# Halifax Payment Initiation API (PIS)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/halifax/halifax-payment-initiation-api/  
**Provider:** Halifax — https://apis.io/providers/halifax/  
**Base URL:** https://api.halifax.co.uk/open-banking/v3.1/pisp  
**Documentation:** https://developer.lloydsbanking.com/prod01/lbg/read-write

Halifax Payment Initiation API (PIS) is one of 9 APIs that [Halifax](https://apis.io/providers/halifax/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Open Banking, Payment Initiation, PIS, and Read/Write. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PIS) API for authorised PISPs. FAPI-secured (OAuth2/OIDC, PSD2 SCA, mTLS, OBIE/eIDAS certificates); onboarded via the Lloyds Banking Group Developer Portal. Base path follows the OBIE Read/Write v3.1 standard on the confirmed api.halifax.co.uk host; not independently verified (authentication-gated).

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.lloydsbanking.com/prod01/lbg/read-write
- **APIReference** — https://openbankinguk.github.io/read-write-api-site3/v3.1.11/profiles/payment-initiation-api-profile.html

## Other Halifax APIs (8)

- [Halifax Open Data ATM Locator API](https://apis.io/apis/halifax/halifax-open-data-atm-locator-api/)
- [Halifax Open Data Branch Locator API](https://apis.io/apis/halifax/halifax-open-data-branch-locator-api/)
- [Halifax Open Data Personal Current Accounts API](https://apis.io/apis/halifax/halifax-open-data-personal-current-accounts-api/)
- [Halifax Open Data Business Current Accounts API](https://apis.io/apis/halifax/halifax-open-data-business-current-accounts-api/)
- [Halifax Open Data Unsecured SME Loans API](https://apis.io/apis/halifax/halifax-open-data-unsecured-sme-loans-api/)
- [Halifax Open Data Commercial Credit Cards API](https://apis.io/apis/halifax/halifax-open-data-commercial-credit-cards-api/)
- [Halifax Account and Transaction Information API (AIS)](https://apis.io/apis/halifax/halifax-account-transaction-information-api/)
- [Halifax Confirmation of Funds API (CBPII)](https://apis.io/apis/halifax/halifax-confirmation-of-funds-api/)

## Tags

Open Banking, Payment Initiation, PIS, Read/Write

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