Validate service

You use the Validate service to check that the supplied basic account (BBAN) details are in the correct format and that the account could exist.

To validate the details, you must supply:

the code of the country you are validating
the checking level - this is one of Account, BIC, Branch and Domestic. To determine which of these levels are valid for each country, call GetCountryInput
BBAN - Between 1 and 5 fields containing the domestic account details. To determine the fields required for each country, call GetCountryInput.

This service returns:

BBAN - between 1 and 5 fields containing the domestic account details converted to standard format
IBAN - the IBAN formed by Bank Wizard, if the validation was successful
conditions - all errors, warnings and information messages returned by Bank Wizard, these show whether the validation was successful
data access key - you must pass this to Bank Wizard to retrieve any of the Bank Wizard data.

Example SOAP messages

Request

<soapenv:Body>

<ban:ValidateRequest ISOCountry="GB" checkingLevel="Account" language="en" reportString="1123" itemisationID="555">

<ns:BBAN index="1">309989</ns:BBAN>

<ns:BBAN index="2">01111126</ns:BBAN>

</ban:ValidateRequest>

</soapenv:Body>

Response

<soap:Body>

<condition severity="warning" code="22" xmlns="http://experianpayments.com/bankwizard/common/xsd/2009/09">Branch is not SEPA compliant for Priority Payments (PP)</condition>

<condition severity="warning" code="20" xmlns="http://experianpayments.com/bankwizard/common/xsd/2009/09">Branch is not SEPA compliant for Direct Debits (DD)</condition>

</conditions>

</ValidateResponse>

</soapenv:Body>