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Acme HSBC Bank Malaysia Payments

This describes validations / allowed data formats for Acme payments going through HSBC Bank Malaysia. These will be validated by Acme and further validated by the bank. These rules may be stricter than what the bank requires.

Common Definitions

  • SWIFT Character Set:

    • The 26 uppercase Latin letters A-Z
    • The 26 lowercase Latin letters a-z
    • The 10 digits 0-9
    • Forward slash /
    • Hyphen -
    • Question mark ?
    • Colon :
    • Left and right parentheses ( )
    • Full stop .
    • Comma ,
    • Single quote '
    • Plus sign +
    • Space
  • BIC11:

    • 11-character Bank Identifier Code

General notes

  • The receiver.address.country must be an uppercase 2-letter ISO 3166 country code (e.g. MY for Malaysia).
  • The format for BIC (used in receiver.bank) is strictly validated using [A-Z]{6}[A-Z2-9][A-NP-Z0-9]([A-Z0-9]{3})? (as specified in ISO20022 BICFIIdentifier).

MY_IBG

Important
  • The paymentSetCode for GIRO payments is a 3 character optional code configured on HSBCnet to group payment instructions under a specific access or entitlement group. Use this field to restrict payroll transaction access on HSBCnet. The value must match an existing payment set code configured in HSBCnet, please contact the bank for the appropriate code(s) to set.
fieldpattern / charsetmax lengthmandatory/optional
paymentSetCodeSWIFT
Example: E01
3O
payments[N].customerReferenceSWIFT12M
payments[N].paymentDetailsSWIFT140O
payments[N].bankChargeBearerSENDER or RECEIVER or SHARED
Default to SENDER if not provided.
O
payments[N].receiver.nameSWIFT140M
payments[N].receiver.bankBIC1111M
payments[N].receiver.bankAccountNumberAlphanumeric34M
payments[N].receiver.address.line1SWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.line2SWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.citySWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.stateSWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.postalCodeSWIFT16O
payments[N].receiver.address.countrySWIFT2M

MY_IBFT

Important
  • All payment type RENTAS, Telegraphic Transfer and DuitNow (IBFT and Proxy) require purpose of payment code to describe the nature of the transaction. Specify the 5 digits purpose of payments (PoP) in purposeCode. Please contact the bank for the latest Purpose of Payment listing code.
  • As part of the requirements, please append the prefix "/RRN/" before populating remittance information of the payment in paymentDetails. Example: "/RRN/General Info"
fieldpattern / charsetmax lengthmandatory/optional
payments[N].customerReferenceSWIFT16M
payments[N].paymentDetailsSWIFT140O
payments[N].purposeCode5 Digits PoP Code
Example: 00001
5M
payments[N].receiver.nameSWIFT140M
payments[N].receiver.bankBIC1111M
payments[N].receiver.bankAccountNumberAlphanumeric34M
payments[N].receiver.accountTypeCHECKING or SAVINGSM
payments[N].receiver.address.line1SWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.line2SWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.citySWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.stateSWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.postalCodeSWIFT16O
payments[N].receiver.address.countrySWIFT2O

MY_DUITNOW

Important
  • All payment type RENTAS, Telegraphic Transfer and DuitNow (IBFT and Proxy) require purpose of payment code to describe the nature of the transaction. Specify the 5 digits purpose of payments (PoP) in purposeCode. Please contact the bank for the latest Purpose of Payment listing code.
  • As part of the requirements, please append the prefix "/RRN/" before populating remittance information of the payment in paymentDetails. Example: "/RRN/General Info"
fieldpattern / charsetmax lengthmandatory/optional
payments[N].customerReferenceSWIFT16M
payments[N].paymentDetailsSWIFT140O
payments[N].purposeCode5 Digits PoP Code
Example: 00001
5M
payments[N].receiver.proxyTypeNRIC or PASSPORT or ARMY or MOBILE or BUSINESS_REGM
payments[N].receiver.proxyValue
for NRIC
NRIC / Malaysian Identification Number15M
payments[N].receiver.proxyValue
for PASSPORT
Passport Number + Alpha-3 country code of the country of issuance. E.g: given a passport number E394029340V and country code of Singapore (SGP), the value will be E394029340VSGP.15M
payments[N].receiver.proxyValue
for ARMY
Army Number15M
payments[N].receiver.proxyValue
for MOBILE
+ followed by 7 to 15 digits
Example: +60121234567
15M
payments[N].receiver.proxyValue
for BUSINESS_REG
Business Registration Number (BRN)
Example: 202201234565
15M
payments[N].receiver.address.line1SWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.line2SWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.citySWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.stateSWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.postalCodeSWIFT16O
payments[N].receiver.address.countrySWIFT2O

MY_RENTAS

Important
  • All payment type RENTAS, Telegraphic Transfer and DuitNow (IBFT and Proxy) require purpose of payment code to describe the nature of the transaction. Specify the 5 digits purpose of payments (PoP) in purposeCode. Please contact the bank for the latest Purpose of Payment listing code.
fieldpattern / charsetmax lengthmandatory/optional
payments[N].customerReferenceSWIFT16M
payments[N].paymentDetailsSWIFT140O
payments[N].bankChargeBearerSENDER or RECEIVER or SHARED
Default to RECEIVER if not provided.
O
payments[N].purposeCode5 Digits PoP/KPW Code
Example: 00001
5M
payments[N].receiver.nameSWIFT35M
payments[N].receiver.bankBIC1111M
payments[N].receiver.bankAccountNumberAlphanumeric34M
payments[N].receiver.address.line1SWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.line2SWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.citySWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.stateSWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.postalCodeSWIFT16O
payments[N].receiver.address.countrySWIFT2M

TT

Important
  • All payment type RENTAS, Telegraphic Transfer and DuitNow (IBFT and Proxy) require purpose of payment code to describe the nature of the transaction. Specify the 5 digits purpose of payments (PoP) in purposeCode. Please contact the bank for the latest Purpose of Payment listing code.
  • The paymentDetails is conditionally mandatory for TT to specific countries in Asia including Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Indonesia.
  • Specify the purpose of payments (PoP) according to the local regulatory guidelines for each country in paymentDetails. Please contact the bank for the latest Asia Purpose of Payment Formatting Guide.
  • Note: As part of the requirements, for TT payments to Malaysia, please append the prefix "REMI/" before populating the purpose of payment in paymentDetails. Example: "REMI/Manufactured Goods"
fieldpattern / charsetmax lengthmandatory/optional
payments[N].customerReferenceSWIFT16M
payments[N].paymentDetailsSWIFT
Example: Manufactured Goods
140CM
payments[N].purposeCode5 Digits PoP/KPW Code
Example: 00001
5M
payments[N].bankChargeBearerSENDER or RECEIVER or SHARED
Default to SHARED if not provided.
O
payments[N].receiver.nameSWIFT35M
payments[N].receiver.bankBIC1111M
payments[N].receiver.bankAccountNumberAlphanumeric34M
payments[N].receiver.address.line1SWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.line2SWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.citySWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.stateSWIFT35O
payments[N].receiver.address.postalCodeSWIFT16O
payments[N].receiver.address.countrySWIFT2M