FinancialInstitution

Validate an IBAN

Validate the format of an IBAN and check whether it is registered with the given financial institution. However, we cannot verify if the account is still open.

get/iban/{iban}

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.column.com
  • URL: https://api.column.com/iban/{iban}
  • Auth: HTTP basic

Path parameters

ibanstring required

Response

Successful response

account_numberstring required

Account number in the financial institution

bank_idstring required

Local bank code of the financial institution in its country

bicstring required

BIC of the financial institution

branch_idstring nullable

Branch ID of the financial institution

check_digitsstring required

Check digits of the IBAN

country_codestring required

ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 Country Code (e.g., US, FR, UK, DE) of the financial institution

ibanstring required

The IBAN being validated

institution_namestring required

Name of the financial institution

national_idstring required

National ID of the financial institution in its country, which usually consists of its bank_id and branch_id

Example response

{
  "account_number": "31926819",
  "bank_id": "NWBK",
  "bic": "NWBKGB2L",
  "branch_id": "601613",
  "check_digits": "29",
  "country_code": "GB",
  "iban": "GB29NWBK60161331926819",
  "institution_name": "NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC",
  "national_id": "NWBK601613"
}

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.