1. Hong Kong Faster Payment System User Guide
  2. HKFPS Processing
  3. Outbound Credit Transfer Processing
  4. Network Validations & Special Character Replacement

Network Validations & Special Character Replacement

Payer/Payee/Bank/Additional details entered for a payment transaction are validated against valid characters allowed for the network.
  • HKFPS Allowed characters set: A-Z, a-z, 0-9
  • HKFPS Allowed special characters: !@#$%^&*()_+{}|:<>?-=();',./
If fields contain any invalid HKFPS character, then transaction is rejected with proper error code. Following fields are validated:
  • Payer Name, Payer ID
  • Payee Mobile Number, Payee Email ID, Payee FPS ID, Payee Name, Payee ID
  • Remarks

Special characters entered in a payment transaction are validated and replaced with specific characters as defined in Special Characters maintenance.

Parent topic: Outbound Credit Transfer Processing