The Co-operative Bank

The Co-operative Bank Payment Initiation API (PIS)

OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PISP) API for The Co-operative Bank and smile brands — domestic payments, domestic scheduled payments and domestic standing orders, with their associated consents. FAPI-secured (OAuth2/OIDC, mTLS, PSD2 SCA); requires TPP onboarding.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.developer.co-operativebank.co.uk/apis/pisp/
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APIReference
https://www.developer.co-operativebank.co.uk/apis/pisp/endpoints-and-errors/
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Documentation
https://www.developer.co-operativebank.co.uk/apis/general-specifications/

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: co-operative-bank:payment-initiation-api
name: The Co-operative Bank Payment Initiation API (PIS)
description: OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PISP) API for The Co-operative Bank and smile brands
  — domestic payments, domestic scheduled payments and domestic standing orders, with their associated
  consents. FAPI-secured (OAuth2/OIDC, mTLS, PSD2 SCA); requires TPP onboarding.
humanURL: https://www.developer.co-operativebank.co.uk/apis/pisp/
baseURL: https://openbanking-retail.apis.co-operativebank.co.uk/apis/retail/open-banking/v3.1/pisp
tags:
- Payment Initiation
- PISP
- Payments
- Open Banking
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.developer.co-operativebank.co.uk/apis/pisp/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.developer.co-operativebank.co.uk/apis/pisp/endpoints-and-errors/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.developer.co-operativebank.co.uk/apis/general-specifications/