Electrum Regulated Payments Events API (17.1.0)

The Electrum Regulated Payments Events API is a synchronous API that describes the events emitted by the Electrum Regulated Payments platform during the course of transaction processing.

This document describes the single endpoint that you will need to implement in order to receive event notifications posted by Electrum.

As transactions are processed by Electrum, events are emitted to provide information about the status of the transactions and the operations preformed on them. These events do not affect processing, but provide information that can be used for operational support and monitoring purposes.

All events are posted to the same single URL. Event are differentiated by a unique descriptor contained in the name field of the message body. This descriptor serves to allow the receiver to determine whether the particular event is of interest.

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elpapi-events.json
elpapi-events.yaml
Overview
URL

https://electrum.co.za

Electrum Support

support@electrum.co.za

License

proprietary

Languages
Servers
Mock server

https://docs.electrumsoftware.com/_mock/openapi/elpapi/elpapi-events/

Payments API sandbox

https://example.com/path/payments/events-api/v1/

state

Transactions transition through different states. As each state is entered, an event is emitted. This event provides information about the state entered by the transaction. Included in this information is the message payload of the operation that triggered the state transition in the Electrum Regulated Payments. Note: The message payload attached to an event might be an internally-triggered message and not the message sent to or received from the Electrum Regulated Payments API.

Operations

Schema

RefundInitiationRequest

Requests that a prior Receipt-of-funds transaction (i.e. some inbound payment) is refunded, if possible according to specified scheme rules. Refer to scheme User Guides for validation conditions.

messageIdentifiersobject(MessageIdentifiers)required

Holds a point-to-point unique message identification string as well as a message's creation date time.

messageIdentifiers.​creationDateTimestring(date-time)required

The date and time at which the message was created, in senders local timezone or UTC. The date must be formatted as defined by date-time in RFC3339

messageIdentifiers.​messageIdentificationstring<= 35 charactersrequired

A reference used to unambiguously identify the message between the sending and receiving party. Take note that this uniquely identifies a single message in a potentially multi-message exchange to complete a payment.

supplementaryDataobject(SupplementaryData)

A list of key-value pairs to support adding any supplementary/additional data to an Electrum Regulated Payments API message.

transactionIdentifiersobject(TransactionIdentifiers)required

Holds a series of identifiers to identify the transaction or an individual message that is part of a transaction.

transactionIdentifiers.​endToEndIdentificationstring<= 35 charactersrequired

Unique identification, as assigned by the initiating party, to unambiguously identify the transaction. This identification is passed on, unchanged, throughout the entire end-to-end chain. Note: this is distinct from the UETR.

transactionIdentifiers.​instructionIdentificationstring<= 35 characters

Unique identification, as assigned by an instructing party for an instructed party, to unambiguously identify the instruction. The instruction identification is a point to point reference that can be used between the instructing party and the instructed party to refer to the individual instruction. It can be included in several messages related to the instruction.

transactionIdentifiers.​transactionIdentificationstring<= 35 characters

Unique identification, as assigned by the first instructing agent, to unambiguously identify the transaction that is passed on, unchanged, throughout the entire interbank chain. Usage: The transaction identification can be used for reconciliation, tracking or to link tasks relating to the transaction on the interbank level. Usage: The instructing agent has to make sure that the transaction identification is unique for a pre-agreed period.

transactionIdentifiers.​uetrstring(UUID)required

Universally unique identifier to provide an end-to-end reference of a payment transaction. This identifier remains the same for all messages related to the same transaction.

amountsobject(TransactionAmounts)
debtorAccountobject(PaymentAccount)

Representation of an account for payment purposes. Note that at least one of identification or proxy is expected to be present.

originalTransactionIdentifiersobject(TransactionIdentifiers)required

Holds a series of identifiers to identify the transaction or an individual message that is part of a transaction.

originalTransactionIdentifiers.​endToEndIdentificationstring<= 35 charactersrequired

Unique identification, as assigned by the initiating party, to unambiguously identify the transaction. This identification is passed on, unchanged, throughout the entire end-to-end chain. Note: this is distinct from the UETR.

originalTransactionIdentifiers.​instructionIdentificationstring<= 35 characters

Unique identification, as assigned by an instructing party for an instructed party, to unambiguously identify the instruction. The instruction identification is a point to point reference that can be used between the instructing party and the instructed party to refer to the individual instruction. It can be included in several messages related to the instruction.

originalTransactionIdentifiers.​transactionIdentificationstring<= 35 characters

Unique identification, as assigned by the first instructing agent, to unambiguously identify the transaction that is passed on, unchanged, throughout the entire interbank chain. Usage: The transaction identification can be used for reconciliation, tracking or to link tasks relating to the transaction on the interbank level. Usage: The instructing agent has to make sure that the transaction identification is unique for a pre-agreed period.

originalTransactionIdentifiers.​uetrstring(UUID)required

Universally unique identifier to provide an end-to-end reference of a payment transaction. This identifier remains the same for all messages related to the same transaction.

paymentSchemeobject(RefundInitiationPaymentScheme)required

Designates which scheme a refund initiation is associated with and describes scheme-specific information for the refund to be processed. Currently only ZA_RPP supported.

paymentScheme.​schemastring(PaymentSchemeName)required

Identifies the scheme used for the payment

  • ZA_RTC: South African Realtime Clearing scheme.
  • ZA_RPP: South African Realtime Payments Platform scheme.
  • ZA_EFT: South African Electronic Funds Transfer scheme.
  • CBPR_PLUS: Cross-Border Payments and Reporting Plus.
Enum"ZA_RTC""ZA_RPP""ZA_EFT""CBPR_PLUS"
Discriminator
paymentScheme.​schemeDataobject(ZaRppSchemeData)
refundReferencestring

An explanation of the transaction, as assigned by the refund initiator, to unambiguously refer to this refund payment. This value will be used as the transaction reference if the clearing scheme supports it.

schemastringrequired
Value"RefundInitiationRequest"
{
  "messageIdentifiers": {
    "creationDateTime": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "messageIdentification": "string"
  },
  "supplementaryData": {
    "property1": "string",
    "property2": "string"
  },
  "transactionIdentifiers": {
    "endToEndIdentification": "string",
    "instructionIdentification": "string",
    "transactionIdentification": "string",
    "uetr": "string"
  },
  "amounts": {
    "bankSettlementAmount": { … },
    "instructedAmount": { … }
  },
  "debtorAccount": {
    "currency": "string",
    "identification": { … },
    "name": "string",
    "proxy": { … },
    "type": { … }
  },
  "originalTransactionIdentifiers": {
    "endToEndIdentification": "string",
    "instructionIdentification": "string",
    "transactionIdentification": "string",
    "uetr": "string"
  },
  "paymentScheme": {
    "schema": "ZA_RTC",
    "schemeData": { … }
  },
  "refundReference": "string",
  "schema": "RefundInitiationRequest"
}

RequestToPayConditions

Describes the various aspects of a request to pay which must be accepted or to what extent they may be altered.

maxAmountobject(Amount)required
maxAmount.​currencystring^[A-Z]{3}$required

A valid, active currency code as defined in ISO 4217 indicating the currency of the amount.

maxAmount.​valuenumber(double)>= 0required

The payment amount in the denomination of the indicated currency, in the format '. with the number of minor units (fractional digits) compliant with the number of decimal places published in ISO 4217.

Currency CodeExampleValidNotes
USD10.0✓Represents 10 USD and no cents.
USD10.00✓
USD10.001✗US dollar does not support three decimal places.
JPY10.0✓Represents 10 Japanese Yen.
JPY10.1✗Japanese Yen does not support decimal places.
minAmountobject(Amount)required
minAmount.​currencystring^[A-Z]{3}$required

A valid, active currency code as defined in ISO 4217 indicating the currency of the amount.

minAmount.​valuenumber(double)>= 0required

The payment amount in the denomination of the indicated currency, in the format '. with the number of minor units (fractional digits) compliant with the number of decimal places published in ISO 4217.

Currency CodeExampleValidNotes
USD10.0✓Represents 10 USD and no cents.
USD10.00✓
USD10.001✗US dollar does not support three decimal places.
JPY10.0✓Represents 10 Japanese Yen.
JPY10.1✗Japanese Yen does not support decimal places.
{
  "maxAmount": {
    "currency": "string",
    "value": 0.1
  },
  "minAmount": {
    "currency": "string",
    "value": 0.1
  }
}

RequestToPay

A model containing the necessary information to request a payer to initiate a transfer of funds to a payee

messageIdentifiersobject(MessageIdentifiers)required

Holds a point-to-point unique message identification string as well as a message's creation date time.

messageIdentifiers.​creationDateTimestring(date-time)required

The date and time at which the message was created, in senders local timezone or UTC. The date must be formatted as defined by date-time in RFC3339

messageIdentifiers.​messageIdentificationstring<= 35 charactersrequired

A reference used to unambiguously identify the message between the sending and receiving party. Take note that this uniquely identifies a single message in a potentially multi-message exchange to complete a payment.

supplementaryDataobject(SupplementaryData)

A list of key-value pairs to support adding any supplementary/additional data to an Electrum Regulated Payments API message.

transactionIdentifiersobject(TransactionIdentifiers)required

Holds a series of identifiers to identify the transaction or an individual message that is part of a transaction.

transactionIdentifiers.​endToEndIdentificationstring<= 35 charactersrequired

Unique identification, as assigned by the initiating party, to unambiguously identify the transaction. This identification is passed on, unchanged, throughout the entire end-to-end chain. Note: this is distinct from the UETR.

transactionIdentifiers.​instructionIdentificationstring<= 35 characters

Unique identification, as assigned by an instructing party for an instructed party, to unambiguously identify the instruction. The instruction identification is a point to point reference that can be used between the instructing party and the instructed party to refer to the individual instruction. It can be included in several messages related to the instruction.

transactionIdentifiers.​transactionIdentificationstring<= 35 characters

Unique identification, as assigned by the first instructing agent, to unambiguously identify the transaction that is passed on, unchanged, throughout the entire interbank chain. Usage: The transaction identification can be used for reconciliation, tracking or to link tasks relating to the transaction on the interbank level. Usage: The instructing agent has to make sure that the transaction identification is unique for a pre-agreed period.

transactionIdentifiers.​uetrstring(UUID)required

Universally unique identifier to provide an end-to-end reference of a payment transaction. This identifier remains the same for all messages related to the same transaction.

amountsobject(TransactionAmounts)
creditorobject(Party)required

This model is the basic representation of a Party. It is expanded on depending on whether the party is a person or an organisation.

creditor.​addressobject(PostalAddress)
creditor.​contactDetailsobject(ContactDetails)
creditor.​countryOfResidencestring(CountryCode)[A-Z]{2,2}

A code to identify a country, a dependency, or another area of particular geopolitical interest, on the basis of country names obtained from the United Nations (ISO 3166, Alpha-2 code).

creditor.​identificationobject(PartyIdentification)

The identification of a party, either a person or an organisation.

creditor.​knownAsNamestring[ 1 .. 140 ] characters

The name by which this party is commonly known in day to day use. For example, a shortening of their legal name or a nickname that they commonly use. This is "non-official". However, it is acceptable for this field to be set to the same as legalName.

creditor.​legalNamestring[ 1 .. 140 ] characters

The legal name by which this party is known (the "FICA" name). This is the full name of the party as found on country-issued documentation (national identity, company registration documentation etc).

creditorAccountobject(PaymentAccount)required

Representation of an account for payment purposes. Note that at least one of identification or proxy is expected to be present.

creditorAccount.​currencystring^[A-Z]{3}$

Identification of the currency in which the account is held.

creditorAccount.​identificationobject(BankingIdentifier)
creditorAccount.​namestring<= 70 characters

Name of the account, as assigned by the account servicing institution, in agreement with the account owner in order to provide an additional means of identification of the account.

creditorAccount.​proxyobject(NonBankingIdentifier)
creditorAccount.​typeobject(AccountType)
creditorAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)required
creditorAgent.​additionalIdentificationsArray of objects(AccountIdentification)
creditorAgent.​addressobject(PostalAddress)
creditorAgent.​bicfistring^[A-Z0-9]{4,4}[A-Z]{2,2}[A-Z0-9]{2,2}([A-Z0-9...

A code allocated to a financial or non-financial institution by the ISO 9362 Registration Authority as described in ISO 9362 Banking - Banking telecommunication messages - Business identifier code (BIC)

creditorAgent.​branchobject(BranchIdentification)
creditorAgent.​clearingSystemMemberIdobject(ClearingSystemMemberIdentification)
creditorAgent.​leistring[A-Z0-9]{18,18}[0-9]{2,2}

An organisation identified by a code allocated to a party as described in ISO 17442 Financial Services - Legal Entity Identifier (LEI).

creditorAgent.​namestring<= 140 characters

Name by which an institution is known and which is usually used to identify that institution

creditorAgent.​companyRegistrationstring<= 35 charactersDeprecated

A unique identifier assigned to a company or organisation by a duly appointed authority within a country.

creditorAgent.​memberIdstring<= 35 charactersDeprecated

Deprecated. Please use the preferred clearingSystemMemberId.memberId instead. Identification of a member of a clearing system.

debtorobject(Party)

This model is the basic representation of a Party. It is expanded on depending on whether the party is a person or an organisation.

debtorAccountobject(PaymentAccount)required

Representation of an account for payment purposes. Note that at least one of identification or proxy is expected to be present.

debtorAccount.​currencystring^[A-Z]{3}$

Identification of the currency in which the account is held.

debtorAccount.​identificationobject(BankingIdentifier)
debtorAccount.​namestring<= 70 characters

Name of the account, as assigned by the account servicing institution, in agreement with the account owner in order to provide an additional means of identification of the account.

debtorAccount.​proxyobject(NonBankingIdentifier)
debtorAccount.​typeobject(AccountType)
debtorAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)
expiryDateTimestring(date-time)required

Date and time at which the request to pay expires. Some schemes may still permit a payment after the request to pay expires. Upon expiry, the following schemes will reject an associated payment: ZA_RPP. The date must be formatted as defined by date-time in RFC3339

instructedAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)
instructingAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)
instructionForDebtorAgentArray of objects(CreditorAgentInstruction)>= 0 items

Further information related to the processing of the payment instruction, provided by the initiating party, and intended for the debtor agent.

intermediaryAgentsArray of objects(InstitutionIdentification)<= 3 items

Agents between the debtor's agent and the creditor's agent. Usage: If more than one intermediary agent is present, then IntermediaryAgent1 identifies the agent between the DebtorAgent and the IntermediaryAgent2

paymentSchemeobject(CreditTransferPaymentScheme)required

Designates which scheme a customer credit transfer is associated with and describes scheme-specific information for the credit transfer.

paymentScheme.​schemastringrequired
Discriminator
paymentScheme.​schemeDataobject(CbprPlusCustomerCreditSchemeData)required

Information necessary for FI to FI customer credit transfers, specifically for CBPR+

paymentScheme.​schemeData.​chargeBearerstring(ChargeBearer)required
  • DEBT (BorneByDebtor): All transaction charges are to be borne by the debtor
  • CRED (BorneByCreditor): All transaction charges are to be borne by the creditor
  • SHAR (Shared): In a credit transfer context, means that transaction charges on the sender side are to be borne by the debtor, transaction charges on the receiver side are to be borne by the creditor. In a direct debit context, means that transaction charges on the sender side are to be borne by the creditor, transaction charges on the receiver side are to be borne by the debtor.
  • SLEV (FollowingServiceLevel): Charges are to be applied following the rules agreed in the service level and/or scheme
Enum"DEBT""CRED""SHAR""SLEV"
paymentScheme.​schemeData.​chargesArray of objects(Charge)
paymentScheme.​schemeData.​exchangeRatenumber(double)

Factor used to convert an amount from one currency into another. This reflects the price at which one currency was bought with another currency.

paymentScheme.​schemeData.​regulatoryReportingArray of objects(RegulatoryReporting)<= 10 items
paymentTypeInformationobject(PaymentTypeInformation)required
paymentTypeInformation.​categoryPurposeobject(CategoryPurpose)
paymentTypeInformation.​localInstrumentobject(LocalInstrumentType)
paymentTypeInformation.​serviceLevelArray of objects(ServiceLevel)
previousInstructingAgentsArray of objects(InstitutionIdentification)<= 3 items

Agent(s) between the debtor's agent and the instructing agent.

purposeobject(PurposeType)

Specifies the underlying reason for the payment transaction

remittanceInformationobject(RemittanceInformation)
requestToPayConditionsobject(RequestToPayConditions)required

Describes the various aspects of a request to pay which must be accepted or to what extent they may be altered.

requestToPayConditions.​maxAmountobject(Amount)required
requestToPayConditions.​maxAmount.​currencystring^[A-Z]{3}$required

A valid, active currency code as defined in ISO 4217 indicating the currency of the amount.

requestToPayConditions.​maxAmount.​valuenumber(double)>= 0required

The payment amount in the denomination of the indicated currency, in the format '. with the number of minor units (fractional digits) compliant with the number of decimal places published in ISO 4217.

Currency CodeExampleValidNotes
USD10.0✓Represents 10 USD and no cents.
USD10.00✓
USD10.001✗US dollar does not support three decimal places.
JPY10.0✓Represents 10 Japanese Yen.
JPY10.1✗Japanese Yen does not support decimal places.
requestToPayConditions.​minAmountobject(Amount)required
requestToPayConditions.​minAmount.​currencystring^[A-Z]{3}$required

A valid, active currency code as defined in ISO 4217 indicating the currency of the amount.

requestToPayConditions.​minAmount.​valuenumber(double)>= 0required

The payment amount in the denomination of the indicated currency, in the format '. with the number of minor units (fractional digits) compliant with the number of decimal places published in ISO 4217.

Currency CodeExampleValidNotes
USD10.0✓Represents 10 USD and no cents.
USD10.00✓
USD10.001✗US dollar does not support three decimal places.
JPY10.0✓Represents 10 Japanese Yen.
JPY10.1✗Japanese Yen does not support decimal places.
schemastringrequired
Value"RequestToPay"
taxobject(TaxInformation)
ultimateCreditorobject(Party)

This model is the basic representation of a Party. It is expanded on depending on whether the party is a person or an organisation.

ultimateDebtorobject(Party)

This model is the basic representation of a Party. It is expanded on depending on whether the party is a person or an organisation.

{
  "messageIdentifiers": {
    "creationDateTime": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "messageIdentification": "string"
  },
  "supplementaryData": {
    "property1": "string",
    "property2": "string"
  },
  "transactionIdentifiers": {
    "endToEndIdentification": "string",
    "instructionIdentification": "string",
    "transactionIdentification": "string",
    "uetr": "string"
  },
  "amounts": {
    "bankSettlementAmount": { … },
    "instructedAmount": { … }
  },
  "creditor": {
    "address": { … },
    "contactDetails": { … },
    "countryOfResidence": "string",
    "identification": { … },
    "knownAsName": "string",
    "legalName": "string"
  },
  "creditorAccount": {
    "currency": "string",
    "identification": { … },
    "name": "string",
    "proxy": { … },
    "type": { … }
  },
  "creditorAgent": {
    "additionalIdentifications": [ … ],
    "address": { … },
    "bicfi": "string",
    "branch": { … },
    "clearingSystemMemberId": { … },
    "companyRegistration": "string",
    "lei": "string",
    "memberId": "string",
    "name": "string"
  },
  "debtor": {
    "address": { … },
    "contactDetails": { … },
    "countryOfResidence": "string",
    "identification": { … },
    "knownAsName": "string",
    "legalName": "string"
  },
  "debtorAccount": {
    "currency": "string",
    "identification": { … },
    "name": "string",
    "proxy": { … },
    "type": { … }
  },
  "debtorAgent": {
    "additionalIdentifications": [ … ],
    "address": { … },
    "bicfi": "string",
    "branch": { … },
    "clearingSystemMemberId": { … },
    "companyRegistration": "string",
    "lei": "string",
    "memberId": "string",
    "name": "string"
  },
  "expiryDateTime": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "instructedAgent": {
    "additionalIdentifications": [ … ],
    "address": { … },
    "bicfi": "string",
    "branch": { … },
    "clearingSystemMemberId": { … },
    "companyRegistration": "string",
    "lei": "string",
    "memberId": "string",
    "name": "string"
  },
  "instructingAgent": {
    "additionalIdentifications": [ … ],
    "address": { … },
    "bicfi": "string",
    "branch": { … },
    "clearingSystemMemberId": { … },
    "companyRegistration": "string",
    "lei": "string",
    "memberId": "string",
    "name": "string"
  },
  "instructionForDebtorAgent": [
    { … }
  ],
  "intermediaryAgents": [
    { … }
  ],
  "paymentScheme": {
    "schema": "ZA_RTC",
    "schemeData": { … }
  },
  "paymentTypeInformation": {
    "categoryPurpose": { … },
    "localInstrument": { … },
    "serviceLevel": [ … ]
  },
  "previousInstructingAgents": [
    { … }
  ],
  "purpose": {
    "schema": "string",
    "value": "BKDF"
  },
  "remittanceInformation": {
    "structured": [ … ],
    "unstructured": [ … ]
  },
  "requestToPayConditions": {
    "maxAmount": { … },
    "minAmount": { … }
  },
  "schema": "RequestToPay",
  "tax": {
    "totalAmount": { … }
  },
  "ultimateCreditor": {
    "address": { … },
    "contactDetails": { … },
    "countryOfResidence": "string",
    "identification": { … },
    "knownAsName": "string",
    "legalName": "string"
  },
  "ultimateDebtor": {
    "address": { … },
    "contactDetails": { … },
    "countryOfResidence": "string",
    "identification": { … },
    "knownAsName": "string",
    "legalName": "string"
  }
}
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