Register of SVF Licensees – Hong Kong Monetary Authority

API Detailed Documentation

API URL:

https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/bank-svf-info/register-svf-licensees?lang=en&segment=SVFLic

Request Parameters (Mandatory)

Parameter Name	Description
lang	To input the language selected to output. Format: lang=(en\|tc) Example: lang=tc
segment	To indicate which sets of data are going to retrieve. Format: segment=data segment name (SVFLic/LBIssuingSVF/LBNotIssuingSVF) Example: segment=SVFLic

SVF Licensees (SVFLic)

List of licensed banks which are currently issuing or facilitating the issue of SVF (LBIssuingSVF)

List of licensed banks which are not currently issuing and facilitating the issue of SVF (LBNotIssuingSVF)

Output Fields (JSON)

Swagger Format

Name	Type	Description
name	String	Name of licensee (For SVFLic) Name of Licenced Bank (For LBIssuingSVF, LBNotIssuingSVF)
local_address	String	Address of the Place of Business in Hong Kong (For SVFLic) Address of the Principal Place of Business in Hong Kong (For LBIssuingSVF, LBNotIssuingSVF)
licence_no	String	Licence Number
effective_date	Date	Effective Date Date in ISO format yyyy-mm-dd, For example, 1997-01-01
latitude	Number	Latitude
longitude	Number	Longitude

API Examples

Javascript Example

$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/bank-svf-info/register-svf-licensees?lang=en&segment=SVFLic&offset=0',
dataType:'json',
success:function(data){
alert('results found:'+ data.result.datasize)
}
});

Python Example

import urllib.request
url = 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/bank-svf-info/register-svf-licensees?lang=en&segment=SVFLic&offset=0'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())

How to use the APIs

To learn more, please visit API documentation.