How to get started
How to get started
Availability and the next steps needed to integrate with this API.
Available countries/ territories
The Receivables Finance APIs currently support the markets listed below. Please speak to your HSBC representative for details.
| Region | Country/ Territory |
|---|---|
| Asia |
CN-China (Mainland) HK-China (Hong Kong S.A.R) IN-India |
| Europe |
FR-France GB-United Kingdom |
API availability
This API is for corporate customers of HSBC, or corporate partners operating a third party platform.
| API | Environment | |
|---|---|---|
| Live | Sandbox (Version 1) | |
| Request Credit Limit | ✅ | |
| Submit Invoices' for financing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Request Invoices' Summary List | ✅ | ✅ |
| Request Invoice Detail | ✅ | ✅ |
| Request Buyer Repayment Visibility Summary List | ✅*Coming soon for Japan/ South Korea | ✅ |
Getting started
Getting started is really simple! Please follow these steps to start working with our APIs:
- Refer to API Security at HSBC to find out more about HSBC API Security Schemes.
- Register for a Corporate account to get access to the documentation and sandbox environments.
- Once you have registered, Find the APIs that meet your requirements and read the Documentation.
- Review the API Specification under Endpoints for suitability of your business needs.
- Review Documentation for technical details.
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Refer to API Information for overview Refer to Securing a Connection to understand details of HSBC API Security schemas Refer to Making an API Request for step-by-step tutorials Refer to Response Codes and Formats for understanding and troubleshoots Refer to Sandbox Access for usage of the Corporate sandbox to build your integration and test connectivity - Once you are happy with how our APIs work, create a sandbox project under Dev Hub.
- Refer to Sandbox Access for usage of the Corporate sandbox to build your integration and test connectivity
- In the event of something going wrong during API testing, please send a support ticket via Contact Us.
Go Live
- Refer to Go Live for steps on generating security credentials for HSBC API Connectivity in live environment
- Contact our Client Integration Team where a Client Integration Manager will be allocated to guide you through on-boarding and set up in our managed test environments and support connectivity to the live APIs