EPC API for calling Electrum (17.1.0)

The Electrum EPC API for calling Electrum is an asynchronous API that allows Corporate Clients to participate in various nationally regulated payment schemes This document describes the operations exposed by Electrum for partners to consume in order to initiate outbound or respond to inbound payments.

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epc-elpapi-redoc.json

epc-elpapi-redoc.yaml

Overview

URL

https://electrum.co.za

Electrum Support

support@electrum.co.za

License

proprietary

Servers

Mock server

https://docs.electrumsoftware.com/_mock/openapi/epc-cicd/epc-elpapi-redoc/

Payments API sandbox

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

credit-transfer

Operations related to credit transfer transactions.

Operations

scheme-inquiry

Operations that are related to retrieving information from industry for a particular scheme.

Operations

request-to-pay

Operations which pertain to a request for payment from a creditor to a debtor

Operations

Schema

ZaRppIdentifierDeterminationReport

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

instructedAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)

instructingAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)

instructionForCreatorAgentArray of objects(CreditorAgentInstruction)>= 0 items

Further information related to the proxy resolution response, provided by the Operator, and intended for the creator agent.

originalRequestorobject(ZaRppRequestor)

originalUetrstring(UUID)required

The universally unique identifier provided in the original request as an end-to-end reference. This identifier remains the same for all messages related to the same transaction.

originalVerificationIdentificationstring[ 1 .. 35 ] charactersrequired

The request.verificationIdentification as provided in the original request.

reportInformationobject(ZaRppIdentificationReport)required

A report providing information from the lookup of a proxy in the context of the ZA RPP Payment Scheme.

This report returns information required to proceed with the clearing of funds through the use of the proxy (identifier) provided in the identifier determination request. Specifically, this report will provide the outcome of the lookup of said identifier, indication whether it is valid or not, as well as provide the name ("known as name") of the creditor, and the legal name of the creditor (both of these are mandatory in the ZA RPP Payment Scheme, despite not being mandatory in this API), namely:

accountOwner.knownAsName
accountOwner.legalName

reportInformation.accountAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)

reportInformation.accountInformationobject(ZaRppAccountInformation)

reportInformation.accountOwnerobject(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.

reportInformation.outcomestringrequired

Enum"SUCCESSFUL""FAILED"

reportInformation.reasonCodestring[ 1 .. 4 ] characters

AB06 : Transaction stopped due to timeout at the Instructed Agent.
AB07 : Agent of message is not online. Generic usage if it cannot be determined who exactly is not online.
AB10 : An error occured at the instructed agent
AC06 : Account specified is blocked, prohibiting posting of transactions against it
AG01 : Transaction forbidden on this type of account
AG03 : Transaction type not supported/authorized on this account.
AG10 : Agent of message is suspended from the Real Time Payment system. Generic usage if it cannot be determined who exactly is suspended.
AGNT : Agent in the payment workflow is incorrect
AM02 : Specific transaction/message amount is greater than allowed maximum (e.g. payee proxy participant service limit exceeded
CH21 : Mandatory element is missing .
DT02 : Invalid creation date and time in Group Header (eg, historic date) .
DU03 : Transaction is not unique.
DUPL : Request is a duplicate of another request
FF02 : Syntax error reason is provided as narrative information in the additional reason information.
FF08 : End to End Id missing or invalid .
NAUT : Permission to be processed is not granted
NOOR : Original SCT never received
PD01 : Domain not found or invalid
PD02 : Suspended Domain provided is suspended pending investigation
BE23 : Phone number or email address, or any other proxy, used as the account proxy is unknown or invalid.
PX03 : Proxy not found in central repository
PX04 : Format of proxy invalid
RC05 : BIC identifier is invalid or missing.
RC08 : ClearingSystemMemberidentifier is invalid or missing. Generic usage if cannot specify between debit or credit account .
RR10 : Character set supplied not valid for the country and payment type.
RR12 : Invalid or missing identification required within a particular country or payment type.
RF01 : Transaction reference is not unique within the message.
AC16 : Account in Sequestration
AC17 : Account in Liquidation
AC04 : Account Closed
AC01 : Format of the account number specified is not correct
MD07 : Account Holder Deceased
NOCM : Customer account is not compliant with regulatory requirements, for example FICA (in South Africa) or any other regulatory requirements which render an account inactive for certain processing.
BE01 : Identification of end customer is not consistent with associated account number. (formerly CreditorConsistency).

reportInformation.transactionLimitobject(Amount)

{
  "schema": "ZA_RPP",
  "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"
  },
  "instructionForCreatorAgent": [
    { … }
  ],
  "originalRequestor": {
    "schema": "string"
  },
  "originalUetr": "string",
  "originalVerificationIdentification": "string",
  "reportInformation": {
    "accountAgent": { … },
    "accountInformation": { … },
    "accountOwner": { … },
    "outcome": "SUCCESSFUL",
    "reasonCode": "stri",
    "transactionLimit": { … }
  }
}

IdentifierDeterminationResponse

An extension of BaseMessage which includes additional information pertinent to an asynchronous response message. In particular, original message identifiers.

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.

originalMessageIdentifiersobject(MessageIdentifiers)required

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

originalMessageIdentifiers.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

originalMessageIdentifiers.messageIdentificationstring<= 35 charactersrequired

reportobject(IdentifierDeterminationReport)required

report.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

report.instructedAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)

report.instructingAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)

report.instructionForCreatorAgentArray of objects(CreditorAgentInstruction)>= 0 items

Further information related to the proxy resolution response, provided by the Operator, and intended for the creator agent.

report.originalRequestorobject(ZaRppRequestor)

report.originalUetrstring(UUID)required

The universally unique identifier provided in the original request as an end-to-end reference. This identifier remains the same for all messages related to the same transaction.

report.originalVerificationIdentificationstring[ 1 .. 35 ] charactersrequired

The request.verificationIdentification as provided in the original request.

report.reportInformationobject(ZaRppIdentificationReport)required

A report providing information from the lookup of a proxy in the context of the ZA RPP Payment Scheme.

accountOwner.knownAsName
accountOwner.legalName

report.reportInformation.accountAgentobject(InstitutionIdentification)

report.reportInformation.accountInformationobject(ZaRppAccountInformation)

report.reportInformation.accountOwnerobject(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.

report.reportInformation.outcomestringrequired

Enum"SUCCESSFUL""FAILED"

report.reportInformation.reasonCodestring[ 1 .. 4 ] characters

AB06 : Transaction stopped due to timeout at the Instructed Agent.
AB07 : Agent of message is not online. Generic usage if it cannot be determined who exactly is not online.
AB10 : An error occured at the instructed agent
AC06 : Account specified is blocked, prohibiting posting of transactions against it
AG01 : Transaction forbidden on this type of account
AG03 : Transaction type not supported/authorized on this account.
AG10 : Agent of message is suspended from the Real Time Payment system. Generic usage if it cannot be determined who exactly is suspended.
AGNT : Agent in the payment workflow is incorrect
AM02 : Specific transaction/message amount is greater than allowed maximum (e.g. payee proxy participant service limit exceeded
CH21 : Mandatory element is missing .
DT02 : Invalid creation date and time in Group Header (eg, historic date) .
DU03 : Transaction is not unique.
DUPL : Request is a duplicate of another request
FF02 : Syntax error reason is provided as narrative information in the additional reason information.
FF08 : End to End Id missing or invalid .
NAUT : Permission to be processed is not granted
NOOR : Original SCT never received
PD01 : Domain not found or invalid
PD02 : Suspended Domain provided is suspended pending investigation
BE23 : Phone number or email address, or any other proxy, used as the account proxy is unknown or invalid.
PX03 : Proxy not found in central repository
PX04 : Format of proxy invalid
RC05 : BIC identifier is invalid or missing.
RC08 : ClearingSystemMemberidentifier is invalid or missing. Generic usage if cannot specify between debit or credit account .
RR10 : Character set supplied not valid for the country and payment type.
RR12 : Invalid or missing identification required within a particular country or payment type.
RF01 : Transaction reference is not unique within the message.
AC16 : Account in Sequestration
AC17 : Account in Liquidation
AC04 : Account Closed
AC01 : Format of the account number specified is not correct
MD07 : Account Holder Deceased
NOCM : Customer account is not compliant with regulatory requirements, for example FICA (in South Africa) or any other regulatory requirements which render an account inactive for certain processing.
BE01 : Identification of end customer is not consistent with associated account number. (formerly CreditorConsistency).

report.reportInformation.transactionLimitobject(Amount)

schemastringrequired

Value"IdentifierDeterminationResponse"

{
  "messageIdentifiers": {
    "creationDateTime": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "messageIdentification": "string"
  },
  "supplementaryData": {
    "property1": "string",
    "property2": "string"
  },
  "originalMessageIdentifiers": {
    "creationDateTime": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "messageIdentification": "string"
  },
  "report": {
    "schema": "ZA_RTC"
  },
  "schema": "IdentifierDeterminationResponse"
}

CreditTransferInitiationInstruction

A model containing information required to initiate a credit disbursement

amountsobject(TransactionAmounts)required

amounts.bankSettlementAmountobject(Amount)required

amounts.bankSettlementAmount.currencystring^[A-Z]{3}$required

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

amounts.bankSettlementAmount.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 Code	Example	Valid	Notes
USD	10.0	✓	Represents 10 USD and no cents.
USD	10.00	✓
USD	10.001	✗	US dollar does not support three decimal places.
JPY	10.0	✓	Represents 10 Japanese Yen.
JPY	10.1	✗	Japanese Yen does not support decimal places.

amounts.instructedAmountobject(Amount)

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.

instructionForCreditorAgentArray of objects(CreditorAgentInstruction)>= 0 items

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

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)

purposeobject(PurposeType)

Specifies the underlying reason for the payment transaction

remittanceInformationobject(RemittanceInformation)

supplementaryDataobject(SupplementaryData)

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

taxobject(TaxInformation)

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.

{
  "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"
  },
  "instructionForCreditorAgent": [
    { … }
  ],
  "paymentScheme": {
    "schema": "ZA_RTC",
    "schemeData": { … }
  },
  "paymentTypeInformation": {
    "categoryPurpose": { … },
    "localInstrument": { … },
    "serviceLevel": [ … ]
  },
  "purpose": {
    "schema": "string",
    "value": "BKDF"
  },
  "remittanceInformation": {
    "structured": [ … ],
    "unstructured": [ … ]
  },
  "supplementaryData": {
    "property1": "string",
    "property2": "string"
  },
  "tax": {
    "totalAmount": { … }
  },
  "transactionIdentifiers": {
    "endToEndIdentification": "string",
    "instructionIdentification": "string",
    "transactionIdentification": "string",
    "uetr": "string"
  }
}

transactional

Operations

financial

Operations

identifier-determination

Operations

bulk

Operations

refund

Operations