to the mobile app, then add them.
* **I can't finish the Members & approvals step** → You need at least one **Approver** on the account, and the approvals-required number must be at least 1. Make sure everyone you added has a role assigned.

### Related

* [Invite Members](/guides/workspace-management/invite-members.md)
* [Add a Contact](/guides/workspace-management/add-a-contact.md)
* [Transfer Funds between Accounts](/guides/transactions-and-payments/transfer-funds-between-accounts.md)