Create Bill Payment

Use the Create Bill Payment endpoint to create a bill payment transaction. Before you can use this endpoint, you must create the biller.

The account must be active (status: N) to use this endpoint. See Creating a Billpay Transaction for further instructions on using this endpoint.

Status codes

See Global Response Statuses for status codes that are common across endpoints.

The table below lists status codes that apply to this specific endpoint.

Status codeDescription
433-01Unknown biller
433-02Invalid payment date
433-03Invalid amount
433-04Transaction amount exceeds configured maximum bill payment amount
433-05Transaction amount plus fee exceeds customer available balance
433-06Account is not active
Form Data
string
required

Web service username, as provided by Galileo.
Pattern: Max 50 characters
Example: "AbC123-9999"

string
required

Web service password, as provided by Galileo.
Pattern: Max 15 characters
Example: "4sb62fh6w4h7w34g"

int32
required

Galileo-issued provider identifier.
Pattern: Max 10 digits
Example: 9999

string
required
1 to 60

A unique provider-generated ID to identify this API call. A UUID is preferred.
Pattern: 60 characters or less
Example: "9845dk-39fdk3fj3-4483483478"

string
required

The PRN or PAN of the account.
Pattern: PAN or PRN
Example: "074103447228"

float
required
≥ 0.01

Currency amount as a whole or decimal amount.
Pattern: Positive integer or decimal number
Example: 100.00, 100, or 100.73

int32
required
≥ 1

Identifier for the biller (biller_id) as returned by the Add RPPS Biller, Add Paper Biller or Get Billers endpoint.
Pattern: Positive integer
Example: 37323

date | null

Date in the future to process the payment. Leave blank to process the payment immediately.
Pattern: YYYY-MM-DD
Example: 2025-01-01

string | null

String to print in the memo field of printed paper checks.
Pattern: Max 50 alphanumeric characters including punctuation
Example: For babysitting

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