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How to get started

How to get started

Availability and the required next steps to integrate with this API.

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Coverage details

The Payment Initiation API currently supports payments in the below locations. Please speak to your HSBC representative for a detailed discussion regarding the supported payment types in each country.

Region Payment Country/Territory
Asia Pacific AU - Australia
BD - Bangladesh
CN - China
HK - Hong Kong
ID - Indonesia
IN - India
JP - Japan
KR - South Korea
LK - Sri Lanka
MO - Macau
MU - Mauritius
MV - Maldives
MY - Malaysia
NZ - New Zealand
PH - Philippines
SG - Singapore
TH - Thailand
TW - Taiwan
VN - Vietnam
Europe BE - Belgium
BM - Bermuda
CH - Switzerland
CZ - Czech Republic
DE - Germany
ES - Spain
FR - France
GB - United Kingdom
GR - Greece
IE - Ireland
IL - Israel
IT - Italy
LU - Luxembourg
MT - Malta
NL - Netherlands
PL - Poland
ZA - South Africa
Middle East AE - United Arab Emirates
BH - Bahrain
DZ - Algeria
EG - Egypt
KW - Kuwait
OM - Oman
QA - Qatar
SA - Saudi Arabia
TR - Turkey
Americas CA - Canada
US - United States
MX - Mexico
BR - Brazil

Eligibility

This API is available for Corporate and Institutional customers.

For Business banking customers, please speak to your HSBC representative to confirm availability.

Getting started

  • Please speak to a member of our Global Liquidity and Cash Management team or your existing HSBC representative.
  • Following a discussion with your HSBC representative you will be allocated a client integration manager who will guide you through the process of integrating with our APIs.
  • Your organisation will be registered on this site and you will receive an invitation to access the implementation documentation for the APIs.
  • Please read our documentation on how to use the HSBC API services and secure your connection with the relating electronic certificate and encryption key.
  • You will be guided on how to access the correct test environment to test your applications connectivity and integration with our APIs.
  • Your client integration contact will assist with testing and confirm when you are ready to go-live.
  • In the event of something going wrong during API testing, please contact your client integration manager in the first instance.
  • For any issues with the Developer Portal please contact us using the Help menu.

 

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