# Beneficiaries - v4.0

Overview
Endpoints
- GET /accounts/{AccountId}/beneficiaries
- GET /beneficiaries
Data Model
Usage Examples
- Specific Account
  - Get Account Beneficiaries Request
  - Get Account Beneficiaries Response
- Bulk

# Overview

The beneficiaries resource is used by an AISP to retrieve the account beneficiaries information for a specific AccountId or to retrieve the beneficiaries information in bulk for account(s) that the PSU has authorised to access.

This resource description should be read in conjunction with a compatible Account Information Services API Profile.

# Endpoints

Endpoints for the resource and available methods.

	Resource	HTTP Operation	Endpoint	Mandatory?	Scope	Grant Type	Idempotency Key	Parameters	Request Object	Response Object
1	beneficiaries	GET	GET /accounts/{AccountId}/beneficiaries	Conditional	accounts	Authorization Code	No	Pagination		OBReadBeneficiary5
2	beneficiaries	GET	GET /beneficiaries	Optional	accounts	Authorization Code	No	Pagination		OBReadBeneficiary5

# GET /accounts/{AccountId}/beneficiaries

An AISP may retrieve the account beneficiaries information resource for a specific AccountId (which is retrieved in the call to GET /accounts).

# GET /beneficiaries

If an ASPSP has implemented the bulk retrieval endpoints for beneficiaries, an AISP may optionally retrieve the beneficiaries' information in bulk. This endpoint will retrieve the beneficiaries resource for all authorised accounts linked to a specific account-request.

# Data Model

The OBReadBeneficiary5 object will be used for the call to:

GET /accounts/{AccountId}/beneficiaries
GET /beneficiaries

# Reused Classes

# OBProxy1

The OBProxy1 class is defined in the account-and-transaction-api-profile page.

# OBPostalAddress7

The OBPostalAddress7 class is defined in the account-and-transaction-api-profile page.

# Resource Definition

A resource that contains a set of elements that describes the list of beneficiaries linked to a specific account (AccountId).

The beneficiaries may be Trusted Beneficiaries as well as other types of beneficiaries as indicated by the BeneficiaryType flag.

An account (AccountId) may have no beneficiaries set up, or may have multiple beneficiaries set up.

In the case an ASPSP manages beneficiaries at a customer level (logged in user), instead of account level:

If a PSU selects multiple accounts for authorisation, then their beneficiaries apply consistently to all selected accounts (i.e., in the bulk endpoint /beneficiaries).
If a different PSU selects the same accounts, a different set of beneficiaries could be returned.

This is the expected behaviour of the beneficiaries endpoints, in the case an ASPSP manages beneficiaries at a customer level:

The bulk endpoint /beneficiaries will return the unique list of beneficiaries against the PSU. In this case, the AccountId in the OBReadBeneficiary5 payload would be set to NULL / empty (even if the PSU only has one account).
The selected account endpoint /accounts/{AccountId}/beneficiaries will return the beneficiaries that may be accessible to the AccountId, based on the PSU. In this case, the AccountId will be populated in the payload.

# UML Diagram

OBReadBeneficiary5

# Notes

The CreditorAccount is used consistently throughout the Account Information APIs to identify an account
Due to internationalisation requirements:
- The CreditorAgent object may be used to represent either (1) the BIC (with UK.OBIE.BICFI in the SchemeName field and the BIC in the Identification field), or (2) the Name and Address details for the financial institution.
- The CreditorAccount/Identification field may be used to represent a non-UK specific branch and account numbering scheme with "UK.OBIE.SortCodeAccountNumber" being populated in the CreditorAccount/SchemeName.
For the /accounts/{AccountId}/beneficiaries endpoint, the CreditorAccount and CreditorAgent blocks represent the account of the beneficiary that is receiving funds (so has been named the CreditorAccount for consistency with the PISP use case).
The beneficiaries may be Trusted Beneficiaries as well as other types of beneficiaries as indicated by the BeneficiaryType property. When the BeneficiaryType property is not specified, the consumer should refer to the ASPSP's developer portal.

# Permission Codes

The resource differs depending on the permissions (ReadBeneficiariesBasic and ReadBeneficiariesDetail) used to access the resource. In the event that the resource is accessed with both ReadBeneficiariesBasic and ReadBeneficiariesDetail, the most detailed level (ReadBeneficiariesDetail) must be used.

These objects must not be returned without the ReadBeneficiariesDetail permission:
- OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAgent
- OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAccount
If the ReadBeneficiariesDetail is granted by the PSU:
- OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAgent may be returned if applicable to the account and ASPSP (0..1)
- OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAccount must be returned (1..1)

If the ReadPAN permission is granted by the PSU, the ASPSP may choose to populate the OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAccount/Identification with the unmasked PAN (if the PAN is being populated in the response).

# Data Dictionary

Name	Occurrence	XPath	EnhancedDefinition	Class	Codes	Pattern
OBReadBeneficiary5		OBReadBeneficiary5		OBReadBeneficiary5
Data	1..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data		OBReadDataBeneficiary5
Beneficiary	0..*	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary		OBBeneficiary5
AccountId	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/AccountId	A unique and immutable identifier used to identify the account resource. This identifier has no meaning to the account owner.	Max40Text
BeneficiaryId	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/BeneficiaryId	A unique and immutable identifier used to identify the beneficiary resource. This identifier has no meaning to the account owner.	Max40Text
BeneficiaryType	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/BeneficiaryType		For a full list of enumeration values refer to `Internal_CodeSet` here (opens new window)	OBInternalBeneficiaryType1Code
Reference	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/Reference	Unique reference, as assigned by the creditor, to unambiguously refer to the payment transaction. Usage: If available, the initiating party should provide this reference in the structured remittance information, to enable reconciliation by the creditor upon receipt of the amount of money. If the business context requires the use of a creditor reference or a payment remit identification, and only one identifier can be passed through the end-to-end chain, the creditor's reference or payment remittance identification should be quoted in the end-to-end transaction identification.	Max35Text
SupplementaryData	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/SupplementaryData	Additional information that cannot be captured in the structured fields and/or any other specific block	OBSupplementaryData1
CreditorAgent	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAgent	Party that manages the account on behalf of the account owner, that is manages the registration and booking of entries on the account, calculates balances on the account and provides information about the account. This is the servicer of the beneficiary account.	OBBranchAndFinancialInstitutionIdentification6
SchemeName	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAgent/SchemeName	Name of the identification scheme, in a coded form as published in an external list.	For a full list of enumeration values refer to `Internal_CodeSet` here (opens new window)	OBInternalFinancialInstitutionIdentification4Code
LEI	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAgent/LEI	Legal entity identification as an alternate identification for a party. Legal Entity Identifier is a code allocated to a party as described in ISO 17442 "Financial Services - Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)".	Max20Text		[A-Z0-9]{18,18}[0-9]{2,2}
Identification	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAgent/Identification	Unique and unambiguous identification of the servicing institution.	Max35Text
Name	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAgent/Name	Name by which an agent is known and which is usually used to identify that agent.	Max140Text
PostalAddress	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAgent/PostalAddress	Information that locates and identifies a specific address, as defined by postal services.	OBPostalAddress7
CreditorAccount	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAccount	Provides the details to identify the beneficiary account.	OBCashAccount5
SchemeName	1..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAccount/SchemeName	Name of the identification scheme, in a coded form as published in an external list.	For a full list of enumeration values refer to `OB_Internal_CodeSet` here (opens new window).	OBInternalAccountIdentification4Code
Identification	1..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAccount/Identification	Identification assigned by an institution to identify an account. This identification is known by the account owner.	Max256Text
Name	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAccount/Name	The account name is the name or names of the account owner(s) represented at an account level, as displayed by the ASPSP's online channels. Note, the account name is not the product name or the nickname of the account.	Max350Text
SecondaryIdentification	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAccount/SecondaryIdentification	This is secondary identification of the account, as assigned by the account servicing institution. This can be used by building societies to additionally identify accounts with a roll number (in addition to a sort code and account number combination).	Max34Text
Proxy	0..1	OBReadBeneficiary5/Data/Beneficiary/CreditorAccount/Proxy	Specifies an alternate assumed name for the identification of the account.	OBProxy1

# Reused Classes

# OBPostalAddress7

The OBPostalAddress7 class is defined in the payment-initiation-api-profile page

# Usage Examples

# Specific Account

# Get Account Beneficiaries Request

GET /accounts/22289/beneficiaries HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer Az90SAOJklae
x-fapi-auth-date:  Sun, 10 Sep 2017 19:43:31 GMT
x-fapi-customer-ip-address: 104.25.212.99
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Accept: application/json

# Get Account Beneficiaries Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "Data": {
    "Beneficiary": [
      {
        "AccountId": "22289",
        "BeneficiaryId": "Ben1",
        "BeneficiaryType": "Ordinary",
        "Reference": "Towbar Club",
        "CreditorAgent": { 
          "LEI": "IZ9Q00LZEVUKWCQY6X15",
          "SchemeName": "UK.OBIE.BICFI",
          "Identification": "80200112344562",
          "Name": "The Credit Agent", 
          "PostalAddress": { 
            "AddressType": "BIZZ",
            "StreetName": "Bank Street",
            "BuildingNumber": "11",
            "Floor": "6",
            "PostCode": "Z78 4TY",
            "TownName": "London",
            "Country": "UK"
          }
        },
        "CreditorAccount": {
          "SchemeName": "UK.OBIE.SortCodeAccountNumber",
          "Identification": "80200112345678",
          "SecondaryIdentification": "ID_0002",
          "Name": "Mrs Juniper",
          "Proxy": {
            "Identification": "2360549017905188",
            "Code": "TELE"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "Links": {
    "Self": "https://api.alphabank.com/open-banking/v4.0/aisp/accounts/22289/beneficiaries/"
  },
  "Meta": {
    "TotalPages": 1
  }
}

# Bulk

# Get Beneficiaries Request

GET /beneficiaries HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer Az90SAOJklae
x-fapi-auth-date:  Sun, 10 Sep 2017 19:43:31 GMT
x-fapi-customer-ip-address: 104.25.212.99
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Accept: application/json

# Get Beneficiaries Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "Data": {
    "Beneficiary": [
      {
        "AccountId": "22289",
        "BeneficiaryId": "Ben1",
        "BeneficiaryType": "Ordinary",
        "Reference": "Towbar Club",
        "CreditorAgent": { 
          "LEI": "IZ9Q00LZEVUKWCQY6X15",
          "SchemeName": "UK.OBIE.BICFI",
          "Identification": "80200112344562",
          "Name": "The Credit Agent", 
          "PostalAddress": { 
            "AddressType": "BIZZ",
            "StreetName": "Bank Street",
            "BuildingNumber": "11",
            "Floor": "6",
            "PostCode": "Z78 4TY",
            "TownName": "London",
            "Country": "UK"
          }
        },
        "CreditorAccount": {
          "SchemeName": "UK.OBIE.SortCodeAccountNumber",
          "Identification": "80200112345678",
          "SecondaryIdentification": "ID_0002",
          "Name": "Mrs Juniper",
          "Proxy": {
            "Identification": "2360549017905188",
            "Code": "TELE"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "AccountId": "31820",
        "BeneficiaryId": "Ben37",
        "Reference": "Golf Club",
        "CreditorAgent": { 
          "LEI": "IZ9Q00LZEVUKWCQY6X15",
          "SchemeName": "UK.OBIE.BICFI",
          "Identification": "80200112344562",
          "Name": "The Credit Agent", 
          "PostalAddress": { 
            "AddressType": "BIZZ",
            "StreetName": "Bank Street",
            "BuildingNumber": "11",
            "Floor": "6",
            "PostCode": "Z78 4TY",
            "TownName": "London",
            "Country": "UK"
          }
        },
        "CreditorAccount": {
          "SchemeName": "UK.OBIE.SortCodeAccountNumber",
          "Identification": "87562298675421",
          "Name": "Mr Large",
          "SecondaryIdentification": "87562298675897", 
          "Proxy": {
            "Identification": "2360549017905188",
            "Code": "TELE",
            "Type": "Telephone", 
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "Links": {
    "Self": "https://api.alphabank.com/open-banking/v4.0/aisp/beneficiaries/"
  },
  "Meta": {
    "TotalPages": 1
  }
}

# Get Account Beneficiaries Response with BeneficiaryType

{
  "Data": {
    "Beneficiary": [
      {
        "AccountId": "22289",
        "BeneficiaryId": "Ben1",
        "BeneficiaryType": "Ordinary",
        "Reference": "Towbar Club",
        "CreditorAgent": { 
          "LEI": "IZ9Q00LZEVUKWCQY6X15",
          "SchemeName": "UK.OBIE.BICFI",
          "Identification": "80200112344562",
          "Name": "The Credit Agent", 
          "PostalAddress": { 
            "AddressType": "BIZZ",
            "StreetName": "Bank Street",
            "BuildingNumber": "11",
            "Floor": "6",
            "PostCode": "Z78 4TY",
            "TownName": "London",
            "Country": "UK"
          }
        },
        "CreditorAccount": {
          "SchemeName": "UK.OBIE.SortCodeAccountNumber",
          "Identification": "80200112345678",
          "Name": "Mrs Juniper"
        }
      },
      {
        "AccountId": "22289",
        "BeneficiaryId": "Ben2",
        "BeneficiaryType": "Trusted",
        "Reference": "Champagne Club",
        "CreditorAgent": { 
          "LEI": "6PLS00H77T87PEZOTK71"
        },
        "CreditorAccount": {
          "SchemeName": "UK.OBIE.SortCodeAccountNumber",
          "Identification": "80200112345678",
          "SecondaryIdentification": "87562298675897",
          "Name": "Mr Tully",
          "Proxy": {
            "Identification": "2360549017905188",
            "Code": "TELE",
            "Type": "Telephone", 
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "AccountId": "22289",
        "BeneficiaryId": "Ben3",
        "Reference": "O2-234823781",
        "CreditorAgent": { 
          "LEI": "X3F8005BLKBSWLCX4E37"
        },
        "CreditorAccount": {
          "SchemeName": "UK.OBIE.SortCodeAccountNumber",
          "SecondaryIdentification": "ID_0002",
          "Identification": "80200112345678",
          "Name": "Mr Tully",
          "Proxy": {
            "Identification": "2360549017905188",
            "Code": "TELE",
            "Type": "Telephone", 
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "Links": {
    "Self": "https://api.alphabank.com/open-banking/v4.0/aisp/accounts/22289/beneficiaries/"
  },
  "Meta": {
    "TotalPages": 1
  }
}

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