diff --git a/app/Services/Nordigen/Request/GetAccountBasicRequest.php b/app/Services/Nordigen/Request/GetAccountBasicRequest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..867b2239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Services/Nordigen/Request/GetAccountBasicRequest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * GetAccountInformationRequest.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 james@firefly-iii.org
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Firefly III Data Importer
+ * (https://github.com/firefly-iii/data-importer).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+
+namespace App\Services\Nordigen\Request;
+
+use App\Exceptions\ImporterErrorException;
+use App\Services\Nordigen\Response\ArrayResponse;
+use App\Services\Shared\Response\Response;
+
+/**
+ * Class GetAccountBasicRequest
+ */
+class GetAccountBasicRequest extends Request
+{
+    private string $identifier;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $url
+     * @param string $token
+     * @param string $identifier
+     */
+    public function __construct(string $url, string $token, string $identifier)
+    {
+        $this->setParameters([]);
+        $this->setBase($url);
+        $this->setToken($token);
+        $this->setIdentifier($identifier);
+        $this->setUrl(sprintf('api/v2/accounts/%s', $identifier));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getIdentifier(): string
+    {
+        return $this->identifier;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $identifier
+     */
+    public function setIdentifier(string $identifier): void
+    {
+        $this->identifier = $identifier;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     * @throws ImporterErrorException
+     */
+    public function get(): Response
+    {
+
+        $array = $this->authenticatedGet();
+        return new ArrayResponse($array);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function post(): Response
+    {
+        // Implement post() method.
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function put(): Response
+    {
+        // Implement put() method.
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Services/Nordigen/Services/AccountInformationCollector.php b/app/Services/Nordigen/Services/AccountInformationCollector.php
index 9d850e8c..cc233b72 100644
--- a/app/Services/Nordigen/Services/AccountInformationCollector.php
+++ b/app/Services/Nordigen/Services/AccountInformationCollector.php
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ class AccountInformationCollector
                 $balanceAccount->setStatus('no-balance');
             }
         }
+
+        // also collect some extra information, but don't use it right now.
+        self::getBasicDetails($balanceAccount);
+
         return $balanceAccount;
     }
 
@@ -150,4 +154,21 @@ class AccountInformationCollector
         return $account;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param Account $account
+     */
+    private static function getBasicDetails(Account $account): void
+    {
+        app('log')->debug(sprintf('Now in %s(%s)', __METHOD__, $account->getIdentifier()));
+
+        $url         = config('nordigen.url');
+        $accessToken = TokenManager::getAccessToken();
+        $request     = new GetAccountBasicRequest($url, $accessToken, $account->getIdentifier());
+        /** @var ArrayResponse $response */
+        $response = $request->get();
+        $array    = $response->data;
+
+        app('log')->debug('Response for basic information request:', $array);
+    }
+
 }