# Events and Webhooks

Events are generated when there is an action or event on your account. Some of these events result in webhooks. Any change of state of a transaction creates an event.

For example, sending a request to `POST /transfer/ach` creates an `ach_transfer_initiated` event.
However, since you initiated the request we don't fire a webhook. Every subsequent state transition will record an event and a webhook.

The `event` API can be used to reconcile webhooks and metrics.

Learn more in the [Events and Webhooks](/api/webhooks/webhook-object) section.