Country details

This table shows the basic account format for each country and the checking levels available. You can perform account and BIC validation for all countries.

To validate data, you need to collect the required bank details, call Bank Wizard, check for certain conditions and then retrieve the data.

the account data required is determined by the country and checking level
the data you can retrieve is determined by the data available for the country
the conditions which can be returned are determined by the checking level, account details format and the data available for the country.

For most countries, you use and retrieve a subset of the standard strings and conditions. However for some countries, there are specific conditions (numbered 64 and above). For the United Kingdom, there is also some specific data; Account Categorisation and Faster Payments data.

The programming language examples supplied include the items you can use with each country. For C/C++ they are in the header file bwihcc.h, where cc is the ISO country code.

This table includes links to the conditions returned when validating account details.

When validating the IBAN, the same conditions are returned for all countries, click the IBAN column heading to show these conditions and click the link in the IBAN column to display the format of the IBAN.

When validating BICs the same conditions are returned for all countries, see Validating BICs.

Country	Account format	Check digits	Branch	Checks available			Account validation	IBAN
Country	Account format	Check digits	Branch	Institution	Modulus	Other	Account validation	IBAN
Albania	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Andorra	Bank and Branch	✖	✔	✔	✖		Conditions	Yes
Australia	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	No
Austria	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Azerbaijan	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Bahrain	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Belgium	Bank-branch	✔	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bank and Branch	✔	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Brazil	Bank and Branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
British Virgin Islands	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Bulgaria	IBAN	✖	✖	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Canada	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	No
Costa Rica	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Croatia	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Cyprus	Bank and Branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Czech Republic	2 part account number	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Denmark (includes Faroe Islands and Greenland)	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Dominican Republic	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Estonia	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Finland *	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
France (includes Monaco)	Bank and Branch	✔	✔	✔	✔		Conditions	Yes
Georgia	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Germany	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Gibraltar	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Greece	Bank and Branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Guatemala	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Hong Kong	Bank and Branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	No
Hungary	2 part account number	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Iceland	Specific format (4 fields)	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
India	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	No
Israel	Bank and Branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Italy (includes San Marino)	Bank and Branch	✔	✔	✔	✔		Conditions	Yes
Jordan	Bank and Branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Kazakhstan	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Kosovo *	Bank and Branch	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Kuwait	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Latvia	IBAN	✖	✖	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Lebanon	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Liechtenstein	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Lithuania	IBAN	✖	✖	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Luxembourg	IBAN	✖	✖	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Malta	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Macedonia	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Mauritania	Bank and Branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Mauritius	Bank and Branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Moldova	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Montenegro	Bank-branch	✔	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
The Netherlands	Bank-branch	✖	✖	✖	✔	Bank	Conditions	Yes
New Zealand	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	No
Norway	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Pakistan	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Palestine	IBAN	✖	✖	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Poland	Bank-branch	✔	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Portugal *	Bank and Branch	✔	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Qatar	IBAN	✖	✖	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Republic of Ireland	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Romania	IBAN	✖	✖	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Saint Lucia	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Serbia	Bank-branch	✔	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Singapore	Bank and Branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	No
Slovakia	2 part account number	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Slovenia *	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
South Africa	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	No
Spain *	Bank and Branch	✔	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Sweden	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✔	Domestic	Conditions	Yes
Switzerland	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
Thailand	Bank and Branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	No
Timor-Leste	Bank-branch	✔	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Tunisia *	Bank and Branch	✔	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
Turkey	IBAN	✖	✖	✖	✔		Conditions	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✖		Conditions	Yes
United Kingdom	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✔	Roll number	Conditions	Yes
USA	Bank-branch	✖	✔	✖	✔		Conditions	No

* - Bank Wizard does not include branch level information for these countries. The Branch level check is only performed against the bank code. Any address and other data returned is for the bank. When performing an account level check, Bank Wizard checks the format of the branch code, and, where relevant, makes sure the full account details pass any modulus checks that should be applied. The supplied branch code is also used when forming the IBAN.