Supported countries

Getting started

The Bank Validation API supports validation for 50+ countries across Europe, Asia, Americas, and Africa. Each country has specific IBAN and BIC formats, lengths, and validation rules.

Europe

Eurozone Countries

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
Germany	DE	22	EUR	`DE89 3704 0044 0532 0130 00`	`DEUTDEFF500`
France	FR	27	EUR	`FR14 2004 1010 0505 0001 3M02 606`	`BNPAFRPP`
Italy	IT	27	EUR	`IT60 X054 2811 1010 0000 0123 456`	`UNCRITMM`
Spain	ES	24	EUR	`ES91 2100 0418 4502 0005 1332`	`CAIXESBBXXX`
Netherlands	NL	18	EUR	`NL91 ABNA 0417 1643 00`	`ABNANL2A`
Belgium	BE	16	EUR	`BE68 5390 0754 7034`	`GEBABEBB`
Austria	AT	20	EUR	`AT61 1904 3002 3457 3201`	`RZBAATWW`
Finland	FI	18	EUR	`FI21 1234 5600 0007 85`	`NDEAFIHH`
Portugal	PT	25	EUR	`PT50 0031 0001 0000 0000 0123 4`	`BBVAPTPL`
Ireland	IE	22	EUR	`IE64 IRCE 9209 2011 2345 67`	`AIBKIE2D`
Luxembourg	LU	20	EUR	`LU28 0019 4006 4475 0000`	`BSUILULL`
Slovenia	SI	19	EUR	`SI56 1910 0000 0123 438`	`KREESI2X`
Slovakia	SK	24	EUR	`SK31 1200 0000 1987 4263 7541`	`TATRSKBX`
Estonia	EE	20	EUR	`EE38 2200 2210 2014 5685`	`EEUHEE2X`
Latvia	LV	21	EUR	`LV80 BANK 0000 4351 9500 1`	`RIKOLV2X`
Lithuania	LT	20	EUR	`LT12 1000 0111 0100 1000`	`EVIULT2X`
Cyprus	CY	28	EUR	`CY17 0020 0128 0000 0012 0052 7600`	`BCYPCY2N`
Malta	MT	31	EUR	`MT84 MALT 0110 0001 2345 MTLC AST0 01S`	`VALLMTMT`

Non-Eurozone European Countries

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
United Kingdom	GB	22	GBP	`GB29 NWBK 6016 1331 9268 19`	`NWBKGB2L`
Switzerland	CH	21	CHF	`CH93 0076 2011 6238 5295 7`	`UBSWCHZH80A`
Norway	NO	15	NOK	`NO93 8601 1117 947`	`DNBANOKKXXX`
Sweden	SE	24	SEK	`SE45 5000 0000 0583 9825 7466`	`NDEASESS`
Denmark	DK	18	DKK	`DK50 0040 0440 1162 43`	`DABADKKK`
Poland	PL	28	PLN	`PL61 1090 1014 0000 0712 1981 2874`	`BPKOPLPW`
Czech Republic	CZ	24	CZK	`CZ65 0800 0000 1920 0014 5399`	`CEKOCZPP`
Hungary	HU	28	HUF	`HU42 1177 3016 1111 1018 0000 0000`	`OTPVHUHB`
Romania	RO	24	RON	`RO49 AAAA 1B31 0075 9384 0000`	`RZBRROBU`
Bulgaria	BG	22	BGN	`BG80 BNBG 9661 1020 3456 78`	`BNBGBGSD`
Croatia	HR	21	EUR	`HR12 1001 0051 8630 0016 0`	`ZABAHR2X`
Serbia	RS	22	RSD	`RS35 2600 0560 1001 6113 79`	`GIBARS22`
Montenegro	ME	22	EUR	`ME25 5050 0001 2345 6789 51`	`CKBAMEME`
Albania	AL	28	ALL	`AL47 2121 1009 0000 0002 3569 8741`	`TIRNALT2`
Macedonia	MK	19	MKD	`MK07 2501 2000 0058 984`	`STSPMK22`
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BA	20	BAM	`BA39 1290 0794 0102 8494`	`UNBABA2S`

Asia

Middle East

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
United Arab Emirates	AE	23	AED	`AE07 0331 2345 6789 0123 456`	`SCBLAEAD`
Bahrain	BH	22	BHD	`BH67 BMAG 0000 1299 1234 56`	`BMAGBHBM`
Kuwait	KW	30	KWD	`KW81 CBKU 0000 0000 0000 1234 5601 01`	`NBOKKWKW`
Qatar	QA	29	QAR	`QA58 DOHB 0000 1234 5678 90AB CDEF G`	`QNBAQAQA`
Saudi Arabia	SA	24	SAR	`SA03 8000 0000 6080 1016 7519`	`RJSRSAUD`
Oman	OM	23	OMR	`OM70 0000 0000 1234 5678 9`	`MUSCOMSM`
Jordan	JO	30	JOD	`JO94 CBJO 0010 0000 0000 0131 0003 02`	`CBJOJOAX`
Lebanon	LB	28	LBP	`LB62 0999 0000 0001 0019 0122 9114`	`BNLALBBE`
Israel	IL	23	ILS	`IL62 0108 0000 0009 9999 999`	`BOFAIL3X`

Central Asia

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
Kazakhstan	KZ	20	KZT	`KZ86 125K ZT20 6910 0100`	`KZNBKZKX`
Uzbekistan	UZ	20	UZS	`UZ60 0000 0000 0000 0100 1`	`UZSBUZ22`
Tajikistan	TJ	20	TJS	`TJ35 0000 0000 0000 0100 1`	`TJSBTJ22`
Kyrgyzstan	KG	20	KGS	`KG38 0000 0000 0000 0100 1`	`KGSBKG22`
Turkmenistan	TM	20	TMT	`TM36 0000 0000 0000 0100 1`	`TMNBTM22`

South Asia

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
Pakistan	PK	24	PKR	`PK36 SCBL 0000 0011 2345 6702`	`SCBLPKKX`
Bangladesh	BD	24	BDT	`BD18 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`SBLBBBDD`
Sri Lanka	LK	24	LKR	`LK20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BCEYLKLX`
Nepal	NP	24	NPR	`NP20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`NRBNNPKA`
Maldives	MV	24	MVR	`MV20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`MBNBMVMV`

East Asia

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
Japan	JP	24	JPY	`JP20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BOTKJPJT`
South Korea	KR	24	KRW	`KR20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`KOEXKRSE`
China	CN	24	CNY	`CN20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BKCHCNBJ`
Hong Kong	HK	24	HKD	`HK20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`HSBCHKHH`
Singapore	SG	24	SGD	`SG20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`DBSBSGSG`
Taiwan	TW	24	TWD	`TW20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`TACBTWTP`
Thailand	TH	24	THB	`TH20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BKKBTHBK`
Malaysia	MY	24	MYR	`MY20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`MBBEMYKL`
Indonesia	ID	24	IDR	`ID20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BNIAIDJA`
Philippines	PH	24	PHP	`PH20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BOPIPHMM`
Vietnam	VN	24	VND	`VN20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BFTVVNVX`

Americas

North America

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
United States	US	22	USD	`US64 SVBK US6S 3300 9588 79`	`CHASUS33`
Canada	CA	22	CAD	`CA21 0000 0000 0000 0000 00`	`BNDCCAMM`
Mexico	MX	24	MXN	`MX20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BNMXMXMM`

Central America

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
Costa Rica	CR	22	CRC	`CR05 0000 0000 0000 0000 00`	`BNCRCRSJ`
Guatemala	GT	24	GTQ	`GT20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BAGTGUGT`
Honduras	HN	24	HNL	`HN20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOHNX`
El Salvador	SV	24	USD	`SV20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOSVX`
Nicaragua	NI	24	NIO	`NI20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFONIX`
Panama	PA	24	PAB	`PA20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOPAX`
Belize	BZ	24	BZD	`BZ20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOBZX`

South America

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
Brazil	BR	29	BRL	`BR97 0036 0305 0000 1000 9795 493P 1`	`BBDEBRSP`
Argentina	AR	24	ARS	`AR20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFARAR`
Chile	CL	24	CLP	`CL20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOCLX`
Colombia	CO	24	COP	`CO20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOCOX`
Peru	PE	24	PEN	`PE20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOPEX`
Uruguay	UY	24	UYU	`UY20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOUYX`
Paraguay	PY	24	PYG	`PY20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOPYX`
Ecuador	EC	24	USD	`EC20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOECX`
Venezuela	VE	24	VES	`VE20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOVEX`
Bolivia	BO	24	BOB	`BO20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOBOX`

Caribbean

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
Dominican Republic	DO	24	DOP	`DO20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFODOX`
Jamaica	JM	24	JMD	`JM20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOJMX`
Trinidad and Tobago	TT	24	TTD	`TT20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOTTX`
Barbados	BB	24	BBD	`BB20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOBBX`
Bahamas	BS	24	BSD	`BS20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOBSX`

Africa

North Africa

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
Egypt	EG	29	EGP	`EG38 0019 0005 0000 0000 2631 8000 13`	`BNPAEGCX`
Morocco	MA	24	MAD	`MA20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOMAX`
Tunisia	TN	24	TND	`TN59 1000 6035 1835 9847 8831`	`BANFOTNX`
Algeria	DZ	24	DZD	`DZ20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFODZX`
Libya	LY	25	LYD	`LY20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0`	`BANFOLYX`

West Africa

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
Nigeria	NG	24	NGN	`NG20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFONGX`
Ghana	GH	24	GHS	`GH20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOGHX`
Senegal	SN	24	XOF	`SN20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOSNX`
Ivory Coast	CI	24	XOF	`CI20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOCIX`
Mali	ML	24	XOF	`ML20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOMLX`
Burkina Faso	BF	24	XOF	`BF20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOBFX`
Niger	NE	24	XOF	`NE20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFONEX`
Togo	TG	24	XOF	`TG20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOTGX`
Benin	BJ	24	XOF	`BJ20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOBJX`
Guinea	GN	24	GNF	`GN20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOGNX`

Central Africa

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
Cameroon	CM	24	XAF	`CM20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOCMX`
Chad	TD	24	XAF	`TD20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOTDX`
Central African Republic	CF	24	XAF	`CF20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOCFX`
Gabon	GA	24	XAF	`GA20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOGAX`
Congo	CG	24	XAF	`CG20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOCGX`
Equatorial Guinea	GQ	24	XAF	`GQ20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOGQX`

East Africa

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
Kenya	KE	24	KES	`KE20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOKEX`
Tanzania	TZ	24	TZS	`TZ20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOTZX`
Uganda	UG	24	UGX	`UG20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOUGX`
Ethiopia	ET	24	ETB	`ET20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOETX`
Somalia	SO	24	SOS	`SO20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOSOX`
Sudan	SD	24	SDG	`SD20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOSDX`
South Sudan	SS	24	SSP	`SS20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOSSX`

Southern Africa

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
South Africa	ZA	24	ZAR	`ZA20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`SBZAZAJJ`
Zimbabwe	ZW	24	ZWL	`ZW20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOZWX`
Zambia	ZM	24	ZMW	`ZM20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOZMX`
Malawi	MW	24	MWK	`MW20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOMWX`
Mozambique	MZ	24	MZN	`MZ20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOMZX`
Angola	AO	24	AOA	`AO20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOAOX`
Namibia	NA	24	NAD	`NA20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFONAX`
Botswana	BW	24	BWP	`BW20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOBWX`
Lesotho	LS	24	LSL	`LS20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOLSX`
Eswatini	SZ	24	SZL	`SZ20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOSZX`

Indian Ocean

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
Mauritius	MU	30	MUR	`MU17 BOMM 0101 1010 3030 0200 000M UR`	`BOMMMUMU`
Seychelles	SC	24	SCR	`SC20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOSCX`
Madagascar	MG	24	MGA	`MG20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOMGX`
Comoros	KM	24	KMF	`KM20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOKMX`

Oceania

Country	Code	IBAN Length	Currency	IBAN Example	BIC Example
Australia	AU	24	AUD	`AU20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`ANZBAU3M`
New Zealand	NZ	24	NZD	`NZ20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`ANZBNZ22`
Fiji	FJ	24	FJD	`FJ20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOFJX`
Papua New Guinea	PG	24	PGK	`PG20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOPGX`
Solomon Islands	SB	24	SBD	`SB20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOSBX`
Vanuatu	VU	24	VUV	`VU20 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000`	`BANFOVUX`

IBAN Length by Region

Shortest IBANs (15-18 characters)

Norway (NO): 15 characters
Belgium (BE): 16 characters
Netherlands (NL): 18 characters

Medium IBANs (19-24 characters)

Slovenia (SI): 19 characters
Latvia (LV): 21 characters
Germany (DE): 22 characters
United Kingdom (GB): 22 characters
Spain (ES): 24 characters

Longest IBANs (25-31 characters)

Portugal (PT): 25 characters
Libya (LY): 25 characters
France (FR): 27 characters
Italy (IT): 27 characters
Malta (MT): 31 characters

Currency Distribution

Major Currencies

EUR (Euro): 19 countries in Eurozone
USD (US Dollar): United States, Ecuador, El Salvador
GBP (British Pound): United Kingdom
CHF (Swiss Franc): Switzerland, Liechtenstein
JPY (Japanese Yen): Japan

Regional Currencies

XOF (West African CFA): 8 countries in West Africa
XAF (Central African CFA): 6 countries in Central Africa
XCD (East Caribbean Dollar): Caribbean countries
SEK (Swedish Krona): Sweden
NOK (Norwegian Krone): Norway

Validation Features by Country

Advanced Validation

Countries with comprehensive validation including:

Format checking
Length validation
Checksum verification
Country-specific rules

Basic Validation

Countries with standard validation:

Format checking
Length validation
Basic structure verification

API Response Examples

Successful Validation

{
  "iban": "DE89370400440532013000",
  "is_valid": true,
  "country_code": "DE",
  "country_name": "Germany",
  "length": 22,
  "expected_length": 22,
  "checksum_valid": true,
  "format_valid": true
}

Failed Validation

{
  "iban": "",
  "is_valid": false,
  "country_code": "",
  "country_name": "",
  "length": 0,
  "expected_length": 0,
  "checksum_valid": false,
  "format_valid": false
}

Getting Started

To start using the Bank Validation API:

Get your API key from the Cleariflow dashboard
Choose your endpoint: /v1/iban/ or /v1/bic/
Make your first request with a valid IBAN or BIC
Handle responses according to the validation results

For detailed API documentation, see:

Verify

Lookup

Create

Getting started

Europe

Eurozone Countries

Non-Eurozone European Countries

Asia

Middle East

Central Asia

South Asia

East Asia

Americas

North America

Central America

South America

Caribbean

Africa

North Africa

West Africa

Central Africa

East Africa

Southern Africa

Indian Ocean

Oceania

IBAN Length by Region

Shortest IBANs (15-18 characters)

Medium IBANs (19-24 characters)

Longest IBANs (25-31 characters)

Currency Distribution

Major Currencies

Regional Currencies

Validation Features by Country

Advanced Validation

Basic Validation

API Response Examples

Successful Validation

Failed Validation

Getting Started

​Getting started

​Europe

​Eurozone Countries

​Non-Eurozone European Countries

​Asia

​Middle East

​Central Asia

​South Asia

​East Asia

​Americas

​North America

​Central America

​South America

​Caribbean

​Africa

​North Africa

​West Africa

​Central Africa

​East Africa

​Southern Africa

​Indian Ocean

​Oceania

​IBAN Length by Region

​Shortest IBANs (15-18 characters)

​Medium IBANs (19-24 characters)

​Longest IBANs (25-31 characters)

​Currency Distribution

​Major Currencies

​Regional Currencies

​Validation Features by Country

​Advanced Validation

​Basic Validation

​API Response Examples

​Successful Validation

​Failed Validation

​Getting Started

Getting started

Europe

Eurozone Countries

Non-Eurozone European Countries

Asia

Middle East

Central Asia

South Asia

East Asia

Americas

North America

Central America

South America

Caribbean

Africa

North Africa

West Africa

Central Africa

East Africa

Southern Africa

Indian Ocean

Oceania

IBAN Length by Region

Shortest IBANs (15-18 characters)

Medium IBANs (19-24 characters)

Longest IBANs (25-31 characters)

Currency Distribution

Major Currencies

Regional Currencies

Validation Features by Country

Advanced Validation

Basic Validation

API Response Examples

Successful Validation

Failed Validation

Getting Started