Getting Ready for the new PPSR

Glossary

Update your existing PPSR and G2B Account Details

So that you don't miss out on any important information from MBIE ensure that your PPSR Account details are up-to-date. For example, that your email address is current.

For more information see https://support.api.business.govt.nz/customer/portal/articles/2927464-updating-ppsr-and-g2b-account-details. This demonstrates how to update your PPSR Customer Account and G2B User Account.

Create RealMe Logins

For each rPPSR User, remember you should have at least two in your organisation, ensure they have a RealMe Login; and if not create one.

See https://www.realme.govt.nz/what-it-is/ for more information about what it is and creating a RealMe Login.

Note: You will need to agree to the RealMe Terms & Conditions, https://www.realme.govt.nz/terms-use/realme-terms-use/ provided by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), specifically that Email addresses and passwords are not shared.

RealMe Logins are used to prove who you are when you're online, and to log into lots of New Zealand sites and services, like Passports, Work and Income and the Companies Office.

Subscribing to the MBIE Business API

Note, this must be done for each RealMe Login you will be using.

• Go to https://api.business.govt.nz/api/.
• Login with your RealMe Account.
• Go to the My Subscriptions page to access the Consumer Secret and Consumer Keys.

Configure the Consumer Secret & Consumer Keys in finPOWER Connect

To configure the API Credentials in finPOWER Connect, go to Global Settings, Clients, NZ Government and define the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret. These same credentials will be used for the rPPSR.

To use the NZBN Register interface in finPOWER Connect you must subscribe to the NZBN subscription on the MBIE's API web page.

To subscribe to the NZBN

Note, this must be done for each RealMe Login you will be using.

• Go to https://api.business.govt.nz/api/.
• Login with your RealMe Login details (if not already logged in).
• Go to the APIs page or click "Explore APIs".
• Click on the NZBN Service and then the NZBN Search.
• At the top of this page click the "Subscribe" button
• A pop-up message appears noting that the Subscription has been requested.
• Under the "My Subscriptions" page you should now see NZBN listed under Subscribed APIs as Pending.
• You should get an email to say it is pending approval, this email may also include a request to sign the API Agreement. This will need to be signed and returned.
• After a while you will get another email saying it has been granted.

If your Subscription isn't approved within 24 hours contact the API Subscription Support Centre on 0800 624 301.

To subscribe to MBIE

Note, this must be done for each RealMe Login you will be using.

• Go back to APIs, and select Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment.
• At the top of this page click the "Subscribe" button.
• This will show up as MBIE-Echo. This should show in your "My Subscriptions" immediately without the need to be approved.

Test your Subscriptions

Once you have received confirmation that your subscriptions have been approved you can check they work within finPOWER Connect.

In finPOWER Connect go to Global Settings, Clients group, NZ Government page and click the "Verify" button.

In addition you can now use the "NZGovernment" service in Credit Enquiries and looking up Company Information.

To subscribe to the rPPSR

To use the rPPSR interface in finPOWER Connect you must subscribe to the PPSR subscription on the MBIE's API web page.

Note, this must be done for each RealMe Login you will be using.

• Go to https://api.business.govt.nz/api/.
• Login with your RealMe Login details.
• Go to the APIs page or click "Explore APIs".
• Click on the New Zealand Companies Office Personal Property Securities category and then the PPSR link (not PPSR-G2B).
• At the top of this page click the "Subscribe" button.
• A popup message appears noting that the Subscription has been requested.
• Under the My Subscriptions page you should now see PPSR listed under Subscribed APIs as Pending.

If your Subscription isn't approved within 24 hours contact the API Subscription Support Centre on 0800 624 301.

If you wish to test the rPPSR interface before the Go Live there is a "Sandbox" environment that can be used prior to the go live date. This should not be used in your production finPOWER Connect database. For more information please contact your Intersoft Dealer.

Update Organisation Clients within finPOWER Connect

If your Company creates PPSR Registrations for Non-Individual (Organisation) Clients, we suggest importing and running the NZBNCUP (Update NZBN for existing Clients) Script.

This Script is supplied with finPOWER Connect and can be imported from:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Intersoft\finPOWERConnect3\Templates\Sample Scripts\Script_ClientUpdateNZBN.xml".

When run, this will update the NZBN for all existing Clients (matching where the Company Incorporation Number is defined) and return a list of Clients that were unable to be updated. Note that the Script Constant UpdateClientBusinessNumber will need to be set to True for NZBN's to be updated (if left as False, only a report is generated and no changes are made to any Clients).

Also note that the Script timeout is set to 10 minutes which may not be long enough for larger databases. We recommend running the Script in small batches to confirm results (you can control how many are updated by using the MaximumClients Script Constant), and then increase the timeout as required to update the remainder of the database.

For more information please contact your Intersoft Dealer.