Available standards | API Centre

We have developed API standards for Payment Initiation and Account Information. For an overview of what each of these standard does, see the Payment Initiation API standard and Account Information API standard pages.

To view the full open standards, technical information, and more detail about their design principles, visit our Confluence space.

These are New Zealand API standards to initiate payments and access bank account information.
They are based on the UK’s Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) standards but tailored for the New Zealand market.
Our API standards adhere to RESTful API design principles, which are designed to be extensible, allowing for updates to capabilities and functionality.
Market demand drives our development activities and has led to the creation of bespoke functionality for New Zealand.

To find out how you can use these access and use these standards, including customer experience guidelines, see Using the standards.

To read about upcoming standards development, the process, and how you can contribute, see Standards development.

See an overview of how the Payment Initiation API works and what it does.

See an overview of how the Account Information API works and what it does.

See an overview of how the Event Notification API works and what it does.