Retrieving the Banks of a Country

The list of banks for a country can be retrieved through a GET call towards the URL provided in the country.banks property of the call to retrieve all supported countries.

Request

GET /v1/banks?country_code=de&transfer_method=sct_instant&offset=0&size=100
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer <Token>
Host: <Host>


Request parameter Mandatory? Description
country_code M Queries banks for the given country
transfer_method O Filters banks by supported transfer method
offset O Defines “where” to start in the current collection
size O Defines how many elements to include in the result. If no value for size is provided, a default of 100 will be used. There is a maximum of 1.000 elements per request

Response

{
    "banks": [{
        "bank_name": string,
        "country_code": string,
        "bank_codes": Array<string>,
        "bics": Array<string>,
        "address": {
            "street_address": string,
            "street_address2": string,
            "postal_code": string,
            "city": string,
            "region": string,
            "country": string
        },
        "popularity": int,
        "authentication_methods": Array<enum<PASSWORD|MOBILE|SMS_TAN|...>>,
        "authorization_methods": Array<enum<...>>,
        "transfer_methods": Array<enum<SCT, SCT_INSTANT>>,
        "tokenizable": {
            "ais": bool,
            "pis": bool
        },
        "flows": {
            "<flow.type>": {
                "supported": bool,

            },
            ...
        }
    },
    ...],
    "pagination": {
        "count": int,
        "total": int,
        "next": string,
        "prev": string,
        "offset": int
    }
}

Banks response object

Field Type Description
banks[].bank_name string Name of the bank
banks[].country_code string The country of the bank. ISO-3166 alpha-2
banks[].bank_codes string[] List of bank codes associated with that bank
banks[].bics string[] List of BICs associated with that bank
banks[].address Address Most common address of the bank if there are multiple
banks[].popularity integer Number that describes the popularity of the bank for Open Banking consumers. A higher number indicates higher popularity
banks[].authentication_methods string List of supported methods to authenticate (e.g. accessing the consumer's bank account) and authorize (e.g. a payment). CLASSIC_TAN, ITAN, MTAN, CHIPTAN_MANUAL, CHIPTAN_FLICKER, SMARTTAN, SMARTTAN_PLUS, PHONE_TAN, PASSWORD, PHOTO_TAN, USB_DONGLE, EMAIL_TAN, PUSH_TAN, FINTS_SMARTCARD, FINTS_KEYFILE, APP_TAN, NONE, UNKNOWN
banks[].authorization_methods string See banks[].authentication_methods
banks[].transfer_methods string List of supported transfer methods.
SCT - SEPA Credit Transfer
SCT_INSTANT - SEPA Instant Credit Transfer
banks[].tokenizable.ais boolean Describes if a token can be used for AIS (Account Information Service).
banks[].tokenizable.pis boolean Describes if a token can be used for PIS (Payment Initiation Service).
banks[].flows..supported string Object holding information about the different supported flows (namely accounts, account_details, balances, transactions, transfer).
pagination.count integer The amount of elements in the current result
pagination.total integer The total amount of elements that are available
pagination.next string The URI to the next list of results. Is only present if there are more results available
pagination.prev string The URI to the previous list of results. Is null if the offset is 0
pagination.offset integer The current offset. Describes "where" to start in the current dataset

Example

GET https://universe.openbanking.klarna.com/v1/banks?country_code=de

{
    "banks": [{
        "bank_name": "Postbank",
        "country_code": "DE",
        "bank_codes": ["10010010", "37010050", "59010031", ...],
        "bics": ["PBNKDEFF370", "PBNKDEFF250", ...],
        "address": {
            "street_address": "THEODOR-HEUSS-ALLEE 72",
            "street_address2": "",
            "postal_code": "60320",
            "city": "FRANKFURT AM MAIN",
            "region": "",
            "country": "DE"
        },
        "popularity": 10000,
        "authentication_methods": ["PASSWORD"],
        "authorization_methods": ["MTAN", "CHIPTAN_FLICKER", "CHIPTAN_MANUAL", "USB_DONGLE"],
        "transfer_methods": ["SCT"],
        "tokenizable": {
            "ais": false,
            "pis": false
        },
        "flows": {
            "accounts": {
                "supported": true
            },
            "account_details": {
                "supported": false
            },
            "balances": {
                "supported": true
            },
            "transactions": {
                "supported": true
            },
            "transfer": {
                "supported": true
            }
        }
    },
    {
        "bank_name": "Deutsche Bank",
        "country_code": "DE",
        "bank_codes": ["10070000", "10070024", "10070100", ...],
        "bics": ["DEUTDEBBXXX", "DEUTDEDBBER", ...],
        "address": {
            "street_address": "Taunusanlage 12",
            "street_address2": "",
            "postal_code": "60325",
            "city": "Frankfurt am Main",
            "region": "",
            "country": "DE"
        },
        "popularity": 4979,
        "authentication_methods": ["PASSWORD"],
        "authorization_methods": ["MTAN", "ITAN", "PHOTO_TAN"],
        "transfer_methods": ["SCT", "SCT_INSTANT"],
        "tokenizable": {
            "ais": false,
            "pis": false
        },
        "flows": {
            "accounts": {
                "supported": true
            },
            "account_details": {
                "supported": false
            },
            "balances": {
                "supported": true
            },
            "transactions": {
                "supported": true
            },
            "transfer": {
                "supported": true
            }
        }
    }],
    "pagination": {
        "count": 100,
        "total": 1732,
        "next": "https://universe.openbanking.klarna.com/v1/banks?country_code=de&offset=100&size=100",
        "prev": null,
        "offset": 0
    }
}

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