Starling Bank

Starling Confirmation of Funds API (CBPII, OBIE Read/Write)

UK Open Banking Read/Write Confirmation of Funds (CBPII) API allowing a card-based payment instrument issuer to confirm whether funds are available, as an FCA-authorised ASPSP, conformant to the OBIE Read/Write standard and secured with FAPI OAuth2/OIDC, mutual-TLS, and PSD2 strong customer authentication. Base path shown is the OBIE standard shape and was not publicly confirmed for Starling.

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Documentation
https://developer.starlingbank.com/docs/open-banking
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APIReference
https://github.com/OpenBankingUK/read-write-api-specs

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: starling-bank:starling-confirmation-of-funds-api
name: Starling Confirmation of Funds API (CBPII, OBIE Read/Write)
description: UK Open Banking Read/Write Confirmation of Funds (CBPII) API allowing a card-based payment
  instrument issuer to confirm whether funds are available, as an FCA-authorised ASPSP, conformant to
  the OBIE Read/Write standard and secured with FAPI OAuth2/OIDC, mutual-TLS, and PSD2 strong customer
  authentication. Base path shown is the OBIE standard shape and was not publicly confirmed for Starling.
humanURL: https://developer.starlingbank.com/docs/open-banking
baseURL: https://api.starlingbank.com/open-banking/v3.1/cbpii
tags:
- Confirmation of Funds
- CBPII
- Open Banking
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.starlingbank.com/docs/open-banking
- type: APIReference
  url: https://github.com/OpenBankingUK/read-write-api-specs