Q:
Are special characters allowed to be used in the message fields: debtor, creditor or beneficiary name for Business and Personal PIS APIs?
A:
Yes, we have a regular expression to specify what characters are supported for debtor message, creditor message and beneficiary name fields. The regular expression is designed to match a wide range of characters that can be used in words in a number of languages, including:
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- Lowercase and uppercase letters (a-z, A-Z)
- Numbers (0-9)
- Underscores (_)
- Special characters and symbols: ä, Ä, å, Å, ö, Ö, é, É, æ, Æ, â, Â, è, È, ê, Ê, ø, Ø, ó, Ó, ò, Ò, ô, Ô, ñ, Ñ, ç, Ç, ß, €, $, £, ₤
- Punctuation: . , : ; - + " '/ \"
And for cross border creditor address the regular expression is:
"^[a-zëïâêîôûàèùáéíóúñåäöæøA-ZËÏÂÊÎÔÛÀÈÙÁÉÍÓÚÑÆØÅÄÖ0-9\\s.:;,-?!%,&@*()+<=>_´ '/]+$""Note: whitespaces are permitted, however the name cannot start with a whitespace.
Q:
Would a string such as " abc'd & yy_y$ " cause issues when used as a creditor name for Swedish private payments?
A:
Testing is available in the sandbox environment, where you can validate the scenario and identify potential issues with the example.
Refer to: Nordea Developer Portal (API Market Sandbox) guide
Q:
Are there country- or payment type-specific characters for Personal PIS APIs?
A:
No. The regular expression outlined above defines the allowed characters.