Planned System Maintenance for Faster Payment System (FPS) in December 2018

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today that the Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited (HKICL), the operator of the FPS, has scheduled the following system maintenance window of the FPS in December 2018.  During the period, all the FPS real-time services, including real-time funds transfers and registration of mobile number or email address with the FPS as an account proxy for receiving funds, will be suspended.

The public may contact their banks or stored value facility operators for more details regarding the availability of the related services that may be affected by the above planned system maintenance exercise.

The HKICL may schedule FPS system maintenance window from time to time.  Such information will be available on the FPS website https://fps.hkicl.com.hk/eng/fps/news_&_publications.php. 

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority
10 December 2018