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Bank of Ireland (UK)

Bank of Ireland (UK) plc is the UK banking arm of Bank of Ireland Group plc, Ireland's oldest bank, founded in 1783 and headquartered in Dublin with a listing on Euronext Dublin and the London Stock Exchange. In the United Kingdom it is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the PRA, and as one of the nine CMA-mandated banks (the CMA9) it participates fully in the UK Open Banking programme under PSD2. Bank of Ireland (UK) and Bank of Ireland (ROI) are separate legal entities on the Open Banking Directory and TPPs must onboard to each separately. The bank publishes a public, unauthenticated Open Data API (ATMs, branches, personal and business current accounts, unsecured SME loans and commercial credit cards) conformant to the OBIE Open Data Standard, alongside the OBIE Read/Write API family - Account & Transaction Information (AIS), Payment Initiation (PIS) and Confirmation of Funds (CBPII) - secured with FAPI-grade OAuth2/OIDC, PSD2 strong customer authentication and mutual-TLS client authentication using OBIE/eIDAS certificates, onboarded through the Bank of Ireland Developer Hub with a sandbox for testing.

Bank of Ireland (UK) publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Open Data API, Account & Transaction Information API, Payment Initiation API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Financial Services, Banking, Open Banking, PSD2, and OBIE.

Bank of Ireland (UK)’s developer surface includes authentication, getting-started guide, developer portal, documentation, support, and 25 more developer resources.

47.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 78/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
5 APIs 1 MCP Servers
Financial ServicesBankingOpen BankingPSD2OBIECMA9United KingdomPaymentsAccount InformationOpen DataFAPIFintech

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Composite quality — 47.4/100 · developing
Contract Quality 13.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 11.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 3.7 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 78/100 · agent native
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Bank of Ireland (UK) Open Data API

Public, unauthenticated OBIE Open Data API for Bank of Ireland (UK) plc, serving reference data for ATMs, branches, personal current accounts, business current accounts, unsecur...

Bank of Ireland (UK) Account & Transaction Information API

OBIE Read/Write Account & Transaction Information (AIS) API for Bank of Ireland (UK) plc, allowing authorised AISPs to access account, balance, transaction, beneficiary, standin...

Bank of Ireland (UK) Payment Initiation API

OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PIS) API for Bank of Ireland (UK) plc, enabling authorised PISPs to initiate domestic and international single, scheduled, standing-order and...

Bank of Ireland (UK) Confirmation of Funds API

OBIE Read/Write Confirmation of Funds (CBPII) API for Bank of Ireland (UK) plc, allowing authorised card-based payment instrument issuers to confirm the availability of funds on...

Bank of Ireland (UK) Dynamic Client Registration API

OBIE Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) API documented on the Bank of Ireland Developer Hub for onboarding third-party provider applications using OBIE/eIDAS certificates, ahead ...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Bank Of Ireland Uk Authentication

oauth2/openIdConnect/mutualTLS · 4 schemes

SECURITY

Bank Of Ireland Uk Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Bank Of Ireland Uk Scopes

4 scopes · authorizationCode/clientCredentials

4 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Bank Of Ireland Uk Agentic Access

86 operations · 20 acting

86 operations · 20 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 4

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: bank-of-ireland-uk
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bank-of-ireland-uk/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Bank of Ireland (UK)
kind: company
description: Bank of Ireland (UK) plc is the UK banking arm of Bank of Ireland Group plc, Ireland's oldest bank, founded in
  1783 and headquartered in Dublin with a listing on Euronext Dublin and the London Stock Exchange. In the United Kingdom
  it is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the PRA, and
  as one of the nine CMA-mandated banks (the CMA9) it participates fully in the UK Open Banking programme under PSD2. Bank
  of Ireland (UK) and Bank of Ireland (ROI) are separate legal entities on the Open Banking Directory and TPPs must onboard
  to each separately. The bank publishes a public, unauthenticated Open Data API (ATMs, branches, personal and business current
  accounts, unsecured SME loans and commercial credit cards) conformant to the OBIE Open Data Standard, alongside the OBIE
  Read/Write API family - Account & Transaction Information (AIS), Payment Initiation (PIS) and Confirmation of Funds (CBPII)
  - secured with FAPI-grade OAuth2/OIDC, PSD2 strong customer authentication and mutual-TLS client authentication using OBIE/eIDAS
  certificates, onboarded through the Bank of Ireland Developer Hub with a sandbox for testing.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Financial Services
- Banking
- Open Banking
- PSD2
- OBIE
- CMA9
- United Kingdom
- Payments
- Account Information
- Open Data
- FAPI
- Fintech
created: '2026-07-23'
modified: '2026-07-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: bank-of-ireland-uk:bank-of-ireland-uk-open-data-api
  name: Bank of Ireland (UK) Open Data API
  description: Public, unauthenticated OBIE Open Data API for Bank of Ireland (UK) plc, serving reference data for ATMs, branches,
    personal current accounts, business current accounts, unsecured SME loans and commercial credit cards. Confirmed live
    (HTTP 200) at the v2.2 base on 2026-07-23.
  humanURL: https://developer.bankofireland.com/
  baseURL: https://openapi.bankofireland.com/open-banking/v2.2
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - ATMs
  - Branches
  - Personal Current Accounts
  - Business Current Accounts
  - SME Loans
  - Commercial Credit Cards
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bank-of-ireland-uk-open-data-openapi.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.bankofireland.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openbankinguk.github.io/opendata-api-docs-pub/v2.4.0/
  - type: License
    url: https://www.openbanking.org.uk/open-licence
- aid: bank-of-ireland-uk:bank-of-ireland-uk-account-information-api
  name: Bank of Ireland (UK) Account & Transaction Information API
  description: OBIE Read/Write Account & Transaction Information (AIS) API for Bank of Ireland (UK) plc, allowing authorised
    AISPs to access account, balance, transaction, beneficiary, standing order, direct debit and product data with the customer's
    consent. FAPI-secured (OAuth2/OIDC, PSD2 SCA, mTLS).
  humanURL: https://developer.bankofireland.com/
  baseURL: https://api.obapi.bankofireland.com/open-banking/v3.1/aisp
  tags:
  - Account Information
  - AISP
  - Read/Write
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bank-of-ireland-uk-account-info-openapi.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.bankofireland.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openbankinguk.github.io/read-write-api-docs-pub/v3.1.11/profiles/account-and-transaction-api-profile.html
- aid: bank-of-ireland-uk:bank-of-ireland-uk-payment-initiation-api
  name: Bank of Ireland (UK) Payment Initiation API
  description: OBIE Read/Write Payment Initiation (PIS) API for Bank of Ireland (UK) plc, enabling authorised PISPs to initiate
    domestic and international single, scheduled, standing-order and file payments with the customer's consent. FAPI-secured
    (OAuth2/OIDC, PSD2 SCA, mTLS).
  humanURL: https://developer.bankofireland.com/
  baseURL: https://api.obapi.bankofireland.com/open-banking/v3.1/pisp
  tags:
  - Payments
  - Payment Initiation
  - PISP
  - Read/Write
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bank-of-ireland-uk-payment-initiation-openapi.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.bankofireland.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openbankinguk.github.io/read-write-api-docs-pub/v3.1.11/profiles/payment-initiation-api-profile.html
- aid: bank-of-ireland-uk:bank-of-ireland-uk-confirmation-of-funds-api
  name: Bank of Ireland (UK) Confirmation of Funds API
  description: OBIE Read/Write Confirmation of Funds (CBPII) API for Bank of Ireland (UK) plc, allowing authorised card-based
    payment instrument issuers to confirm the availability of funds on a customer account with consent. FAPI-secured (OAuth2/OIDC,
    PSD2 SCA, mTLS).
  humanURL: https://developer.bankofireland.com/
  baseURL: https://api.obapi.bankofireland.com/open-banking/v3.1/cbpii
  tags:
  - Confirmation of Funds
  - CBPII
  - Read/Write
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bank-of-ireland-uk-confirmation-funds-openapi.yaml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.bankofireland.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://openbankinguk.github.io/read-write-api-docs-pub/v3.1.11/profiles/confirmation-of-funds-api-profile.html
- aid: bank-of-ireland-uk:bank-of-ireland-uk-dynamic-client-registration-api
  name: Bank of Ireland (UK) Dynamic Client Registration API
  description: OBIE Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) API documented on the Bank of Ireland Developer Hub for onboarding third-party
    provider applications using OBIE/eIDAS certificates, ahead of consuming the Read/Write API family.
  humanURL: https://developer.bankofireland.com/
  baseURL: https://auth.obapi.bankofireland.com/oauth/as/b365/
  tags:
  - Dynamic Client Registration
  - Onboarding
  - OAuth2
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eu1.anypoint.mulesoft.com/exchange/portals/bankofireland/pages/Getting%20Started/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.bankofireland.com/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bank-of-ireland-uk-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bank-of-ireland-uk-domain-security.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/bank-of-ireland-uk-scopes.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bank-of-ireland-uk-authentication.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/bank-of-ireland-uk-well-known.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/bank-of-ireland-uk-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/bank-of-ireland-uk-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/bank-of-ireland-uk-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/bank-of-ireland-uk-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/bank-of-ireland-uk-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/bank-of-ireland-uk-conventions.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/bank-of-ireland-uk-data-model.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/bank-of-ireland-uk-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/bank-of-ireland-uk-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bank-of-ireland-uk-open-data-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bank-of-ireland-uk-account-info-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bank-of-ireland-uk-payment-initiation-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bank-of-ireland-uk-confirmation-funds-overlay.yaml
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://eu1.anypoint.mulesoft.com/exchange/portals/bankofireland/pages/Getting%20Started/
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bankofirelanduk.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.bankofireland.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://eu1.anypoint.mulesoft.com/exchange/portals/bankofireland/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.bankofireland.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://www.bankofirelanduk.com/personal/api-statistics/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.bankofirelanduk.com/personal/api-statistics/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bank-of-ireland/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.bankofirelanduk.com/site-links/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.bankofirelanduk.com/help-and-support/
- type: License
  url: https://www.openbanking.org.uk/open-licence
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com