Hong Kong (HKD)

Local currency: Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
ISO Country Code: HK
Earliest Beneficiary Credit: Real Time

Template Field Name	API Field Name	CSV Field Name	Mandatory/Optional	Field Length	Description
Bank Name	BankName	bank name	Mandatory	50	Name of the beneficiary (payee) bank. If using the templates, select from the drop down or select ‘other’ and type in the bank name.
Payee	CustomerName	payee	Mandatory	35	If the beneficiary is an individual, this should be their full name including both their first and last name (no initials) with a space in-between. If the beneficiary is a company, this should be the company name. Failure to provide the full name could result in delays and potential rejection of your payment. This must consist of 2 words, separated by a space.
Bank Code	BankCode	BankCode	Mandatory	3	Enter the 3-digit bank code.
Account Number	BankAccountNumber	account number	Mandatory	9	Enter the 9-digit bank account number.
Beneficiary Details
Address Line 1	AddressLine1	B_AddressLine1	Optional	35	Beneficiary’s residential (if payee is an individual) or registered (if payee is a company) house number/name and street. For example, 1 Main Street.
Address Line 2	AddressLine2	B_AddressLine2	Optional	35	Beneficiary’s residential (if payee is an individual) or registered (if payee is a company) address. For example, apartment no., unit, studio, etc.
City	City	B_City	Optional	35	Beneficiary’s city or town of their residential (if payee is an individual) or registered (if payee is a company) address
Postal/Zip Code	Postcode	B_Postcode	Optional	10	Beneficiary’s postal code or zip code of their residential (if payee is an individual) or registered (if payee is a company) address
Country	CountryCode	B_CountryCode	Optional	2	Beneficiary’s country of their residential (if payee is an individual) or registered (if payee is a company) address. If using the templates, select from the drop down or enter the 2 digit ISO 3166-1 standard country code in csv or API request. This can be found at the following link: http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes
Date of Birth	DateOfBirth	N/A	Optional	10	Beneficiary’s date of birth in DD/MM/YYYY format. If using the templates, select date, month and year from drop down or enter in DD/MM/YYYY format in API request (not available in csv request)

Additional Information

If the beneficiary bank is not a Hong Kong Faster Payment System (FPS) Participant, you must include the beneficiary address for the transaction to be processed successfully.

You can find a full list of Hong Kong Faster Payment System (FPS) Participants here.

For additional information on how to format your payments to Hong Kong, please contact your Relationship Manager or Corporate Support Manager.