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BNY Mellon Payments API

The Payments API from BNY Mellon — 2 operation(s) for payments.

BNY Mellon Payments API is one of 5 APIs that BNY Mellon publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Payments. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 4.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.bnymellon.com/treasury/v4, https://apiuat.bnymellon.com/treasury/v4.

3 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
4.0.0
Base URL
https://api.bnymellon.com/treasury/v4
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

BNY Mellon Payments API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 5 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Payments 3
POST
/payments
Initiate Payment
initiatePayment body → 201400401
GET
/payments
List Payments
listPayments 3 params → 200401
GET
/payments/{paymentId}
Get Payment
getPayment 1 param → 200401404

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PaymentRequest (11 properties), PaymentResponse (9 properties), ErrorResponse (4 properties), PaymentListResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PaymentListResponse
object
List of payments
2 properties
PaymentRequest
object
Payment initiation request
11 properties 6 required
PaymentResponse
object
Payment response
9 properties
ErrorResponse
object
API error response
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

bank-of-new-york-mellon-payments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs BNY Mellon publishes across the network.

BNY Mellon Accounts API
BNY Mellon Balances API
BNY Mellon Funds Transfers API
BNY Mellon Transactions API
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