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Account Validation countries

Account Validation services enable you to verify account status and confirm the account ownership for both individuals and businesses worldwide. United States based clients with global counterparties or vendors can submit validation inquiries to the Account Validation services for both United States and non-United States bank accounts.

Country list

North America (NAMR) region

Country

Account Number Type

Clearing System ID Type

Character Length

Notes

Canada (CA)

Account number

CACPA

  • Account number Type: 12 numerical
  • Clearing System ID: 9 numerical
  • Identification Type: N/A
 

Account number

SWIFT_ID

  • Account number Type: 12 numerical
  • Clearing System ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A
 

United States (US)

N/A

ABA

  • Account number Type: N/A
  • Clearing System ID: 9 numerical
  • Identification Type: N/A

Clearing System ID Type ABA used when validating accounts for US ACH payments

N/A

RTPABA

  • Account number Type: N/A
  • Clearing System ID: 9 numerical
  • Identification Type: N/A

Clearing System ID Type RTPABA used when validating accounts for US RTP payments

N/A

WIRESABA

  • Account number Type: N/A
  • Clearing System ID: 9 numerical
  • Identification Type: N/A

Clearing System ID Type WIRESABA used when validating accounts for US domestic Wires

Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region

Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region

Country

Account number type

Clearing system ID type

Character length

Notes

Austria (AT)

IBAN

IBAN or SWIFT_ID

  • Account number Type: 5 to 34 alphanumeric or special
  • Clearing System ID
    • IBAN: 5 to 34 alphanumeric or special OR
    • SWIFT_ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A

SWIFT_ID required if  Microdeposits is configured.

Germany (DE)

IBAN

IBAN or SWIFT_ID

  • Account number Type: 5 to 34 alphanumeric or special
  • Clearing System ID
    • IBAN: 5 to 34 alphanumeric or special OR
    • SWIFT_ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A

SWIFT_ID required if  Microdeposits is configured.

Netherlands (NL)

IBAN

IBAN or SWIFT_ID

  • Account number Type: 5 to 34 alphanumeric or special
  • Clearing System ID
    • IBAN: 5 to 34 alphanumeric or special OR
    • SWIFT_ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A

SWIFT_ID required if  Microdeposits is configured.

Nigeria (NG)

Account Number

SWIFT_ID

  • Account number Type: 10 numerical
  • Clearing System ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A
Remaining SEPA countries:
  • Andorra (AD)
  • Belgium (BE)
  • Bulgaria (BG)
  • Croatia (HR)
  • Cyprus (CY)
  • Czech Republic (CZ)
  • Denmark (DK)
  • Estonia (EE)
  • Finland (FI)
  • France (FR)
  • Greece (GR)
  • Hungary (HU)
  • Ireland (IE)
  • Italy (IT)
  • Latvia (LV)
  • Lithuania (LT)
  • Luxembourg (LU)
  • Malta (MT)
  • Monaco (MC)
  • Norway (NO)
  • Poland (PL)
  • Portugal (PT)
  • Romania (RO)
  • San Marino (SM)
  • Slovakia (SK)
  • Slovenia (SI)
  • Spain (ES)
  • Sweden (SE)
  • Switzerland (CH)
  • United Kingdom (GB)

IBAN

SWIFT_ID

  • Account number Type: 5 to 34 alphanumeric or special
  • Clearing System ID
    • SWIFT_ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A

Reachable via Microdeposits

Asia- Pacific (APAC) region

Asia- Pacific (APAC) region

Country

Account number type

Clearing system ID type

Identification type

Character length

Notes

China (CN)

Account Number

SWIFT_ID

Tax ID

  • Account number Type: 9 to 18 numerical
  • Clearing System ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: 18 numerical

Required account identifiers for corporate accounts. USCC Code or Tax ID required for corporate accounts.

Account Number

CNAPS

Tax ID

  • Account number: 9 to18 numerical
  • Clearing System ID: 12 numerical
  • Identification Type: 18 numerical

Required account identifiers for corporate accounts. USCC Code or Tax ID required for corporate accounts.

Account Number

Account Number

N/A

  • Account number: 9-18 numerical
  • Clearing System ID: 8 to 18 numerical
  • Identification Type: N/A

Required account identifiers for personal accounts.

Account Number

SWIFT_ID

N/A

  • Account number Type: 20 numerical
  • Clearing System ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A

India (IN)

Account Number

INFSC

N/A

  • Account Number Type: No fixed length
  • Clearing System ID: 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A

Account Number

SWIFT_ID

N/A

  • Account Number Type: No fixed length
  • Clearing System ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A

Indonesia (ID)

Account Number

SWIFT_ID

N/A

  • Account Number Type: 13 numerical
  • Clearing System ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A

Nepal (NP)

Account Number

SWIFT_ID

N/A

  • Account Number Type: 16 numerical
  • Clearing System ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A

Pakistan (PK)

Account Number

SWIFT_ID

N/A

  • Account Number Type: 16 numeric
  • Clearing System ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A

South Korea (SK)

Account Number

SWIFT_ID

N/A

  • Account Number Type: 11 numerical
  • Clearing System ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A

Taiwan (TW)

Account Number

SWIFT_ID

N/A

  • Account Number Type: No fixed length
  • Clearing System ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A

Vietnam (VN)

Account Number

SWIFT_ID

N/A

  • Account Number Type: 14 numerical
  • Clearing System ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: N/A

Latin America (LATAM) region

Latin America (LATAM) region

Country

Account number type

Clearing system ID type

Identification type

Character length

Notes

Argentina (AR)

CVU

CVU

N/A

  • Account number Type: 22 numerical
  • Clearing system ID: 22 numerical
  • Identification type: N/A
 

CBU

CBU

N/A

  • Account number Type: 22 numerical
  • Clearing system ID: 22 numerical
  • Identification type: N/A
 

Brazil (BR)

IBAN

IBAN

Tax ID

  • Account number Type: 5 to 34 alphanumeric or special
  • Clearing system ID: 5 to 34 alphanumeric or special
  • Identification type: 18 alphanumeric

National Tax Identification is required to validate Brazil bank accounts.

IBAN

SWIFT_ID

Tax ID

  • Account Number Type: 5 to 34 alphanumeric or special
  • Clearing System ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification Type: 18 alphanumeric

National Tax Identification is required to validate Brazil bank accounts. Swift ID is not available for all Brazilian banks.

Colombia (CO)

Account number

SWIFT_ID

Company/

National ID

  • Account number Type: No fixed length
  • Clearing system ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification: See notes

Company or National ID is required. National ID must be a valid NIT, CC or CE. NIT (Número de Identificación Tributaria) is 9 to 11 characters in length. CC (Cedula Ciudadania) is 10 characters in length. CE (Cedula Extranjeria) is 6 characters in length.

Mexico (MX)

CLABE

CLABE

Tax ID

  • Account number Type: 18 numeric
  • Clearing system ID: 18 numeric
  • Identification type: 18 alphanumeric

Tax ID is required for USD currency accounts only.

CLABE

SWIFT_ID

Tax ID

  • Account number Type: 18 numeric
  • Clearing system ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification type: 18 alphanumeric

Tax ID is required for USD currency accounts only.

Peru (PE)

CCI

CCI

N/A

  • Account number Type: 20 numerical
  • Clearing system ID: 20 numerical
  • Identification type: N/A

Account number

SWIFT_ID

N/A

  • Account number Type: 20 numerical
  • Clearing system ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification type: N/A

Uruguay (UR)

Account number

SWIFT_ID

N/A

  • Account number Type: No fixed length
  • Clearing system ID: 8 to 11 alphanumeric
  • Identification type: N/A