Open Banking Security Profile - Implementer's Draft v1.0.1

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Implementer's Draft v1.0.0

 

Open Banking Read/Write API TeamRenamed to Implementer's Draft. Client Registration section moved to OB Directory Specification
Implementer's Draft v1.0.1

 

Open Banking Read/Write API Team

Recreating document from up to date sub sections.

Clarifications to Implementation Guide

  • Enhanced Payments API Sequence Diagram to improve readability
  • Enhanced Accounts API Sequence Diagram to improve readability and add in the GET and DELETE flows for Account Requests
  • Removing the need to repeat the API scopes when the exchanging of an Authorization Code for an Access Token for Payments and Accounts API requests in the Sequence Diagram and example HTTP Requests

UK Open Banking OIDC Security Profile

Introduction

In many cases, Fintech services such as aggregation services use screen scraping and store user passwords. This model is both brittle and insecure. To cope with the brittleness, it should utilize an API model with structured data and to cope with insecurity, it should utilize a token model such as OAuth [RFC6749, RFC6750].

Financial API aims to rectify the situation by developing a REST/JSON model protected by OAuth. However, just asking to use OAuth is too vague as there are many implementation choices. OAuth is a framework which can cover wide range of use-cases thus some implementation choices are easy to implement but less secure and some implementation choices are harder to implement but more secure. Financial services on the internet is a use-case that requires more secure implementation choices. That is, OAuth needs to be profiled to be used in the financial use-cases.

The OpenBanking Profile detailed below outlines the differences between the FAPI R+W profile with clauses and provisions necessary to reduce delivery risk for ASPSPs OP

Notational Conventions

The key words "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", and "can" in this document are to be interpreted as described in ISO Directive Part 2. These key words are not used as dictionary terms such that any occurence of them shall be interpreted as key words and are not to be interpreted with their natural language meanings.

Financial Services – Open Banking API Security Profile

This document is based on the OpenID Foundations Financial API Read+Write specification document which in turn is based on the Read only specification document. The OpenBanking profile will further shape these two base profiles in some cases tightening restrictions and in others loosening requirements using key words 

5. Read and Write API Security Profile

5.2  OB API Security Provisions

5.2.1 Introduction

Open Banking's API Profile does not distinguish between the security requirements from a technical level between "read" and "write" resources. The security requirements for accessing PSU resources held at ASPSPs requires more protection level than a basic RFC6749 supports. 

As a profile of The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework, this document mandates the following to the OpenBanking Financial APIs.

5.2.2 Authorization Server

The Authorization Server

  • shall support confidential clients;
  • shall not support public clients;
  • shall support user authentication at appropriate level as defined in PSD2 be that LoA 3 or 2 or other.
  • shall require the response_type values code or code id_token or code id_token token;
  • shall authenticate the confidential client at the Token Endpoint using one of the following methods:
    1. TLS mutual authentication [MTLS] https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-oauth-mtls-02.xml; or (Recommended)
    2. client_secret_basic or client_secret_post provided the client identifier matches the client identifier bound to the underlying mutually authenticated TLS transport session; or (Allowed)
    3. JWS Client Assertion using the client_secret or a private key as specified in section 9 of [OIDC]; (Recommended)
  • shall issue an ID Token in the token response when openid was included in the requested scope as in Section 3.1.3.3 of OIDC with its sub value corresponding to the "Intent Ticket ID"  and optional acr value in ID Token.
  • may support refresh tokens.

Further, if it wishes to provide the authenticated user's identifier to the client in the token response, the authorization server

  • shall issue an ID Token in the token response when openid was included in the requested scope as in Section 3.1.3.3 of [OIDC] with its sub value corresponding to the authenticated user and mandatory acr value in ID Token.
  • must support Request Objects passed by value as in clause 6.3 of OIDC.

5.2.3 Public Client

OpenBanking OPs can support Public Clients at their discretion.

Should an OP wish to support public clients all provisions of the FAPI Read Write API security profile will be adhered too with exceptions below;

  • shall request user authentication at appropriate level as defined in PSD2 be that LoA 3 or 2 or other.
5.2.4 Confidential Client

 A Confidential Client

  • may use separate and distinct Redirect URI for each Authorization Server that it talks to;
  • shall support the following methods to authenticate against the Token Endpoint:
    • TLS mutual authentication [MTLS]; or
    • JWS Client Assertion using the client_secret or a private key as specified in section 9 of [OIDC]; or
    • client_secret_basic or client_secret_post provided the client identifier matches the client identifier bound to the underlying mutually authenticated TLS transport session
  • shall accept signed ID Tokens; 

6. Accessing Protected Resources

6.2 Access provisions

6.2.1 Protected resources provisions

The resource server with the FAPI endpoints

  • shall mandate mutually authenticated TLS 1.2 or later as defined in RFC5246 with the usage following the best practice in RFC7525;
  • shall verify that the client identifier bound to the underlying mutually authenticated TLS transport session matches the client that the access token was issued to;

6.3 Client provisions

The confidential client supporting this document

  • shall use mutually authenticated TLS 1.2 or later as defined in RFC5246 with the usage following the best practice in RFC7525;

  • shall supply the last time the customer logged into the client in the x-fapi-customer-last-logged-time header where the value is supplied as ** w3c date **, e.g., x-fapi-customer-last-logged-time: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:43:31 UTC; and
  • shall supply the customer’s IP address if this data is available or applicable in the x-fapi-customer-ip-address header, e.g., x-fapi-customer-ip-address: 198.51.100.119; and
  • shall send x-fapi-financial-id whose value is the unique identifier of the financial institution assigned by OpenBanking.

Further, the client

  • may supply the customers authentication context reference (ACR) or applicable in the x-fapi-customer-acr header, e.g., x-fapi-customer-acr; 

7. Request object endpoint

7.1 Introduction

  • OPs may not support request_uri, OIDC Request Object by Reference.
  • OPs must support Request Objects passed by value as in clause 6.3 of OIDC.

8. Security Considerations

8.1 TLS Considerations

Since confidential information is being exchanged, all interactions shall be encrypted with TLS/SSL (HTTPS) in accordance with the recommendations in RFC7525. TLS version 1.2 or later shall be used for all communications.

8.2 Message source authentication failure and message integrity protection failure

It is not mandated that the Authorization request and response are authenticated. Use of request object for the Authorization request and returning an ID token in the Authorization response should be considered to provide message source authentication and integrity protection.

8.3 Message containment failure

8.3.1 Authorization request and response

In this document, the authorization request is not encrypted. Thus, it is possible to leak the information contained if the browser was infected with virus, etc.

Authorization response can be encrypted if an ID token is returned as ID tokens can be encrypted.

It is possible to leak the information through the logs if the parameters were recorded in the logs and the access to the logs are compromised. Strict access control to the logs in such cases should be enforced.

8.3.2 Token request and response

It is possible to leak the information through the logs if the parameters were recorded in the logs and the access to the logs are compromised. Strict access control to the logs in such cases should be enforced.

8.3.3 Resource request and response

Care should be taken so that the sensitive data will not be leaked through the referrer.

If the access token is a bearer token, it is possible to exercise the stolen token. Since the access token can be used against multiple URIs, the risk of its leaking is much larger than the refresh token, which is used only against the token endpoint. Thus, the lifetime of the access token should be much shorter than that of the refresh token. Refer to section 16.18 of OIDC for more discussion on the lifetimes of access tokens and refresh tokens.

Security Architecture

OAuth 2.0, OIDC and FAPI

OAuth 2.0 will be the foundational framework for API Security in OpenBanking.  The process of requesting a token is standards based - the question is, which standards.  OAuth 2.0 itself is a framework which can be deployed in many ways, some of them completely incompatible with financial models. In order to securely use the OAuth 2.0 framework, a profile must exist by which both TPP and ASPSP participants are certified to have correctly configured their clients and servers.  The Financial API working group in the OpenID Foundation has created a draft standard for configuration of financial grade API security regimes, and it is strongly recommended that OpenBanking follow that standard.  If any FAPI-compliant vendor can participate in the OpenBanking ecosystem, it means that vendors can work to the standard and reach many customers, rather than having to create different solutions for different banking platforms. 

Consuming PSU owned Resources from an ASPSP



Overview

See:  http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html#JWTRequests (OpenID Connect Core Section 6)

The OpenID Connect Request object uses exactly the same claims object for specifying claim names, priorities, and values, however if the request object is used, the claims object becomes a member in an assertion that can be signed and encrypted, allowing the ASPSP to authenticate the request from the TPP and ensure it hasn't been tampered with.  The OpenID Connect request object can either be passed as a query string parameter, or can be referenced at an endpoint that could theoretically be protected by MATLS. OpenBanking, in conjuction with major IAM vendors, is ruling out the use of JWT Request objects by reference due a number of delivery risks and remaining security concerns.

In addition to specifying a ticket, the TPP can optionally require a minimum strength of authentication context or request to know how long ago the user was actually authenticated.  Multiple tickets could be passed if necessary.  Everything is fully specified. Vendors who implement this feature are not creating a one-off proprietary feature, they are simply supporting the OpenID Connect standard.

Full accountability is available as required by all participants. Not only can the ASPSP prove that they received the original request from the TPP, but the TPP can prove that the access token that comes back was the token that was intended to be affiliated to this specific payment.

Hybrid Flow Request with Intent Id

This section describes parameters that should be used with an hybrid grant flow request so that an intent id can be passed from the TPP to an ASPSP.

Prior to this step, 

  1. The TPP would have already registered an intent with an ASPSP. This is achieved by using one of the account information or payment initiation APIs.
  2. The ASPSP would have responsded with an intent id.

Hybrid Grant Parameters

Minimum Conformance

Overview

This section describes the bare minimum set of Authorization Request parameters that an ASPSP must support for the Jan, 2018 release. The technical definitive reference is specified in OpenID Connect Core Errata 1 Section 6.1 (Request Object). All standards and guidance MUST be followed as per the specification.


All ASPSPs MUST support the issuance of OIDC ID Tokens, a TPP MAY request that an ID token is issued. 


Parameter

Open Banking

Notes

response_type

Required

OAuth 2.0 requires that this parameter is provided. Value is set to  'code id_token', 'code id_token token' or 'code'

TPPs MUST provide this parameter and set its value to one of the three above depending on what the ASPSP supports as described in its well-known configuration endpoint.

The values for these parameters MUST match those in the Request Object, if present.

Note: risks have been identified with "code" flow that can be mitigated with hybrid flow, the OpenBanking Profile allows ASPSPs to indicate what grant types are supported using the standard well-known configuration endpoint. RP's must take care in valdiating that code swap attacks have not been attempted.

client_idRequired

TPPs MUST provide this value and set it to the client id issued to them by the ASPSP to which the authorization code grant request is being made.

redirect_uriRequired

TPPs MUST provide the URI to which they want the resource owner's user agent to be redirected to after authorization.

This MUST be a valid, absolute URL that was registered during Client Registration with the ASPSP.

scopeRequired

TPPs MUST specify the scope that is being requested.

At a minimum the scope parameter MUST contain openid

The scopes MUST be a sub-set of the scopes that were registered during Client Registration with the ASPSP.

stateRecommended

TPPs MAY provide a state parameter.

The parameter may be of any format and is opaque to the ASPSP.

If the parameter is provided, the ASPSP MUST play-back the value in the redirect to the TPP

OPs SHOULD include the s_hash

requestRequired

The TPP MUST provide a value for this parameter.

The parameter MUST contain a JWS that is signed by the TPP.

The JWS payload MUST consist of a JSON object cotntaining a request object as per OIDC Core 6.1.

The request object MUST contain a claims section that includes as a minimum

  • openbanking_intent_id: that identifies the intent id for which this authorisation is requested
    The intent id MUST be the identifier for an intent returned by the ASPSP to TPP that is initiating the authorisation request.
  • acr_values
    TPPs MAY provide a space-separated string that specifies the acr values that the Authorization Server is being requested to use for processing this Authentication Request, with the values appearing in order of preference.

    The values MUST be one or both of:

    urn:openbanking:psd2:sca: To indiciate that secure customer authentication must be carried out as mandated by the PSD2 RTS

    urn:openbanking:psd2:ca: To request that the customer is authenticated without using SCA (if permitted)

    *Subject to review from Government Digital Services / Cabinet Office

Inside an ID Token.

The request object MAY contain claims to be retrieved via the UserInfo endpoint only if the endpoint is made available and listed on the well known configuration endpoint on the authorisation server.

The request object MAY contain additional claims to be requested should the ASPSPs Authorization Server support them, these claims will be listed on the OID Well Known configuration endpoint.

Example for minimum conformance

Examples are non-normative

HTTP Request

GET /authorize?
response_type=code%20id_token
&client_id=s6BhdRkqt3
&state=af0ifjsldkj&
&scope=openid
&nonce=n-0S6_WzA2Mj
&redirect_uri=https://api.mytpp.com/cb
&request=CJleHAiOjE0OTUxOTk1ODd.....JjVqsDuushgpwp0E.5leGFtcGxlIiwianRpIjoiM....JleHAiOjE0.olnx_YKAm2J1rbpOP8wGhi1BDNHJjVqsDuushgpwp0E

Request JWS (Without Base64 encoding)

Note that "essential" is an optional required OPTIONAL. Indicates whether the Claim being requested is an Essential Claim. If the value is true, this indicates that the Claim is an Essential Claim. For instance, the Claim request:

  "auth_time": {"essential": true}

can be used to specify that it is Essential to return an auth_time Claim Value.If the value is false, it indicates that it is a Voluntary Claim. The default is false.By requesting Claims as Essential Claims, the RP indicates to the End-User that releasing these Claims will ensure a smooth authorization for the specific task requested by the End-User. Note that even if the Claims are not available because the End-User did not authorize their release or they are not present, the Authorization Server MUST NOT generate an error when Claims are not returned, whether they are Essential or Voluntary, unless otherwise specified in the description of the specific claim. OIDC Core

{
    "alg""",
    "kid""GxlIiwianVqsDuushgjE0OTUxOTk"
}
.
{
   "aud""https://api.alphanbank.com",
   "iss""s6BhdRkqt3",
   "response_type""code id_token",
   "client_id""s6BhdRkqt3",
   "redirect_uri""https://api.mytpp.com/cb",
   "scope""openid payments accounts",
   "state""af0ifjsldkj",
   "nonce""n-0S6_WzA2Mj",
   "max_age": 86400,
   "claims":
    {
     "userinfo":
      {
       "openbanking_intent_id": {"value""urn:alphabank:intent:58923""essential"true}
      },
     "id_token":
      {
       "openbanking_intent_id": {"value""urn:alphabank:intent:58923""essential"true},
       "acr": {"essential"true,
                "values": ["urn:openbanking:psd2:sca",
                     "urn:openbanking:psd2:ca"]}}
      }
    }
}
.
<<signature>>


id_token returned - Sub being populated with an EphemeralId of the IntentId - Non Normative

{
  "alg""RS256",
  "kid""12345",
  "typ""JWT"
}
.
{
   "iss""https://api.alphabank.com",
   "iat": 1234569795,
   "sub""urn:alphabank:payment:58923",
   "acr""urn:openbanking:psd2:ca",
   "openbanking_intent_id""urn:alphabank:payment:58923",
   "aud""s6BhdRkqt3",
   "nonce""n-0S6_WzA2Mj",
   "exp": 1311281970,
   "s_hash""76sa5dd",
   "c_hash""asd097d"
  }
.
{
<<Signature>>
}

id_token returned - Identity Claims and IntentId With sub being populated with an UserIdentifier - Non Normative

{
  "alg""RS256",
  "kid""12345",
  "typ""JWT"
}
.
{
   "iss""https://api.alphabank.com",
   "iat": 1234569795,
   "sub""ralph.bragg@raidiam.com",
   "acr""urn:openbanking:psd2:sca",
   "address""2 Thomas More Square",
   "phone""+447890130559",
   "openbanking_intent_id""urn:alphabank:payment:58923",
   "aud""s6BhdRkqt3",
   "nonce""n-0S6_WzA2Mj",
   "exp": 1311281970,
   "s_hash""76sa5dd",
   "c_hash""asd097d"
  }
.
{
<<Signature>>
}

 ID Token Claims Details: Where appropriate please follow the JWT Good Practice Guides http://self-issued.info/docs/draft-sheffer-oauth-jwt-bcp-00.html#rfc.section.3.1 

  

Field

  

  

Definition

  

  

Notes

  

  

Value(s)

  

  

Required by
   Protocol

  

  

Required by
   OBIE

  

iss

Issuer of the token

Token issuer will be specific to the business 

https://private.api.hsbc.com

https://private.api.firstdirect.com

https://private.api.marksandspencer.com 

Yes

Yes
 A JSON string that represents the issuer identifier of the authorization server as defined in RFC7519. When a pure OAuth 2.0 is used, the value is the redirection URI. When OpenID Connect is used, the value is the issuer value of the authorization server.

sub

 
Token subject identifier
 

A unique and non-repeating identifier for the subject i.e the customer.
  couple of rules:

  • It needs to be the same when created by the authorisation and Token endpoints during the Hybrid flow. 

Non Identity Services Providers:

Use the Intent/Consent ID for this field.

Identity Services Providers:

Value at the discretion of the OP's.

Yes
 

Yes


openbanking_intent_id

Intent ID of the originating request

A unique and non-repeating identifier containing the intentid.Use the Intent/Consent ID for this field.
 
NoYes - it's acknowledged that this field may duplicate the value in "sub" for many providers.
aud
 
Audience that the ID token is intended for

OpenID Connect protocol mandates thisMUST include the client ID of the TPP.

Should contain the ClientID of the TPP's OAuth Client.Yes

Yes - as per FAPI RW / OpenID Standard.

exp

 

Token expiration date/time

 
 Expressed as an epoch i.e. number of seconds from
  1970-01-01T0:0:0Z as measured in UTC.
 RFC7519.
Yes
 

Yes

The validity length will be at the discretion of the Banks provided that it does not impact the functionality of the APIs. For example, an expiry time of 1 second is insufficient for all Resource Requests.
 

iat
 
Token issuance date/time
 
 

Expressed as an epoch i.e. number of seconds from
  1970-01-01T0:0:0Z as measured in UTC. 

RFC7519.

Yes

Yes

auth_timeDate/time when End User was authorisedThis field is Required when the max_age request is made or max_age is included as an essential claim. In order to be compliant with the protocol we therefore need to support it.Expressed as an epoch i.e. number of seconds from 1970-01-01T0:0:0Z as measured in UTC.Case-specific

Case-Specific 

nonce
 
Used to help mitigate against replay attacks
 
Value is passed in as a Request parameter. If present it must be replayed in the ID token


 

Case-Specific

 

Required by FAPI Read Write (Hybrid explicitly required - required by OIDC Core for Hybrid Flow).

Hybrid Flow support is optional in the OB Security Profile.

acrAuthentication Context Class Reference
 
An identifier that qualifies what conditions the authentication performed satisfied. The acr SHOULD correspond to one of the values requested by the acr_values field on the request however even if not present on the request the aspsp should populate the acr with a value that attests that the aspsp performed or NOT performed an appropriate level of authentication such that the aspsp believes it has met the requirement for "Strong Customer Authentication".The values to be provided will be to urn:openbanking:psd2:ca or urn:openbanking:psd2:sca. To cover the exemptions cases of PSD2 the PISP / AISP must have a way to request that a Bank NOT perform SCA for some requests. It’s entirely within the banks gift to ignore the requested ACR_VALUES however the Bank must reply with what level of AuthN was performed. (Once RTS comes into affect).
 

 

No

 

Yes

Caveated: As RTS is not signed off and will not be delivered by initial go-live aspsps do not have to provide a response value.

Aspsps that do not wish to provide this as a claim should remove it from the well-known configuration endpoint.

As per OIDC Core, marking a claim as "essential" and an ASPSP can not fulfill it then an error should not be generated.

amr

Authentication Methods ReferencesThe methods that are used in the authentication. For example, this field might contain indicators that a password was supplied or OTP initiated.
  

Note – industry direction is to consolidate on https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-richer-vectors-of-trust. so expect this field to be replaced shortly. AMR doesn’t give the flexibility to address all the actual particulars of both the authn and the identity that sits behind it.

No
 
No requirement to specify as it is to be soon superseded by Vectors of Trust.
 
azp
 
Authorized party
 

OPTIONAL. Authorized party - the party to which the ID Token was issued. If present, it MUST contain the OAuth 2.0 Client ID of this party. This Claim is only needed when the ID Token has a single audience value and that audience is different than the authorized party. It MAY be included even when the authorized party is the same as the sole audience. The azp value is a case sensitive string containing a StringOrURI value.

OB N/ANo
 
No specific requirement from OB.
 
s_hashState Hash ValueMay include state hash, s_hash, in the ID Token to protect the state value;Its value is the base64url encoding of the left-most half of the hash of the octets of the ASCII representation of the state value, where the hash algorithm used is the hash algorithm used in the algHeader Parameter of the ID Token's JOSE Header. For instance, if the alg is HS512, hash the code value with SHA-512, then take the left-most 256 bits and base64url encode them. The s_hashvalue is a case sensitive string.No

Recommended by OB

at_hashAccess Token Hash ValueAccess Token hash value.Its value is the base64url encoding of the left-most half of the hash of the octets of the ASCII representation of the access_token value, where the hash algorithm used is the hash algorithm used in the alg Header Parameter of the ID Token's JOSE Header. For instance, if the alg is RS256, hash the access_token value with SHA-256, then take the left-most 128 bits and base64url encode them. The at_hash value is a case sensitive string.Conditional

As per Hybrid Flow (OIDC Core) - Yes

If the ID Token is issued from the Authorization Endpoint with an access_token value, which is the case for the response_type value code id_token token, this is REQUIRED; otherwise, its inclusion is OPTIONAL.

c_hashCode hash value.Code Hash ValueIts value is the base64url encoding of the left-most half of the hash of the octets of the ASCII representation of the code value, where the hash algorithm used is the hash algorithm used in the alg Header Parameter of the ID Token's JOSE Header.Conditional

As per Hybrid Flow (OIDC Core) - Yes.

If the ID Token is issued from the Authorization Endpoint with a code, which is the case for the response_type values code id_token and code id_token token, this is REQUIRED; otherwise, its inclusion is OPTIONAL.

JSON Security Suite Information v1.0

General Guidance for JWT Best Practice: To Be Followed Where Appropriate

http://self-issued.info/docs/draft-sheffer-oauth-jwt-bcp-00.html#rfc.section.3.1


Algorithms to be supported: All Asymmetric Algorithms listed below

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

JWKS Endpoints

All JWKS endpoints will be hosted by OpenBanking Ltd. Upon issuance of a certificate a JWK Set will be created or updated for a given TPP.

All participants should include "kid" and "jku" of the key that was used to sign the payloads. The JKU should be considered a hint only and relying parties should derive and then validate wherever possible the appropriate JWKS endpoint for the message signer.

https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-jose-json-web-signature-41#section-4.1

example:

https://keystore.openbanking.org.uk/tpp/12345678.jwks

As certificates are added and removed by Participant Technical Contacts the jwks endpoint will be updated automatically.

General outline for creating a JWS

Step 1: Select the certificate and private key that will be used for signing the JWS

As the JWS is used for non-repudiation, it MUST be signed using one of JWS issuer's private keys.

The private key MUST have been used by the issuer to get a signing certificate issued from OB. 

The signing certificate MUST be valid at the time of creating the JWS.

Step 2: Form the JOSE Header

The JOSE header is a JSON object consisting of three fields (claims):

Claim

RFC 7515 Standard ?

Required ?

Description

algYesMandatory

The algorithm that will be used for signing the JWS.

The list of valid algorithms is here https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7518#section-3.1.

This MUST be an algorithm that support asymmetric encryption.

OB MAY limit this down further.

kidYes (optional)Mandatory
   The "kid" (key ID) Header Parameter is a hint indicating which key
   was used to secure the JWS. 

This MUST match the certificate id of the certificate selected in step 1.

The receiver SHOULD use this value to identify the certificate to be used for verifying the JWS.

Step 3: Form the payload to be signed

The JSON payload to be signed must have the following claims:

Claim

Required ?

Description

issMandatory

The issuer of the JWS.

This MUST match the dn of the certificate selected in step 1.

The payload to be signed is computed as:

payload = base64Encode (JOSEHeader) + "." + base64Encode( json)

Where:

JOSEHeader: is the header created in Step 2 and

json: is the message the original data to be sent

Step 4: Sign and encode the payload

The signed payload is computed as:

signedAndEncodedPayload = base64Encode (encrypt( privateKey, payload))

Where:

privateKey: is the private key selected in step 1

payload: is the payload computed in Step 3

encrypt: Is an encryption function that implements the `alg` identified in Step 2.

Step 5: Assemble the JWS

The JWS is computed as

JWS = payload + "." + signedAndEncodedPayload

Where:

payload: is the payload computed in Step 3

signedAndEncodedPayload: is the signed element computed in Step 5.

Implementation Guide

Overview

This page provides an implementation perspective of the OB Security Profile aligned to the accepted OB Read/Write APIs for Payments and Accounts Specifications.

Specified Behaviour

The implementation of both the Payments and Accounts API are based on the following known configurations:

Client Types

  • As per the OAuth 2.0 specification, the Confidential Client Type is illustrated for both Accounts and Payments API as it has the ability to maintain its own credentials.

Grant Types

OIDC Hybrid Flow (response_type=code id_token)

  • Both the Payments and Accounts APIs illustrate the use of request_type=code id_token for the OIDC Hybrid Flow implementation.    
  • The ASPSP may optionally choose to return Refresh Tokens for the Hybrid Flow when issuing an Access Token

Client Credentials Grant Type using multiple scopes (scope=accounts payments)

  • The Client Credentials Grant Type is used across both Payments and Account APIs only when the TPP (AISP/PISP) requires an Access Token (on behalf of itself) in order to access a Payment or Accounts API resource e.g.
    • Payments:

      POST /payments
      GET /payment-submissions/{PaymentSubmissionId}
    • Accounts: 

      POST /account-requests
  • Where an ASPSP enables the same Confidential Client  (ClientId) access to both Payments and Accounts APIs, a TPP may therefore choose to request for either a single scope e.g. accounts or for multiple scope(s) e.g. accounts payments as the TPP may want to use the same Access Token across both APIs. 
  • Only valid API scopes will be accepted when generating an Access Token (accounts payments). 
  • Access tokens generated by a Client Credentials grant may not return any refresh tokens (as per the OAuth 2.0 specification)

Access Tokens

  • For the Payments and Accounts APIs, the Access Token must be obtained within a Secure, Server Side Context between the TPP (AISP / PISP) and the ASPSP. 
  • Access Tokens must be validated by the TPP (AISP/PISP) as outlined within the OIDC Errata 1 Specification

Refresh Tokens

  • ASPSPs may optionally return a Refresh Token when an Authorization Request is successfully processed at the Token endpoint. The Hybrid flow supports the provisioning of Refresh Tokens.
  • The Accounts API implementation below cites an example for AISPs requesting a Refresh Token to refresh an expired Access Token prior to invoking the /accounts resource.
  • Refresh Tokens must be validated as outlined in the OIDC Errata 1 Specification

ID Tokens 

  • ID Tokens must be validated by the TPP (AISP/PISP) as outlined within the OIDC Errata 1 Specification
  • TPPs must use the openbanking_intent_id claim to populate and retrieve the IntentID (PaymentID for Payments API and AccountRequestId for the Accounts API) for any required validation.
  • The full set of claims that can be represented within an ID Token are documented in the Request Object and ID Token Section of the Security Profile.

Authorization Codes

Un-Specified Behaviour

The implementation of both the Payments and Accounts API are un-specified for the following configurations: 

Client Types

  • As per the OAuth 2.0 specification, the Public Client Type has not been illustrated for both Payments and Accounts APIs.

Grant Types

OIDC Hybrid Flow (response_type=code id_token token or response_type=code token)

  • Forces an Access Token to be returned from the ASPSP Authorization endpoint (instead of a token endpoint). This is not illustrated in the Payments and Accounts API Specifications.

OIDC Implicit Flow (response_type=id_token token or response_type=id_token)

  • The Implicit Flow does not authenticate the Client that is invoking the request. This is not illustrated in the Payments and Accounts API Specifications.

Client Credentials Grant Type(scope=openid email profile address phone)

  • Requesting OIDC specific scopes or any un-specified scopes when using the Client Credentials grant. 

Validity Lengths (Authorization Code, Access Token, ID Token, Refresh Token)

These are to be managed in the competitive space; Each ASPSP's Authorization / Resource Server will be configured independently to comply with internal ASPSP Security Policies and Guidelines. The Accounts and Payments API Specifications do not mandate validity lengths. 

Authorization Code

  •  OAuth 2.0 Specification suggests an Authorization Code should be short lived to a maximum of 10 minutes. Any codes exceeding this limit to be rejected.

ID Token

  • ID Token claims (exp and iat) determine its validity.

  • Returned with the Authorization Code when the Hybrid flow (code id_token) is initiated.

Access Token

  • The expires_in attribute returned by the Authorization Server when an Access Token is generated determines its validity.
  • Access Tokens are generally short lived, and where they expire, are then exchanged for another using a longer lived Refresh Token.
  • Refer to Section 16.18 of the OIDC Specification  - Lifetimes of Access Tokens and Refresh Tokens.

Refresh Token

  • The expires_in attribute returned by the Authorization Server when a Refresh Token is generated determines its validity.
  • Refresh Tokens are generally longer lived in comparison to Access Tokens.
  • Refer to Section 16.18 of the OIDC Specification  - Lifetimes of Access Tokens and Refresh Tokens.


Success Flows

Payment API Specification

The sequence diagram below highlights the OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials Grant and OIDC Hybrid flow that are used by the Payments API. 

Payment Initiation with Client Credentials Grant Type and OIDC Hybrid Flows
participant PSU
participant PISP
participant ASPSP Authorisation Server
participant ASPSP Resource Server
   
autonumber 1
    
PSU -> PISP: Establish TLS 1.2
    
note over PSU, ASPSP Resource Server
Step 1: Request payment initiation
end note
PSU -> PISP: Send payment initiation request
     
note over PSU, ASPSP Resource Server
 Step 2: Setup single payment initiation
end note
    
    PISP <-> ASPSP Authorisation Server: Establish TLS 1.2 MA
    note left of PISP
        Client Credentials Grant
    end note
    PISP->ASPSP Authorisation Server: POST /token (client authentication credentials, scope:payments)
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate client authentication credentials, scope
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate clientId matches client SSL cert
    ASPSP Authorisation Server -> PISP: HTTP 200 (OK) access-token (scope:payments)
        
    
    PISP <-> ASPSP Resource Server: Establish TLS 1.2 MA
    PISP -> ASPSP Resource Server: POST /payments (access-token - scope:payments)
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access token
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate scope:payments
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate clientId matches client SSL cert
       
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Create new payment resource
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Bind PaymentId with ClientId
    ASPSP Resource Server -> PISP: HTTP 201 (Created),  PaymentId
    
    note right of PISP
        Begin OIDC Hybrid Flow.
        See 6.1.  Passing a Request Object by Value
        See 5.5.  Requesting Claims using the "claims" Request Parameter
        The claims parameter must at least request:
             "id_token": {
       "openbanking_intent_id": {"value": PaymentId, "essential": true},
       "acr": {"essential": true}
      }
      The response object must be signed using the PISP's private key.
    end note
    PISP->PISP: Persist PaymentId
    note right of PISP
        The PISP should store the PaymentId in a manner
        that it can be retrieved again later in the flow in Step 4.
           
        This could be stored in the user session (and retrieved using 'state'
        as a key) or the PSU could use some other unique identifier.
           
        This will be re-retrieved in [43].
           
    end note
    PISP->PISP: Create signed request object with requested Claims (PaymentId)
    PISP -> PSU: HTTP 302 (Found); Location: /authorize,\nredirect-uri, clientId, state, nonce, scope=openid payments,\nresponse-type=code id_token,\nrequest=signed JWT request object - PaymentId)
    
note over PSU, ASPSP Resource Server
 Step 3: Authorize consent
end note
    
PSU -> ASPSP Authorisation Server: HTTP GET /authorize redirect-uri, clientId, state, nonce, scope=openid payments, response-type=code id_token,\nrequest=signed JWT request object - PaymentId
ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate clientid, scope
ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate redirect-uri for clientId
ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate JWT request claim -PaymentId
    note right of ASPSP Authorisation Server
        Validate the request object by using the PISP's public key.
        PISP certificate will be identified using the kid claim
        in the JOSE header of the request object.
           
        Check that the PaymentId belongs to the ClientId that initiated the request.
    end note
ASPSP Authorisation Server<->PSU: Authenticate (Login and consent page)
PSU <-> ASPSP Authorisation Server: SCA if required
PSU <-> ASPSP Authorisation Server: Select debtor account
ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Generate authorization-code, id_token
note right of ASPSP Authorisation Server
    id_token claims:{
    c_hash: 123,
    s_hash: 456
    }
    id_token must be signed using the ASPSP's private key.
    The generation of c_hash is documented in OIDC: 3.3.2.11.  ID Token
    The generation of s_hash is in FAPI R/W spec: Section 5.1
    http://openid.net/specs/openid-financial-api-part-2-wd-02.html#introduction
end note
   
ASPSP Authorisation Server -> PSU: HTTP 302 (Found); Location: redirect-uri (authorization-code, id_token, state)
PSU -> PISP: HTTP GET redirect-uri (authorization-code, id_token, state)
PISP->PISP: Validate signature on id_token
note right of PISP
    Validate the id_token by using the ASPSP's public key.
    ASPSP certificate will be identified using the kid claim
    in the JOSE header of the id_token
end note
PISP->PISP: Validate authorization-code using id_token (c_hash)
PISP->PISP: Validate state using id_token (s_hash)
PISP->PISP: Validate nonce using id_token
    
    
note right of PISP:
    Exchange authorization-code for access token.
end note
PISP <-> ASPSP Authorisation Server: Establish TLS 1.2 MA
PISP -> ASPSP Authorisation Server: HTTP POST /token (client authentication credentials,\nauthorization-code, grant_type)
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate clientId matches client SSL cert
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate client authentication credentials,\nauthorization-code
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Generate access-token
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Bind access-token to PaymentId
       
ASPSP Authorisation Server -> ASPSP Resource Server: Update Payment Status to AcceptedCustomerProfile
ASPSP Resource Server -> ASPSP Authorisation Server: OK
note right of ASPSP Authorisation Server
    Implementation of how the resource is updated is ASPSP specific. (There is
    no standardised API for this)
end note
   
   
ASPSP Authorisation Server -> PISP: HTTP 200 (OK) access-token (scope:payments)
     
       
note over PSU, ASPSP Resource Server
Step 4: Create payment submission
end note
PISP <-> ASPSP Resource Server: Establish TLS 1.2 MA
PISP->PISP: Retrieve PaymentId
note left of PISP
    Retrieve the PaymentId that was issued in Step 2.
    The method for doing this will depend on how the PISP persisted
    the payment id in [16]
       
end note
   
alt Validate PaymentId in  ID Token
    PISP->PISP: Decode / verify ID Token
    PISP->PISP: Read PaymentId from id_token claim
    PISP->PISP: Compare with PaymentId retrieved in [43]
else Validate PaymentId from UserInfo endpoint
    PISP->ASPSP Resource Server: GET /userInfo (access-token)
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token matches client SSL cert
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token
    ASPSP Resource Server->PISP: HTTP 200 (OK) - UserInfo claim - PaymentId
end
PISP -> ASPSP Resource Server: POST /payment-submissions (access-token - scope:payments) using PaymentId
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token matches client SSL cert
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate scope:payments
    note right of ASPSP Resource Server
        Check binding created in [38]
    end note
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Ensure access-token is bound to PaymentId
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Update payment status to AcceptedSettlementInProcess
ASPSP Resource Server -> PISP: HTTP 201 (Created), PaymentSubmissionId
     
note over PSU, ASPSP Resource Server
Step 5: Get payment submission status
end note
     
opt
    PISP <-> ASPSP Resource Server: Establish TLS 1.2 MA
    alt Use active access token to retrieve payment status
        PISP -> ASPSP Resource Server: GET /payment-submissions/{PaymentSubmissionId} (access-token - scope:payments)
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token matches client SSL cert
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate scope:payments
        ASPSP Resource Server->PISP: HTTP 200 (OK), payment-submissions resource
    else Initiate fresh access token via client credentials grant
        note left of PISP
            Client Credentials Grant
        end note
        PISP->ASPSP Authorisation Server: POST /token (client authentication credentials, scope:payments)
        ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate client authentication credentials, scope
        ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate clientId matches client SSL cert
        ASPSP Authorisation Server -> PISP: HTTP 200 (OK) access-token (scope:payments)
        PISP -> ASPSP Resource Server: GET /payment-submissions/{PaymentSubmissionId} (access-token - scope:payments)
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token matches client SSL cert
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate scope:payments
        ASPSP Resource Server->PISP: HTTP 200 (OK), payment-submissions resource
    end alt
end opt

Client Credentials Grant Type (OAuth 2.0)

Summary

This grant type is used by the PISP in Step 2 to setup a single payment with the ASPSP.

  1. The PISP initiates an Authorization request using valid Client Credentials Grant type and scope(s)
  2. The ASPSP Authorization Server validates the Client Authentication request from the PISP and generates an Access Token response where the request is valid
  3. The PISP uses the Access Token to create a new Payment resource against the ASPSP Resource Server
  4. The ASPSP Resource server responds with the PaymentId for the resource it has created. 
  5. The Client Credentials Grant may optionally be used by the PISP in Step 5 to retrieve the status of a Payment or Payment-Submission where no active Access Token is available.


OIDC Hybrid Flow

Summary

  • The Hybrid flow is the recommendation from the OB Security Profile and the FAPI Specification for R/W. The Hybrid flow prevents IdP mixup attacks as documented by Nat Sakimura - Cut and Paste OAuth 2.0 Attack
  • This is initiated at the end of Step 2 by the PISP after the PaymentId is generated by the ASPSP and returned to the PISP.
  • This is used in a redirect across the PSU and ASPSP in Step 3 in order for the PSU to authorize consent with the ASPSP - for the PISP to proceed with the Payment.
  • This is used across the PISP and ASPSP in Step 4 by exchanging the Authorization Code for an Access Token in order to create the Payment-Submission resource.

Non-Normative HTTP Request and Response Examples

Step 1 - Request Payment Initiation

There are no Requests and Responses against the Payments API in this Step for the PSU, PISP and ASPSP.

Step 2 - Setup Single Payment Initiation

1. PISP obtains an Access Token using a Client Credentials Grant Type. The scope payments must be used. When an Access Token expires, the PISP will need to re-request for another Access Token using the same request below. 

Request : Client Credentials using private_key_jwt

Response : Client Credentials

POST  /as/token.oauth2 HTTP/1.1
Host: https://authn.alphabank.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept: application/json
grant_type=client_credentials
&scope=payments
&client_assertion_type=
    urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Aclient-assertion-type%3Ajwt-bearer
&client_assertion=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRw
czovL2p3dC1pZHAuZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iLCJzdWIiOiJtYWlsdG86bWlrZUBleGFtcGxlLmN
vbSIsIm5iZiI6MTQ5OTE4MzYwMSwiZXhwIjoxNDk5MTg3MjAxLCJpYXQiOjE0OTkxODM2MD
EsImp0aSI6ImlkMTIzNDU2IiwidHlwIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9yZWdpc3Rlc
iJ9.SAxPMaJK_wYl_W2idTQASjiEZ4UoI7-P2SbmnHKr6LvP8ZJZX6JlnpK_xClJswAni1T
p1UnHJslc08JrexctaeEIBrqwHG18iBcWKjhHK2Tv5m4nbTsSi1MFQOlMUTRFq3_LQiHqV2
M8Hf1v9q9YaQqxDa4MK0asDUtE_zYMHz8kKDb-jj-Vh4mVDeM4_FPiffd2C5ckjkrZBNOK0
01Xktm7xTqX6fk56KTrejeA4x6D_1ygJcGfjZCv6Knki7Jl-6MfwUKb9ZoZ9LiwHf5lLXPuy
_QrOyM0pONWKj9K4Mj7I4GPGvzyVqpaZUgjcOaZY_rlu_p9tnSlE781dDLuw

Non-Base64 JWT client_assertion
{
  "alg": "RS256",
  "kid": "12345",
  "typ": "JWT"
}
.
{
  "iss": "s6BhdRkqt3",
  "sub": "s6BhdRkqt3",
  "exp": 1499187201,
  "iat": 1499183601,
  "jti": "id123456",
  "aud": "https://authn.alphabank.com/as/token.oauth2"
}
.
<<signature>>

Content-Length: 1103
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:18:28 GMT
{
    "access_token": "2YotnFZFEjr1zCsicMWpAA",
    "expires_in": 3600,
    "token_type": "bearer",
	"scope":"payments"
}



2. PISP uses the Access Token (with payments scope) from the ASPSP to invoke the Payments API.  This example is sourced directly from the Payment API Specification

Request : Payments APIResponse : Payments API
POST /payments HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer 2YotnFZFEjr1zCsicMWpAA
x-idempotency-key: FRESCO.21302.GFX.20
x-jws-signature: TGlmZSdzIGEgam91cm5leSBub
3QgYSBkZXN0aW5hdGlvbiA=..T2ggZ29vZCBldmVuaW5n
IG1yIHR5bGVyIGdvaW5nIGRvd24gPw==
x-fapi-financial-id: OB/2017/001
x-fapi-customer-last-logged-time: 2017-06-13T11:36:09
x-fapi-customer-ip-address: 104.25.212.99
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
 
{
  "Data": {
    "Initiation": {
      "InstructionIdentification": "ACME412",
      "EndToEndIdentification": "FRESCO.21302.GFX.20",
      "InstructedAmount": {
        "Amount": "165.88",
        "Currency": "GBP"
      },
      "CreditorAgent": {
        "SchemeName": "UKSortCode",
        "Identification": "SC080800"
      },
      "CreditorAccount": {
        "SchemeName": "BBAN",
        "Identification": "21325698",
        "Name": "ACME Inc",
        "SecondaryIdentification": "0002"
      },
      "RemittanceInformation": {
        "Reference": "FRESCO-101",
        "Unstructured": "Internal ops code 5120101"
      }
    }
  },
  "Risk": {
    "PaymentContextCode": "EcommerceGoods",
    "MerchantCategoryCode": "5967",
    "MerchantCustomerIdentification": "053598653254",
    "DeliveryAddress": {
      "AddressLine": [
        "Flat 7",
        "Acacia Lodge"
      ],
      "StreetName": "Acacia Avenue",
      "BuildingNumber": "27",
      "PostCode": "GU31 2ZZ",
      "TownName": "Sparsholt",
      "CountySubDivision": [
        "Wessex"
      ],
      "Country": "UK"
    }
  }
}
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
x-jws-signature: V2hhdCB3ZSBnb3QgaGVyZQ0K..aXMgZmFpbHVyZSB0b
yBjb21tdW5pY2F0ZQ0K
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Content-Type: application/json
 
{
  "Data": {
    "PaymentId": "58923",
    "Status": "AcceptedTechnicalValidation",
    "CreationDateTime": "2017-06-05T15:15:13+00:00",
    "Initiation": {
      "InstructionIdentification": "ACME412",
      "EndToEndIdentification": "FRESCO.21302.GFX.20",
      "InstructedAmount": {
        "Amount": "165.88",
        "Currency": "GBP"
      },
      "CreditorAgent": {
        "SchemeName": "UKSortCode",
        "Identification": "SC080800"
      },
      "CreditorAccount": {
        "SchemeName": "BBAN",
        "Identification": "21325698",
        "Name": "ACME Inc",
        "SecondaryIdentification": "0002"
      },
      "RemittanceInformation": {
        "Reference": "FRESCO-101",
        "Unstructured": "Internal ops code 5120101"
      }
    }
  },
  "Risk": {
    "PaymentContextCode": "EcommerceGoods",
    "MerchantCategoryCode": "5967",
    "MerchantCustomerIdentification": "053598653254",
    "DeliveryAddress": {
      "AddressLine": [
        "Flat 7",
        "Acacia Lodge"
      ],
      "StreetName": "Acacia Avenue",
      "BuildingNumber": "27",
      "PostCode": "GU31 2ZZ",
      "TownName": "Sparsholt",
      "CountySubDivision": [
        "Wessex"
      ],
      "Country": "UK"
    }
  },
  "Links": {
    "self": "https://api.alphabank.com/open-banking/v1.0/payments/58923"
  },
  "Meta": {}
}


Step 3 - Authorize Consent

1. PISP receives a PaymentId from the ASPSP. The PISP then creates an Authorization request (using a signed JWT Request containing the PaymentID as a claim) for the PSU to consent to the Payment directly with their ASPSP. The request is an OIDC Hybrid flow (requesting for Code and id_token)

Request : OIDC Hybrid Flow

Response : OIDC Hybrid Flow

  • Sourced from the OB Security Profile Request Object section
Base 64 Encoded Example
GET /authorize?
response_type=code id_token
&client_id=s6BhdRkqt3
&state=af0ifjsldkj
&scope=openid payments
&nonce=n-0S6_WzA2Mj
&redirect_uri=https://api.mytpp.com/cb
&request=CJleHAiOjE0OTUxOTk1ODd.....JjVqsDuushgpwp0E.5leGFtcGxlI
iwianRpIjoiM....JleHAiOjE0.olnx_YKAm2J1rbpOP8wGhi1BDNHJjVqsDuushgpwp0E


Non-Base64 encoded example of the request parameter object
{
    "alg": "",
    "kid": "GxlIiwianVqsDuushgjE0OTUxOTk"
}
.
{
   "iss": "https://api.alphabank.com",
   "aud": "s6BhdRkqt3",
   "response_type": "code id_token",
   "client_id": "s6BhdRkqt3",
   "redirect_uri": "https://api.mytpp.com/cb",
   "scope": "openid payments accounts",
   "state": "af0ifjsldkj",
   "nonce": "n-0S6_WzA2Mj",
   "max_age": 86400,
   "claims":
    {
     "userinfo":
      {
       "openbanking_intent_id": {"value": "urn:alphabank:intent:58923", "essential": true}
      },
     "id_token":
      {
       "openbanking_intent_id": {"value": "urn:alphabank:intent:58923", "essential": true},
       "acr": {"essential": true,
				"values": ["urn:openbanking:psd2:sca",
                     "urn:openbanking:psd2:ca"]}}}
      }
    }
}
.
<<signature>>
  • After the PSU has consented directly with the ASPSP via their web application (and confirmed the Debtor account) the ASPSP validates the Authorization request and generates an Auth Code and ID Token
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
  Location: https://api.mytpp.com/cb#
    code=SplxlOBeZQQYbYS6WxSbIA
    &id_token=eyJ0 ... NiJ9.eyJ1c ... I6IjIifX0.DeWt4Qu ... ZXso
    &state=af0ifjsldkj

 

2. The PSU is then redirected to the PISP. The PISP will now possess the Authorization Code and ID Token from the ASPSP. Note at this point, there is no Access Token. The PISP will now introspect the ID Token and use it as a detached signature to check:

  • The hash of the Authorization Code to prove it hasn't been tampered with during redirect (comparing the hash value against the c_hash attribute in ID Token)
  • The hash of the State to prove it hasn't been tampered with during redirect (comparing the state hash value against the s_hash attribute in the ID Token)
Example: ID Token
  • Sourced from the OB Security Profile Request Object section


     {
      "alg": "RS256",
      "kid": "12345",
      "typ": "JWT"
    }
    . 
    {
       "iss": "https://api.alphabank.com",
       "iat": 1234569795,
       "sub": "urn:alphabank:payment:58923",
       "acr": "urn:openbanking:psd2:ca",
       "openbanking_intent_id": "urn:alphabank:payment:58923",
       "aud": "s6BhdRkqt3",
       "nonce": "n-0S6_WzA2Mj",
       "exp": 1311281970,
       "s_hash": "76sa5dd",
       "c_hash": "asd097d"
      }
    .
    {
    <<signature>> 
    }
    


3. Once the state and code validations have been confirmed as successful by use of the ID token, the PISP will proceed to obtain an Access Token from the ASPSP using the Authorization Code they now possess. The PISP will present its Authorization Code together with the private_key_jwt. The Access Token is required by the PISP in order to submit the Payment on behalf of the PSU. The payments scope should already be associated with the Authorization Code generated in the previous step.

Request : Access Token Request using Authorization Code and private_key_jwtResponse : Access Token
POST /as/token.oauth2 HTTP/1.1
Host: https://authn.alphabank.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept: application/json
grant_type=authorization_code
&code=SplxlOBeZQQYbYS6WxSbIA
&client_assertion_type=
    urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Aclient-assertion-type%3Ajwt-bearer
&client_assertion=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRw
czovL2p3dC1pZHAuZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iLCJzdWIiOiJtYWlsdG86bWlrZUBleGFtcGxlLmN
vbSIsIm5iZiI6MTQ5OTE4MzYwMSwiZXhwIjoxNDk5MTg3MjAxLCJpYXQiOjE0OTkxODM2MD
EsImp0aSI6ImlkMTIzNDU2IiwidHlwIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9yZWdpc3Rlc
iJ9.SAxPMaJK_wYl_W2idTQASjiEZ4UoI7-P2SbmnHKr6LvP8ZJZX6JlnpK_xClJswAni1T
p1UnHJslc08JrexctaeEIBrqwHG18iBcWKjhHK2Tv5m4nbTsSi1MFQOlMUTRFq3_LQiHqV2
M8Hf1v9q9YaQqxDa4MK0asDUtE_zYMHz8kKDb-jj-Vh4mVDeM4_FPiffd2C5ckjkrZBNOK0
01Xktm7xTqX6fk56KTrejeA4x6D_1ygJcGfjZCv6Knki7Jl-6MfwUKb9ZoZ9LiwHf5lLXPuy
_QrOyM0pONWKj9K4Mj7I4GPGvzyVqpaZUgjcOaZY_rlu_p9tnSlE781dDLuw
Non-Base64 JWT client_assertion
{
  "alg": "RS256",
  "kid": "12345",
  "typ": "JWT"
}
.
{
  "iss": "s6BhdRkqt3",
  "sub": "s6BhdRkqt3",
  "exp": 1499187201,
  "iat": 1499183601,
  "jti": "id123456",
  "aud": "https://authn.alphabank.com/as/token.oauth2"
}
.
<<signature>>

  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: application/json
  Cache-Control: no-store
  Pragma: no-cache

  {
   "access_token": "SlAV32hkKG",
   "token_type": "Bearer",
   "expires_in": 3600
  }


Step 4 - Create Payment-Submission

1. The PISP has an Access Token which can be used to Create a Payment-Submission (Step 4). The PISP must obtain the PaymentId (Intent-ID) so that the Payment request is associated with the correct PaymentId. This can be sourced from either:

  1. The PaymentId claim from the signed ID Token (default). The PISP will need to decode the ID Token JWT and locate the claim attribute associated with the PaymentId.
  2. The PaymentId claim from the /userInfo resource endpoint of the ASPSP (optional for ASPSPs to implement) .

The example below provides an illustration of the PISP requesting the /userInfo endpoint of the ASPSP in order to get the PaymentID (returned as openbanking_intent_id)

Request : UserInfoResponse : UserInfo
GET /userinfo HTTP/1.1
  Host: api.alphabank.com
  Authorization: Bearer SlAV32hkKG
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: application/json

  {
   "sub": "PSU User Id",
   "openbanking_intent_id": [ "IntentId:1", "IntentId:2" ],
   "name": "Open Banking",
   "given_name": "Open Banking",
   "family_name": "Open Banking",
   "preferred_username": "Open Banking",
   "email": "Open Banking@example.com",
   "picture": "http://example.com/janedoe/me.jpg"
  }

2. The PISP can now invoke the /payment-submissions endpoint to commit the Payment using the Access Token and PaymentId in the payload of the request. This example is sourced from the Payment Initiation API Specification

Request : payment-submissionsResponse : payment-submissions
POST /payment-submissions HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer SlAV32hkKG
x-idempotency-key: FRESNO.1317.GFX.22
x-jws-signature: TGlmZSdzIGEgam91cm5leSBub3QgYSBkZXN0aW5hdGlvbiA=..T2ggZ29vZCBld
mVuaW5nIG1yIHR5bGVyIGdvaW5nIGRvd24gPw==
x-fapi-financial-id: OB/2017/001
x-fapi-customer-last-logged-time: 2017-06-13T11:36:09
x-fapi-customer-ip-address: 104.25.212.99
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
 
{
  "Data": {
    "PaymentId": "58923",
    "Initiation": {
      "InstructionIdentification": "ACME412",
      "EndToEndIdentification": "FRESCO.21302.GFX.20",
      "InstructedAmount": {
        "Amount": "165.88",
        "Currency": "GBP"
      },
      "CreditorAgent": {
        "SchemeName": "UKSortCode",
        "Identification": "SC080800"
      },
      "CreditorAccount": {
        "SchemeName": "BBAN",
        "Identification": "21325698",
        "Name": "ACME Inc",
        "SecondaryIdentification": "0002"
      },
      "RemittanceInformation": {
        "Reference": "FRESCO-101",
        "Unstructured": "Internal ops code 5120101"
      }
    }
  },
  "Risk": {
    "PaymentContextCode": "EcommerceGoods",
    "MerchantCategoryCode": "5967",
    "MerchantCustomerIdentification": "053598653254",
    "DeliveryAddress": {
      "AddressLine": [
        "Flat 7",
        "Acacia Lodge"
      ],
      "StreetName": "Acacia Avenue",
      "BuildingNumber": "27",
      "PostCode": "GU31 2ZZ",
      "TownName": "Sparsholt",
      "CountySubDivision": [
        "Wessex"
      ],
      "Country": "UK"
    }
  }
}
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
x-jws-signature: V2hhdCB3ZSBnb3QgaGVyZQ0K..aXMgZmFpbHVyZSB0byBjb21tdW5pY2F0ZQ0K
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Content-Type: application/json
 
{
  "Data": {
    "PaymentSubmissionId": "58923-001",
    "PaymentId": "58923",
    "Status": "AcceptedSettlementInProcess",
    "CreationDateTime": "2017-06-05T15:15:22+00:00"
  },
  "Links": {
    "self": "https://api.alphabank.com/open-banking/v1.0/payment-submissions/58923-001"
  },
  "Meta": {}
}

Step 5 - Get Payment-Submission Status

1. The PISP can query for the status of a Payment-Submission by invoking the /payment-submissions using the known PaymentSubmissionId. This can use an existing access token with payments scope or the PISP can obtain a fresh access token by replaying the client credentials grant request as per Step 2 - Setup Single Payment Initiation.

Request: payment-submissions/{PaymentSubmissionId}Response: payment-submissions
GET /payment-submissions/58923-001 HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer SlAV32hkKG
x-fapi-financial-id: OB/2017/001
x-fapi-customer-last-logged-time: 2017-06-13T11:36:09
x-fapi-customer-ip-address: 104.25.212.99
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Accept: application/json
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-jws-signature: V2hhdCB3ZSBnb3QgaGVyZQ0K..aXMgZmFpbHVyZSB0byBjb21tdW5pY2F0ZQ0K
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Content-Type: application/json
 
{
  "Data": {
    "PaymentSubmissionId": "58923-001",
    "PaymentId": "58923",
    "Status": "AcceptedSettlementInProcess",
    "CreationDateTime": "2017-06-05T15:15:22+00:00"
  },
  "Links": {
    "self": "https://api.alphabank.com/open-banking/v1.0/payment-submissions/58923-001"
  },
  "Meta": {}
}

2. A PISP can also optionally query for the status of a Payment resource by invoking /payments/{PaymentId}. This can use an existing access token with payments scope or the PISP can obtain a fresh access token by replaying the client credentials grant request as per Step 2 - Setup Single Payment Initiation.

Account API Specification

The sequence diagram below highlights the OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials Grant and OIDC Hybrid flow that are used by the Account and Transactions API.

Account and Transactions API with Client Credentials Grant and OIDC Hybrid flow
 participant PSU
participant AISP
participant ASPSP Authorisation Server
participant ASPSP Resource Server
autonumber 1
      
PSU -> AISP: Establish TLS 1.2
    
      
note over PSU, ASPSP Resource Server
    Step 1: Request account information
end note
PSU -> AISP: Get account/transaction information
     
note over PSU, ASPSP Resource Server
    Step 2: Setup account request
end note
AISP <-> ASPSP Authorisation Server: Establish TLS 1.2 MA
    
    note left of AISP
        Client Credentials Grant
    end note
    AISP->ASPSP Authorisation Server: POST /token (client authentication credentials, scope:accounts)
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate client authentication credentials, scope
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate clientId matches client SSL cert
    ASPSP Authorisation Server -> AISP: HTTP 200 (OK) access-token (scope:accounts)
    
    
AISP <-> ASPSP Resource Server: Establish TLS 1.2 MA
AISP -> ASPSP Resource Server: POST /account-requests (access-token - scope:accounts)
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access token
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate scope:accounts
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate clientId matches client SSL cert
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Create new account resource
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Bind AccountRequestId with ClientId
    
ASPSP Resource Server -> AISP: HTTP 201 (Created), AccountRequestId
    note right of AISP
        Begin OIDC Hybrid Flow.
        See 6.1.  Passing a Request Object by Value
        See 5.5.  Requesting Claims using the "claims" Request Parameter
        The claims parameter must at least request:
             "id_token": {
       "openbanking_intent_id": {"value": AccountRequestId, "essential": true},
       "acr": {"essential": true}
      }
      The response object must be signed using the PISP's private key.
    end note
    AISP->AISP: Persist AccountRequestId
      note right of AISP
        The AISP should store the AccountRequestId in a manner
        that it can be retrieved again later in the flow in Step 4.
             
        This could be stored in the user session (and retrieved using 'state'
        as a key) or the PSU could use some other unique identifier.
             
        This can be re-retrieved in [81] and [96].
             
    end note
    
    AISP->AISP: Create signed request object with requested Claims (AccountRequestId)
        
    
    
    AISP -> PSU: HTTP 302 (Found); Location: /authorize,\nredirect-uri, clientId, state, nonce, scope=openid accounts,\nresponse-type=code id_token,\nrequest=signed JWT request object - AccountRequestId)
    
     
note over PSU, ASPSP Resource Server
Step 3: Authorise consent
end note
PSU -> ASPSP Authorisation Server: HTTP GET /authorize redirect-uri, clientId, state, nonce, scope=openid accounts, response-type=code id_token,\nrequest=signed JWT request object - AccountRequestId
ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate clientid, scope
ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate redirect-uri for clientId
ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate JWT request claim -AccountRequestId
note right of ASPSP Authorisation Server
        Validate the request object by using the PISP's public key.
        PISP certificate will be identified using the kid claim
        in the JOSE header of the request object.
             
        Check that the AccountRequestId belongs to the ClientId that initiated the request.
    end note
    
PSU <-> ASPSP Authorisation Server: Authenticate (Login and Consent Page)
PSU <-> ASPSP Authorisation Server: SCA if required
PSU <-> ASPSP Authorisation Server: Select Accounts
ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Generate authorization-code, id_token
note right of ASPSP Authorisation Server
    id_token claims:{
    c_hash: 123,
    s_hash: 456
    }
    id_token must be signed using the ASPSP's private key.
    The generation of c_hash is documented in OIDC: 3.3.2.11.  ID Token
    The generation of s_hash is in FAPI R/W spec: Section 5.1
    http://openid.net/specs/openid-financial-api-part-2-wd-02.html#introduction
end note
ASPSP Authorisation Server-> ASPSP Authorisation Server: Bind selected Accounts to AccountRequestId
ASPSP Authorisation Server -> PSU: HTTP 302 (Found); Location: redirect-uri (authorization-code, id_token, state)
PSU -> AISP: HTTP GET redirect-uri (authorization-code, id_token, state)
AISP->AISP: Validate signature on id_token
note right of AISP
    Validate the id_token by using the ASPSP's public key.
    ASPSP certificate will be identified using the kid claim
    in the JOSE header of the id_token
end note
AISP->AISP: Validate authorization-code using id_token (c_hash)
AISP->AISP: Validate state using id_token (s_hash)
AISP->AISP: Validate nonce using id_token
note right of AISP:
    Exchange authorization-code for access token.
end note
    
    
    
AISP <-> ASPSP Authorisation Server: Establish TLS 1.2 MA
AISP -> ASPSP Authorisation Server: HTTP POST /token (client authentication credentials,\nauthorization-code, grant_type)
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate clientId matches client SSL cert
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate client authentication credentials,\nauthorization-code
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Generate access-token
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Bind access-token to AccountRequestId
    note right of ASPSP Authorisation Server
        Implies an association of Accounts to access-token
    end note
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Update account-requests Status to Authorised
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server:OK
    note right of ASPSP Authorisation Server
        Implementation of how the resource is updated is ASPSP specific (There
        is no standardised API for this)
    end note
alt Access Token
    ASPSP Authorisation Server -> AISP: HTTP 200 (OK) access-token (scope:accounts)
  
else Optional Refresh Token
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Generate Refresh Token
    ASPSP Authorisation Server -> AISP: HTTP 200 (OK) access-token, refresh-token (scope:accounts)
  
end
     
      
note over PSU, ASPSP Resource Server
Step 4: Request data
end note
AISP <-> ASPSP Resource Server: Establish TLS 1.2 MA
AISP<->AISP: Retrieve access-token
note left of AISP
    Retrieve the access-token that was issued in Step [42].
    The access-token is  linked with consented Accounts
    from Steps [27] and [39]
end note
  
alt Valid Access Token
    AISP -> ASPSP Resource Server: GET /accounts (access-token - scope:accounts)
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token matches client SSL cert
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate scope:accounts
    ASPSP Resource Server -> AISP: HTTP 200 (OK), List of accounts containing AccountId(s)
    AISP -> ASPSP Resource Server: GET /accounts/{AccountId}/transactions (access-token - scope:accounts)
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token matches client SSL cert
 
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate scope:accounts
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token bound to AccountId
    ASPSP Resource Server -> AISP: HTTP 200 (OK), List of transactions
else Expired Access Token
    AISP->AISP: Retrieve Refresh Token from [44]
    AISP->ASPSP Authorisation Server:HTTP POST /token (client authentication credentials,\ngrant_type=refresh_token,refresh_token=[58],\nscope=openid accounts)
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate clientId matches client SSL cert
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate client authentication credentials,\refresh_token
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Generate Access Token and Refresh Token
    ASPSP Authorisation Server -> AISP: HTTP 200 (OK) access-token, refresh-token (scope:accounts)
    AISP -> ASPSP Resource Server: GET /accounts (access-token - scope:accounts)
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token matches client SSL cert
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate scope:accounts
    ASPSP Resource Server -> AISP: HTTP 200 (OK), List of accounts containing AccountId(s)
    AISP -> ASPSP Resource Server: GET /accounts/{AccountId}/transactions (access-token - scope:accounts)
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token matches client SSL cert
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate scope:accounts
    ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access-token bound to AccountId
    ASPSP Resource Server -> AISP: HTTP 200 (OK), List of transactions
else Account Request - Get Status
AISP <-> ASPSP Authorisation Server: Establish TLS 1.2 MA
    
    note left of AISP
        Client Credentials Grant
    end note
    AISP->ASPSP Authorisation Server: POST /token (client authentication credentials, scope:accounts)
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate client authentication credentials, scope
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate clientId matches client SSL cert
    ASPSP Authorisation Server -> AISP: HTTP 200 (OK) access-token (scope:accounts)
    
    
    AISP <-> ASPSP Resource Server: Establish TLS 1.2 MA
    AISP->AISP: Retrieve AccountRequestId from [16]
    AISP -> ASPSP Resource Server: GET /account-requests/{AccountRequestId} (access-token - scope:accounts)
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access token
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate scope:accounts
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate clientId matches client SSL cert
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Lookup AccountRequestId resource
     
    ASPSP Resource Server -> AISP: HTTP 200 (OK), AccountRequest Status
 
else Account Request- PSU removes consent at a later point in time with the AISP
PSU -> AISP: Establish TLS 1.2
PSU -> AISP: Remove Consent
 
AISP <-> ASPSP Authorisation Server: Establish TLS 1.2 MA
    
    note left of AISP
        Client Credentials Grant
    end note
    AISP->ASPSP Authorisation Server: POST /token (client authentication credentials, scope:accounts)
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate client authentication credentials, scope
    ASPSP Authorisation Server->ASPSP Authorisation Server: Validate clientId matches client SSL cert
    ASPSP Authorisation Server -> AISP: HTTP 200 (OK) access-token (scope:accounts)
    
    
    AISP <-> ASPSP Resource Server: Establish TLS 1.2 MA
    AISP->AISP: Retrieve AccountRequestId from [16]
    AISP -> ASPSP Resource Server: DELETE /account-requests/{AccountRequestId} (access-token - scope:accounts)
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate access token
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate scope:accounts
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Validate clientId matches client SSL cert
        ASPSP Resource Server->ASPSP Resource Server: Delete AccountRequestId resource
     
    ASPSP Resource Server -> AISP: HTTP 204 (No Content)
    AISP->PSU: Consent Removed
end

Client Credentials Grant Type (OAuth 2.0)

Summary

This grant type is used by the AISP in Step 2 to register an intent for the PSU to allow the AISP to retrieve their Account information from an ASPSP.

  1. The AISP initiates an Authorization request using valid Client Credentials Grant type and scope(s)
  2. The ASPSP Authorization Server validates the Client Authentication request from the AISP and generates an Access Token response where the request is valid
  3. The AISP uses the Access Token to create a new Account Request resource against the ASPSP Resource Server
  4. The ASPSP Resource server responds with the AccountRequestId representing the resource it has created. 

OIDC Hybrid Flow

Summary

  • This is initiated at the end of Step 2 by the AISP after the AccountRequestId is generated by the ASPSP and returned to the AISP.
  • This is used in a redirect across the PSU and ASPSP in Step 3 in order for the PSU to authorize consent with the ASPSP - for the AISP to proceed with the requesting Account information.
  • This is used across the AISP and ASPSP in Step 4 by swapping the Authorization Code for an Access Token in order to retrieve PSU Account information.

Non-Normative HTTP Request and Response Examples

Step 1 - Request Account Information

There are no Requests and Responses against the Payments API in this Step for the PSU, PISP and ASPSP.

Step 2 - Setup Account Request

1. AISP obtains an Access Token using a Client Credentials Grant Type. The scope accounts must be used. When an Access Token expires, the AISP will need to re-request for another Access Token using the same request below.

Request : Client Credentials using private_key_jwt

Response : Client Credentials

POST  /as/token.oauth2 HTTP/1.1
Host: https://authn.alphabank.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept: application/json
grant_type=client_credentials
&scope=accounts
&client-assertion-type%3Ajwt-bearer
&client_assertion=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRw
czovL2p3dC1pZHAuZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iLCJzdWIiOiJtYWlsdG86bWlrZUBleGFtcGxlLmN
vbSIsIm5iZiI6MTQ5OTE4MzYwMSwiZXhwIjoxNDk5MTg3MjAxLCJpYXQiOjE0OTkxODM2MD
EsImp0aSI6ImlkMTIzNDU2IiwidHlwIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9yZWdpc3Rlc
iJ9.SAxPMaJK_wYl_W2idTQASjiEZ4UoI7-P2SbmnHKr6LvP8ZJZX6JlnpK_xClJswAni1T
p1UnHJslc08JrexctaeEIBrqwHG18iBcWKjhHK2Tv5m4nbTsSi1MFQOlMUTRFq3_LQiHqV2
M8Hf1v9q9YaQqxDa4MK0asDUtE_zYMHz8kKDb-jj-Vh4mVDeM4_FPiffd2C5ckjkrZBNOK0
01Xktm7xTqX6fk56KTrejeA4x6D_1ygJcGfjZCv6Knki7Jl-6MfwUKb9ZoZ9LiwHf5lLXPuy
_QrOyM0pONWKj9K4Mj7I4GPGvzyVqpaZUgjcOaZY_rlu_p9tnSlE781dDLuw

Non-Base64 JWT client_assertion
{
  "alg": "RS256",
  "typ": "JWT",
  "kid": "1234adsf"
}
.
{
  "iss": "s6BhdRkqt3",
  "sub": "s6BhdRkqt3",
  "exp": 1499187201,
  "iat": 1499183601,
  "jti": "id123456",
  "aud": "https://authn.alphabank.com/as/token.oauth2"
}
.
<<signature>>
Content-Length: 1103
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:18:28 GMT
{
    "access_token": "2YotnFZFEjr1zCsicMWpAA",
    "expires_in": 3600,
    "token_type": "bearer",
	"scope":"accounts"
}


2. AISP uses the Access Token (with accounts scope) from the ASPSP to invoke the Accounts API.  This example is sourced directly from the Account and Transactions API Specification

Request: Accounts APIResponse: Accounts API
POST /account-requests HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer 2YotnFZFEjr1zCsicMWpAA
x-jws-signature: TGlmZSdzIGEgam91cm5leSBub3QgYSBkZXN0aW5hdGlvbiA=..T2ggZ29vZCBldmVua
W5nIG1yIHR5bGVyIGdvaW5nIGRvd24gPw==
x-fapi-financial-id: OB/2017/001
x-fapi-customer-last-logged-time: 2017-06-13T11:36:09
x-fapi-customer-ip-address: 104.25.212.99
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{
  "Data": {
    "Permissions": [
      "ReadAccountsDetail",
      "ReadBalances",
      "ReadBeneficiariesDetail",
      "ReadDirectDebits",
      "ReadProducts",
      "ReadStandingOrdersDetail",
      "ReadTransactionsCredits",
      "ReadTransactionsDebits",
      "ReadTransactionsDetail"
    ],
    "ExpirationDateTime": "2017-05-02T00:00:00-00:00",
    "TransactionFromDateTime": "2017-05-03T00:00:00-00:00",
    "TransactionToDateTime": "2017-12-03T00:00:00-00:00"
  },
  "Risk": {}
}
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
x-jws-signature: V2hhdCB3ZSBnb3QgaGVyZQ0K..aXMgZmFpbHVyZSB0byBjb21tdW5pY2F0ZQ0K
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Content-Type: application/json
 
{
  "Data": {
    "AccountRequestId": "88379",
    "Status": "AwaitingAuthentication",
    "CreationDateTime": "2017-05-02T00:00:00-00:00",
    "Permissions": [
      "ReadAccountsDetail",
      "ReadBalances",
      "ReadBeneficiariesDetail",
      "ReadDirectDebits",
      "ReadProducts",
      "ReadStandingOrdersDetail",
      "ReadTransactionsCredits",
      "ReadTransactionsDebits",
      "ReadTransactionsDetail"
    ],
    "ExpirationDateTime": "2017-08-02T00:00:00-00:00",
    "TransactionFromDateTime": "2017-05-03T00:00:00-00:00",
    "TransactionToDateTime": "2017-12-03T00:00:00-00:00"
  },
  "Risk": {},
  "Links": {
    "self": "/account-requests/88379"
  },
  "Meta": {
    "total-pages": 1
  }
}


Step 3 - Authorize Consent

1. AISP receives a AccountRequestId from the ASPSP. The AISP then creates an Authorization request (using a signed JWT Request containing the AccountRequestId as a claim) for the PSU to consent to the Account request directly with their ASPSP. The request is an OIDC Hybrid flow (requesting for Code and id_token)

Request : OIDC Hybrid Flow

Response : OIDC Hybrid Flow

  • Sourced from the OB Security Profile Request Object section

    Base 64 Encoded Example
    GET /authorize?
    response_type=code id_token
    &client_id=s6BhdRkqt3
    &state=af0ifjsldkj
    &scope=openid accounts
    &nonce=n-0S6_WzA2Mj
    &redirect_uri=https://api.mytpp.com/cb
    &request=CJleHAiOjE0OTUxOTk1ODd.....JjVqsDuushgpwp0E.5leGFtcGxlI
    iwianRpIjoiM....JleHAiOjE0.olnx_YKAm2J1rbpOP8wGhi1BDNHJjVqsDuushgpwp0E
    Non-Base64 encoded example of the request parameter object
    {
        "alg": "RS256",
        "kid": "GxlIiwianVqsDuushgjE0OTUxOTk"
    }
    .
    {
       "iss": "https://api.alphabank.com",
       "aud": "s6BhdRkqt3",
       "response_type": "code id_token",
       "client_id": "s6BhdRkqt3",
       "redirect_uri": "https://api.mytpp.com/cb",
       "scope": "openid payments accounts",
       "state": "af0ifjsldkj",
       "nonce": "n-0S6_WzA2Mj",
       "max_age": 86400,
       "claims":
        {
         "userinfo":
          {
           "openbanking_intent_id": {"value": "urn:alphabank:intent:88379", "essential": true}
          },
         "id_token":
          {
           "openbanking_intent_id": {"value": "urn:alphabank:intent:88379", "essential": true},
           "acr": {"essential": true,
    				"values": ["urn:openbanking:psd2:sca",
                         "urn:openbanking:psd2:ca"]}}
          }
        }
    }
    .
    <<signature>>
  • After the PSU has consented directly with the ASPSP via their web application (and confirmed Account access) the ASPSP validates the Authorization request and generates an Auth Code and ID Token

HTTP/1.1 302 Found
  Location: https://api.mytpp.com/cb#
    code=SplxlOBeZQQYbYS6WxSbIA
    &id_token=eyJ0 ... NiJ9.eyJ1c ... I6IjIifX0.DeWt4Qu ... ZXso
    &state=af0ifjsldkj


2. The PSU is then redirected to the AISP. The AISP will now possess the Authorization Code and ID Token from the ASPSP. Note at this point, there is no Access Token. The AISP will now introspect the ID Token and use it as a detached signature to check:

  • The hash of the Authorization Code to prove it hasn't been tampered with during redirect (comparing the hash value against the c_hash attribute in ID Token)
  • The hash of the State to prove it hasn't been tampered with during redirect (comparing the state hash value against the s_hash attribute in the ID Token)

Example: ID Token

  • Sourced from the OB Security Profile Request Object section

    {
       "alg": "RS256",
      "kid": "GxlIiwianVqsDuushgjE0OTUxOTk"
    } 
    .
    {
       "iss": "https://api.alphabank.com",
       "iat": 1234569795,
       "sub": "urn:alphabank:accountRequestId:88379",
       "acr": "urn:openbanking:psd2:ca",
       "openbanking_intent_id": "urn:alphabank:accountRequestId:88379",
       "aud": "s6BhdRkqt3",
       "nonce": "n-0S6_WzA2Mj",
       "exp": 1311281970,
       "s_hash": "76sa5dd",
       "c_hash": "asd097d"
      }

3. Once the state and code validations have been confirmed as successful by use of the ID token, the AISP will proceed to obtain an Access Token from the ASPSP using the Authorization Code they now possess. The AISP will present its Authorization Code together with the private_key_jwt. The Access Token is required by the AISP in order to access PSU Account information. The accounts scope should already be associated with the Authorization Code generated in the previous step.

Request : Access Token request using Authorization Code and private_key_jwt

Response : Access Token (with Optional Refresh Token)

POST  /as/token.oauth2 HTTP/1.1
Host: https://authn.alphabank.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept: application/json
grant_type=authorization_code
&code=SplxlOBeZQQYbYS6WxSbIA
&client-assertion-type%3Ajwt-bearer
&client_assertion=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRw
czovL2p3dC1pZHAuZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iLCJzdWIiOiJtYWlsdG86bWlrZUBleGFtcGxlLmN
vbSIsIm5iZiI6MTQ5OTE4MzYwMSwiZXhwIjoxNDk5MTg3MjAxLCJpYXQiOjE0OTkxODM2MD
EsImp0aSI6ImlkMTIzNDU2IiwidHlwIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9yZWdpc3Rlc
iJ9.SAxPMaJK_wYl_W2idTQASjiEZ4UoI7-P2SbmnHKr6LvP8ZJZX6JlnpK_xClJswAni1T
p1UnHJslc08JrexctaeEIBrqwHG18iBcWKjhHK2Tv5m4nbTsSi1MFQOlMUTRFq3_LQiHqV2
M8Hf1v9q9YaQqxDa4MK0asDUtE_zYMHz8kKDb-jj-Vh4mVDeM4_FPiffd2C5ckjkrZBNOK0
01Xktm7xTqX6fk56KTrejeA4x6D_1ygJcGfjZCv6Knki7Jl-6MfwUKb9ZoZ9LiwHf5lLXPuy
_QrOyM0pONWKj9K4Mj7I4GPGvzyVqpaZUgjcOaZY_rlu_p9tnSlE781dDLuw
Non-Base64 JWT client_assertion
{
  "alg": "RS256",
  "kid": "12345",
  "typ": "JWT"
}
.
{
  "iss": "s6BhdRkqt3",
  "sub": "s6BhdRkqt3",
  "exp": 1499187201,
  "iat": 1499183601,
  "jti": "id123456",
  "aud": "https://authn.alphabank.com/as/token.oauth2"
}
.
<<signature>>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Cache-Control: no-store
Pragma: no-cache
 
{
 "access_token": "SlAV32hkKG",
 "token_type": "Bearer",
 "expires_in": 3600,
 "refresh_token": "1Sm4HAl33z4"
}


Step 4 - Request Account Data

1. The AISP can use the Access Token to retrieve Accounts (bulk or specific). The following examples are from the Account and Transaction API Specification

Where the initial Access Token expires, the AISP can use the Refresh token in order to obtain a fresh Access Token.

Request : Accounts APIResponse: Accounts API

Example request against the bulk Accounts resource

GET /accounts HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer SlAV32hkKG
x-fapi-financial-id: OB/2017/001
x-fapi-customer-last-logged-time: 2017-06-13T11:36:09
x-fapi-customer-ip-address: 104.25.212.99
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Accept: application/json
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-jws-signature: V2hhdCB3ZSBnb3QgaGVyZQ0K..aXMgZmFpbHVyZSB0byBjb21tdW5pY2F0ZQ0K
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Content-Type: application/json
 
{
  "Data": {
    "Account": [
      {
        "AccountId": "22289",
        "Currency": "GBP",
        "Nickname": "Bills",
        "Account": {
          "SchemeName": "BBAN",
          "Identification": "10203345",
          "Name": "Mr Kevin",
          "SecondaryIdentification": "00021"
        },
        "Servicer": {
          "SchemeName": "UKSortCode",
          "Identification": "SC802001"
        }
      },
      {
        "AccountId": "31820",
        "Currency": "GBP",
        "Nickname": "Household",
        "Account": {
          "SchemeName": "BBAN",
          "Identification": "10203348",
          "Name": "Mr Kevin"
        },
        "Servicer": {
          "SchemeName": "UKSortCode",
          "Identification": "SC802001"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "Links": {
    "self": "/accounts/"
  },
  "Meta": {
    "total-pages": 1
  }
}

Example request for a specific Account Id

GET /accounts/22289 HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer SlAV32hkKG
x-fapi-financial-id: OB/2017/001
x-fapi-customer-last-logged-time: 2017-06-13T11:36:09
x-fapi-customer-ip-address: 104.25.212.99
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Accept: application/json
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-jws-signature: V2hhdCB3ZSBnb3QgaGVyZQ0K..aXMgZmFpbHVyZSB0byBjb21tdW5pY2F0ZQ0K
x-fapi-interaction-id: 93bac548-d2de-4546-b106-880a5018460d
Content-Type: application/json
 
{
  "Data": {
    "Account": [
      {
        "AccountId": "22289",
        "Currency": "GBP",
        "Nickname": "Bills",
        "Account": {
          "SchemeName": "BBAN",
          "Identification": "10203345",
          "Name": "Mr Kevin",
          "SecondaryIdentification": "00021"
        },
        "Servicer": {
          "SchemeName": "UKSortCode",
          "Identification": "SC802001"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "Links": {
    "self": "/accounts/22289"
  },
  "Meta": {
    "total-pages": 1
  }
}
Request: Refresh Token request using private_key_jwtResponse: Refresh Token
POST  /as/token.oauth2 HTTP/1.1
Host: https://authn.alphabank.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept: application/json
grant_type=refresh_token
&refresh_token=1Sm4HAl33z4
&scope=openid accounts
&client-assertion-type%3Ajwt-bearer
&client_assertion=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRw
czovL2p3dC1pZHAuZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iLCJzdWIiOiJtYWlsdG86bWlrZUBleGFtcGxlLmN
vbSIsIm5iZiI6MTQ5OTE4MzYwMSwiZXhwIjoxNDk5MTg3MjAxLCJpYXQiOjE0OTkxODM2MD
EsImp0aSI6ImlkMTIzNDU2IiwidHlwIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9yZWdpc3Rlc
iJ9.SAxPMaJK_wYl_W2idTQASjiEZ4UoI7-P2SbmnHKr6LvP8ZJZX6JlnpK_xClJswAni1T
p1UnHJslc08JrexctaeEIBrqwHG18iBcWKjhHK2Tv5m4nbTsSi1MFQOlMUTRFq3_LQiHqV2
M8Hf1v9q9YaQqxDa4MK0asDUtE_zYMHz8kKDb-jj-Vh4mVDeM4_FPiffd2C5ckjkrZBNOK0
01Xktm7xTqX6fk56KTrejeA4x6D_1ygJcGfjZCv6Knki7Jl-6MfwUKb9ZoZ9LiwHf5lLXPuy
_QrOyM0pONWKj9K4Mj7I4GPGvzyVqpaZUgjcOaZY_rlu_p9tnSlE781dDLuw

A new Access Token and Refresh Token will be returned to the AISP for them to query /accounts resources

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Cache-Control: no-store
Pragma: no-cache
 
{
 "access_token": "TYstftas123j",
 "token_type": "Bearer",
 "expires_in": 3600,
 "refresh_token": "XUUGas123ed"
}




Edge Cases

This section provides further information on potential edge cases that may arise via the implementation of Accounts and Payments API Specifications. 

PSU Consent Authorization Interrupt with ASPSP


APIScenarioWorkflow StepImpactSolution Options
Payments

Due to an interruption, the PSU does not complete the Authorization of the Payment with the ASPSP when redirected by the PISP (after creating a PaymentId)


Step 3: Authorize Consent

Payment Status remains as Pending or AcceptedTechnicalValidation

The PISP may choose to implement a separate follow up process which reminds the PSU to complete their Authorization consent steps with the ASPSP. This would imply re-using the PaymentId that has a status of Pending or AcceptedTechnicalValidation and re-issuing another Hybrid Flow request to the ASPSP. The implementation of how the follow up process is initiated is in the competitive space for the PISPs to decide.

AccountsDue to an interruption, the PSU does not complete the Authorization of the Accounts request with the ASPSP when redirected by the AISP (after creating an AccountRequestId)Step 3: Authorize ConsentAccount Status remains as AwaitingAuthorisationThe AISP may choose to implement a separate follow up process which reminds the PSU to complete their Authorization consent steps with the ASPSP. This would imply re-using the AccountRequestId that has a status of AwaitingAuthorisation and re-issuing another Hybrid Flow request to the ASPSP. The implementation of how the follow up process is initiated is in the competitive space for the AISPs to decide.