THE OPEN BANKING DIRECTORY A trust framework of regulated providersThe Open Banking Directory is the core infrastructure of our ecosystem – enabling participants to request and grant access to customers’ financial data in a secure, permissioned way via open banking APIs. Our team of experts is on hand to help.Play VideoScroll for moreClick to close modal Join the ecosystem Enrolling enables you to manage your company’s profile, digital certificates and the software statements you’ll need to connect with account providers. All the opportunities of open banking in one place. We also offer the following optional services: Conformance and Certification and Confirmation of Payee (CoP). About the Directory Sign up to the DirectoryThis is where you can enrol and maintain the organisation that you represent and, if you have the appropriate roles, manage the digital certificates you need to transact securely in the open banking ecosystem.Enrol now LoginAccess the Open Banking Directory and Directory sandbox.To log in, you will need to authenticate yourself via the PingID app, so please have this ready before you log in.Login The Directory SandboxTest your service in the secure Directory Sandbox using dummy data. – ASPSPs and TPPs can test their services in the Directory Sandbox.– Technical Service Providers (TSPs) can use the Sandbox to test their open banking technologies. Crown Dependencies DirectoryBanks and financial institutions in Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man can also offer their customers access to open banking services through our Crown Dependencies Directory.Crown Dependencies Directory Secure entry point into the open banking ecosystem Confirm counterparties have the right permissions Reliable support and expertise from our team Sandbox Directory available for testing Mitigate against regulatory and reputational risk Useful documents Directory specifications (Developer Zone)Detailed technical information on how the Directory works, including the roles of each participant. Guidelines for read/write participants (PDF)Do you provide account information or payment initiation services? You’ll find detailed technical information here. How to enrol onto the Open Banking Directory (PDF)See how each part of the enrolment process works – from getting started to submitting your enrolment form. Managing your access to the Directory: How to guide (PDF)Discover how to manage your access to the Open Banking Directory – from signing up and logging in to setting up your passphrase or changing your details. Viewing and requesting updates to your entity: How to guide (PDF)See how to manage individual and company contact details on the Directory. FAQsWe answer key questions about the Open Banking DIrectory What is the Open Banking Directory?The Directory is the key architectural component that enables third party providers (TPPs) to enrol onto the Directory and initiate interactions through APIs with account servicing payment service providers (ASPSPs). At its core, it is an identity and access management service providing identity information supporting natural persons, organisations and software identity classes.The Directory will provide the necessary functional capabilities required for third party providers (TPPs) that successfully enrolled with OBL to identify and onboard with ASPSPs so that they can use the APIs provided by the ASPSPs. ASPSPs can utilise technical information contained within the Directory to validate organisation and software identity (active/inactive), QTSP validity and member state NCA register status (including passport information). What are the main functions of the Open Banking Directory?The functional capabilities can be broken up broadly into three capabilities: • Manage identities and access: The ability to issue and manage identity records for organisations and related natural persons that interact with the Directory.• Manage certificates: The ability to issue, manage and revoke digital certificates.• Manage directory information: The ability to update and find information maintained in the Directory, either through APIs and / or a UI delivered as a web application. What are some of the use cases for the Open Banking Directory?You can find illustrations of high-level use cases in our developer zone here: High Level Use Cases How long does the enrolment process take to complete?Once we receive your enrolment form, we undertake some checks / validation and then enrolment can take a few weeks to complete.Part of these checks include making sure your company has the right permissions under PSD2 i.e., that you are an ASPSP, AISP and/or PISP and, if you are a non-UK corporate entity, that you are authorised to passport into the UK. CONTACT USFor support with enrolling onto the Open Banking Directory, technical queries or any other aspect of our open banking solutions, just email our service desk.EMAIL US
THE OPEN BANKING DIRECTORY A trust framework of regulated providersThe Open Banking Directory is the core infrastructure of our ecosystem – enabling participants to request and grant access to customers’ financial data in a secure, permissioned way via open banking APIs. Our team of experts is on hand to help.Play VideoScroll for moreClick to close modal
Join the ecosystem Enrolling enables you to manage your company’s profile, digital certificates and the software statements you’ll need to connect with account providers. All the opportunities of open banking in one place. We also offer the following optional services: Conformance and Certification and Confirmation of Payee (CoP).
About the Directory Sign up to the DirectoryThis is where you can enrol and maintain the organisation that you represent and, if you have the appropriate roles, manage the digital certificates you need to transact securely in the open banking ecosystem.Enrol now LoginAccess the Open Banking Directory and Directory sandbox.To log in, you will need to authenticate yourself via the PingID app, so please have this ready before you log in.Login The Directory SandboxTest your service in the secure Directory Sandbox using dummy data. – ASPSPs and TPPs can test their services in the Directory Sandbox.– Technical Service Providers (TSPs) can use the Sandbox to test their open banking technologies. Crown Dependencies DirectoryBanks and financial institutions in Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man can also offer their customers access to open banking services through our Crown Dependencies Directory.Crown Dependencies Directory
Sign up to the DirectoryThis is where you can enrol and maintain the organisation that you represent and, if you have the appropriate roles, manage the digital certificates you need to transact securely in the open banking ecosystem.Enrol now
LoginAccess the Open Banking Directory and Directory sandbox.To log in, you will need to authenticate yourself via the PingID app, so please have this ready before you log in.Login
The Directory SandboxTest your service in the secure Directory Sandbox using dummy data. – ASPSPs and TPPs can test their services in the Directory Sandbox.– Technical Service Providers (TSPs) can use the Sandbox to test their open banking technologies.
Crown Dependencies DirectoryBanks and financial institutions in Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man can also offer their customers access to open banking services through our Crown Dependencies Directory.Crown Dependencies Directory
Secure entry point into the open banking ecosystem Confirm counterparties have the right permissions Reliable support and expertise from our team Sandbox Directory available for testing Mitigate against regulatory and reputational risk
Useful documents Directory specifications (Developer Zone)Detailed technical information on how the Directory works, including the roles of each participant. Guidelines for read/write participants (PDF)Do you provide account information or payment initiation services? You’ll find detailed technical information here. How to enrol onto the Open Banking Directory (PDF)See how each part of the enrolment process works – from getting started to submitting your enrolment form. Managing your access to the Directory: How to guide (PDF)Discover how to manage your access to the Open Banking Directory – from signing up and logging in to setting up your passphrase or changing your details. Viewing and requesting updates to your entity: How to guide (PDF)See how to manage individual and company contact details on the Directory.
Directory specifications (Developer Zone)Detailed technical information on how the Directory works, including the roles of each participant.
Guidelines for read/write participants (PDF)Do you provide account information or payment initiation services? You’ll find detailed technical information here.
How to enrol onto the Open Banking Directory (PDF)See how each part of the enrolment process works – from getting started to submitting your enrolment form.
Managing your access to the Directory: How to guide (PDF)Discover how to manage your access to the Open Banking Directory – from signing up and logging in to setting up your passphrase or changing your details.
Viewing and requesting updates to your entity: How to guide (PDF)See how to manage individual and company contact details on the Directory.
FAQsWe answer key questions about the Open Banking DIrectory What is the Open Banking Directory?The Directory is the key architectural component that enables third party providers (TPPs) to enrol onto the Directory and initiate interactions through APIs with account servicing payment service providers (ASPSPs). At its core, it is an identity and access management service providing identity information supporting natural persons, organisations and software identity classes.The Directory will provide the necessary functional capabilities required for third party providers (TPPs) that successfully enrolled with OBL to identify and onboard with ASPSPs so that they can use the APIs provided by the ASPSPs. ASPSPs can utilise technical information contained within the Directory to validate organisation and software identity (active/inactive), QTSP validity and member state NCA register status (including passport information). What are the main functions of the Open Banking Directory?The functional capabilities can be broken up broadly into three capabilities: • Manage identities and access: The ability to issue and manage identity records for organisations and related natural persons that interact with the Directory.• Manage certificates: The ability to issue, manage and revoke digital certificates.• Manage directory information: The ability to update and find information maintained in the Directory, either through APIs and / or a UI delivered as a web application. What are some of the use cases for the Open Banking Directory?You can find illustrations of high-level use cases in our developer zone here: High Level Use Cases How long does the enrolment process take to complete?Once we receive your enrolment form, we undertake some checks / validation and then enrolment can take a few weeks to complete.Part of these checks include making sure your company has the right permissions under PSD2 i.e., that you are an ASPSP, AISP and/or PISP and, if you are a non-UK corporate entity, that you are authorised to passport into the UK.
What is the Open Banking Directory?The Directory is the key architectural component that enables third party providers (TPPs) to enrol onto the Directory and initiate interactions through APIs with account servicing payment service providers (ASPSPs). At its core, it is an identity and access management service providing identity information supporting natural persons, organisations and software identity classes.The Directory will provide the necessary functional capabilities required for third party providers (TPPs) that successfully enrolled with OBL to identify and onboard with ASPSPs so that they can use the APIs provided by the ASPSPs. ASPSPs can utilise technical information contained within the Directory to validate organisation and software identity (active/inactive), QTSP validity and member state NCA register status (including passport information).
What are the main functions of the Open Banking Directory?The functional capabilities can be broken up broadly into three capabilities: • Manage identities and access: The ability to issue and manage identity records for organisations and related natural persons that interact with the Directory.• Manage certificates: The ability to issue, manage and revoke digital certificates.• Manage directory information: The ability to update and find information maintained in the Directory, either through APIs and / or a UI delivered as a web application.
What are some of the use cases for the Open Banking Directory?You can find illustrations of high-level use cases in our developer zone here: High Level Use Cases
How long does the enrolment process take to complete?Once we receive your enrolment form, we undertake some checks / validation and then enrolment can take a few weeks to complete.Part of these checks include making sure your company has the right permissions under PSD2 i.e., that you are an ASPSP, AISP and/or PISP and, if you are a non-UK corporate entity, that you are authorised to passport into the UK.
CONTACT USFor support with enrolling onto the Open Banking Directory, technical queries or any other aspect of our open banking solutions, just email our service desk.EMAIL US