Glossary

Bill Type

The reference number or code and the description that indicates the type of bill you are paying. Please refer to the bill statement from the merchant.

Debtor Reference No.

This is the identifying reference between yourself and the recipient, such as electricity a/c no., mobile phone no., etc.

Expiry Date

This is the date you specified for the autopay instruction to be cancelled automatically. 'Until Further Notice' will be displayed if you haven't specified any expiry date and the instruction will be effective until the Bank receives further instructions from you.

Merchant (Bill Payee Account No.)

The name of the company or organisation and the merchant customer account number that you have instructed us to pay.

My Notes

A handy notes section is available where you can remind yourself what the forward-dated transfer or template is about. Note: this section does not form part of the instruction you send to the bank.

Recipient Name and Bank Account No.

This is the party you authorize the Bank to make payment to.

Registered Account

This is a useful feature if you transfer large amounts regularly (school fees, for example) to the same third-party account. For your own protection you are required to register these transfer accounts by submitting a request for to any HSBC branch in Hong Kong. Once the Registered Account has been set up, simply choose the 'Registered HSBC Account' option when making your transfer request and select the required account to which you wish to transfer funds.

Remarks

A handy note section where you can remind yourself details relating to the merchant. Note: this section does not form part of the instruction you send to the bank.

'Save as a Template' option

If you have selected this option and click 'Go', your transaction will be processed by the Bank and this will also create a pre-input instruction that you can use in the future for a similar transaction.

Status

This is the status of the autopay instruction. For newly set up instructions pending for further processing, 'Pending Set Up' will be displayed. For existing instruction pending for modification or deletion, 'Pending Modification' or 'Pending Deletion' will be displayed respectively.