BWValidate service

You use the BWValidate service to check that the supplied BBAN is in the correct format and that the account could exist.

To validate the details, you must supply:

the code of the country associated with the account 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 electronic format
IBAN - the IBAN formed if the validation was successful
conditions - all errors, warnings and information messages returned by the service, these show whether the validation was successful
data access key - you must pass the data access key to the bank data retrieval services to retrieve any of the bank data.

SOAP messages

<soapenv:Body>

<ns:BWValidateRequest ISOCountry="GB checkingLevel="Account" language="en" reportString="1123" itemisationID="1122">

<eih:EIHHeader>

<eih:ClientUser>User</eih:ClientUser>

<eih:ReferenceId>123</eih:ReferenceId>

</eih:EIHHeader>

<ban:BBAN index="1">070116</ban:BBAN>

<ban:BBAN index="2">00003036</ban:BBAN>

</ns:BWValidateRequest>

</soapenv:Body>

<SOAP-ENV:Body>

<eih:BWValidateResponse>

<header:EIHHeader>

<header:ClientUser>User</header:ClientUser>

<header:ReferenceId>123</header:ReferenceId>

</header:EIHHeader>

<bws:BBAN index="1">070116</bws:BBAN>

<bws:BBAN index="2">00003036</bws:BBAN>

<bws:IBAN>GB40BRNU07011600003036</bws:IBAN>

<bws:dataAccessKey>Data Access Key</bws:dataAccessKey>

</eih:BWValidateResponse>

</SOAP-ENV:Body>