Unlock the potential of your business with the power of our APIs

Delivering globally at scale
We are a global bank, offering API services to over 1.6m customers across 64 Markets. With 153 years of history we carry a deep understanding of diversity of cultures and business landscapes

A leader in transactional banking
We are a multi award winning payments provider with one of the largest corespondent banking networks in the world. Our specialist knowledge is there to help you achieve your growth potential

Digital-first innovation
Our APIs reflect our digital-first approach; our innovative services are built to embrace a fast-changing future and deliver a full suite of interconnected solutions
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Solutions
Find out which business problems you can solve with APIs
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Register and login to view our API documentation You can get started immediately with open banking APIs or contact sales to explore our corporate solutions
API Catalogue
Find the right API to meet your business need
Built for developers

Industry standard encryption
All of our APIs follow industry standards of encryption to ensure your safety and making implementation faster

Sandbox quick star
Download our tailored postman files to get access to our sandbox even faster and speed up your implementation

File validation tool
Check the syntax and file structure of your payment files with our tool and received a detailed report to help you get live faster with fewer errors

Try it now API feature
Explore requests and responses for endpoints with our 'try it now' feature within our API technical documentation

Excel plugin
Enable your business colleagues to make API calls directly from Excel once the API connection has been established

Fully updated API catalogue
Explore the latest version of our API catalogue of technical documentation to self serve your development process

Bank grade fraud monitoring
HSBC has excellent fraud monitoring across all its transactions

We’re here to help
We're continuously improving the way we can support you and provide feedback - just contact us
Case Studies
Hear from our customers on how they use our API solutions
How to get started

For Open Banking solutions
HSBC supports developers, startups and enterprises in creating innovative applications with our

For HSBC Customers
HSBC supports developers, startups and enterprises in creating innovative applications with our

New to bank corporate solutions
HSBC supports developers, startups and enterprises in creating innovative applications with our

Students or anyone else
All users are welcome to explore our Open Banking APIs, including using our Sandbox. Register and login to begin exploring.
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