Planned system maintenance for Faster Payment System in December
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (December 10) 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. 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.
| Date | Time |
| December 16 (Sunday) | 3am - 6am |
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 fps.hkicl.com.hk/eng/fps/news_&_publications.php.
Ends/Monday, December 10, 2018
Issued at HKT 16:30
Issued at HKT 16:30
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