Validate a bank account

POST

recipients

validate

account

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account?accountId={{accountId}}' \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "country": "GB",
  "iban": "PK94XAOM0400102322019126",
  "number": "55555555",
  "code": "12-34-56"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account"

payload = {
    "country": "GB",
    "iban": "PK94XAOM0400102322019126",
    "number": "55555555",
    "code": "12-34-56"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    country: 'GB',
    iban: 'PK94XAOM0400102322019126',
    number: '55555555',
    code: '12-34-56'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'country' => 'GB',
    'iban' => 'PK94XAOM0400102322019126',
    'number' => '55555555',
    'code' => '12-34-56'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"country\": \"GB\",\n  \"iban\": \"PK94XAOM0400102322019126\",\n  \"number\": \"55555555\",\n  \"code\": \"12-34-56\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account")
  .header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"country\": \"GB\",\n  \"iban\": \"PK94XAOM0400102322019126\",\n  \"number\": \"55555555\",\n  \"code\": \"12-34-56\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"country\": \"GB\",\n  \"iban\": \"PK94XAOM0400102322019126\",\n  \"number\": \"55555555\",\n  \"code\": \"12-34-56\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "countryCode": "GB",
  "nationalId": "string",
  "accountNumber": "string",
  "status": "PASS",
  "comment": "string",
  "recommendedNatId": "string",
  "recommendedAcct": "string",
  "recommendedBIC": "string",
  "ref": "string",
  "group": "string",
  "branchDetails": [
    {
      "bankName": "Barclays Bank",
      "branch": "London",
      "street": "1 Churchill Place",
      "city": "London",
      "postZip": "E14 5HP",
      "region": "London",
      "country": "UK",
      "codeDetails": {
        "codeName1": "string",
        "codeValue1": "string",
        "codeName2": "string",
        "codeValue2": "string",
        "codeName3": "string",
        "codeValue3": "string",
        "codeName4": "string",
        "codeValue4": "string"
      },
      "additionalData": {
        "ssiAvailable": "Y",
        "payServiceAvailable": "Y",
        "contactsAvailable": "N",
        "messageAvailable": "N",
        "holidayAvailable": "Y",
        "sepaDetails": {
          "ctStatus": "NO",
          "ddStatus": "NO",
          "bbStatus": "NO"
        },
        "bankToken": "string",
        "branchTypeLabel": "string"
      }
    }
  ],
  "headOfficeDetails": {
    "bankName": "Barclays Bank",
    "branch": "London",
    "street": "1 Churchill Place",
    "city": "London",
    "postZip": "E14 5HP",
    "region": "London",
    "country": "UK",
    "codeDetails": {
      "codeName1": "string",
      "codeValue1": "string",
      "codeName2": "string",
      "codeValue2": "string",
      "codeName3": "string",
      "codeValue3": "string",
      "codeName4": "string",
      "codeValue4": "string"
    },
    "additionalData": {
      "ssiAvailable": "Y",
      "payServiceAvailable": "Y",
      "contactsAvailable": "N",
      "messageAvailable": "N",
      "holidayAvailable": "Y",
      "sepaDetails": {
        "ctStatus": "NO",
        "ddStatus": "NO",
        "bbStatus": "NO"
      },
      "bankToken": "string",
      "branchTypeLabel": "string"
    }
  },
  "paymentBicDetails": {
    "bankName": "Barclays Bank",
    "branch": "London",
    "street": "1 Churchill Place",
    "city": "London",
    "postZip": "E14 5HP",
    "region": "London",
    "country": "UK",
    "codeDetails": {
      "codeName1": "string",
      "codeValue1": "string",
      "codeName2": "string",
      "codeValue2": "string",
      "codeName3": "string",
      "codeValue3": "string",
      "codeName4": "string",
      "codeValue4": "string"
    },
    "additionalData": {
      "ssiAvailable": "Y",
      "payServiceAvailable": "Y",
      "contactsAvailable": "N",
      "messageAvailable": "N",
      "holidayAvailable": "Y",
      "sepaDetails": {
        "ctStatus": "NO",
        "ddStatus": "NO",
        "bbStatus": "NO"
      },
      "bankToken": "string",
      "branchTypeLabel": "string"
    }
  },
  "paymentNetworkDetails": [
    {
      "paymentNetwork": "SWIFT",
      "participantId": "string",
      "participantName": "string",
      "currencyCode": "AED"
    }
  ],
  "bic8": "N",
  "dataStore": "N",
  "noBranch": "N",
  "isoAddr": "N",
  "payBranchType": "D",
  "freeToken": "string"
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Query Parameters

accountId

string

required

The ID of the account to work with.

Example:

"F50091"

include

enum<string>

Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response.

Available options:

paymentNetworkDetails

Example:

"paymentNetworkDetails"

Body

application/json

Body

country

string

required

The country, in ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 format.

Maximum string length: 2

Example:

"GB"

iban

string | null

The International Bank Account Number (IBAN).

Example:

"PK94XAOM0400102322019126"

number

string | null

The bank account number.

Example:

"55555555"

code

string | null

The bank sort code.

Example:

"12-34-56"

Response

200 - application/json

countryCode

string | null

Example:

"GB"

nationalId

string | null

accountNumber

string | null

status

string | null

Example:

"PASS"

comment

string | null

recommendedNatId

string | null

recommendedAcct

string | null

recommendedBIC

string | null

ref

string | null

group

string | null

branchDetails

object[] | null

Show child attributes

headOfficeDetails

object | null

Show child attributes

paymentBicDetails

object | null

Show child attributes

paymentNetworkDetails

object[]

Provides a list of payment networks through which payments can be sent to the validated account. Each entry includes the network name and details of the participating institution.

Show child attributes

bic8

string | null

Example:

"N"

dataStore

string | null

Example:

"N"

noBranch

string | null

Example:

"N"

isoAddr

string | null

Example:

"N"

payBranchType

string | null

Example:

"D"

freeToken

string | null

⌘I

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account?accountId={{accountId}}' \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "country": "GB",
  "iban": "PK94XAOM0400102322019126",
  "number": "55555555",
  "code": "12-34-56"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account"

payload = {
    "country": "GB",
    "iban": "PK94XAOM0400102322019126",
    "number": "55555555",
    "code": "12-34-56"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    country: 'GB',
    iban: 'PK94XAOM0400102322019126',
    number: '55555555',
    code: '12-34-56'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'country' => 'GB',
    'iban' => 'PK94XAOM0400102322019126',
    'number' => '55555555',
    'code' => '12-34-56'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"country\": \"GB\",\n  \"iban\": \"PK94XAOM0400102322019126\",\n  \"number\": \"55555555\",\n  \"code\": \"12-34-56\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account")
  .header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"country\": \"GB\",\n  \"iban\": \"PK94XAOM0400102322019126\",\n  \"number\": \"55555555\",\n  \"code\": \"12-34-56\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.equalsmoney.com/v2/recipients/validate/account")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"country\": \"GB\",\n  \"iban\": \"PK94XAOM0400102322019126\",\n  \"number\": \"55555555\",\n  \"code\": \"12-34-56\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "countryCode": "GB",
  "nationalId": "string",
  "accountNumber": "string",
  "status": "PASS",
  "comment": "string",
  "recommendedNatId": "string",
  "recommendedAcct": "string",
  "recommendedBIC": "string",
  "ref": "string",
  "group": "string",
  "branchDetails": [
    {
      "bankName": "Barclays Bank",
      "branch": "London",
      "street": "1 Churchill Place",
      "city": "London",
      "postZip": "E14 5HP",
      "region": "London",
      "country": "UK",
      "codeDetails": {
        "codeName1": "string",
        "codeValue1": "string",
        "codeName2": "string",
        "codeValue2": "string",
        "codeName3": "string",
        "codeValue3": "string",
        "codeName4": "string",
        "codeValue4": "string"
      },
      "additionalData": {
        "ssiAvailable": "Y",
        "payServiceAvailable": "Y",
        "contactsAvailable": "N",
        "messageAvailable": "N",
        "holidayAvailable": "Y",
        "sepaDetails": {
          "ctStatus": "NO",
          "ddStatus": "NO",
          "bbStatus": "NO"
        },
        "bankToken": "string",
        "branchTypeLabel": "string"
      }
    }
  ],
  "headOfficeDetails": {
    "bankName": "Barclays Bank",
    "branch": "London",
    "street": "1 Churchill Place",
    "city": "London",
    "postZip": "E14 5HP",
    "region": "London",
    "country": "UK",
    "codeDetails": {
      "codeName1": "string",
      "codeValue1": "string",
      "codeName2": "string",
      "codeValue2": "string",
      "codeName3": "string",
      "codeValue3": "string",
      "codeName4": "string",
      "codeValue4": "string"
    },
    "additionalData": {
      "ssiAvailable": "Y",
      "payServiceAvailable": "Y",
      "contactsAvailable": "N",
      "messageAvailable": "N",
      "holidayAvailable": "Y",
      "sepaDetails": {
        "ctStatus": "NO",
        "ddStatus": "NO",
        "bbStatus": "NO"
      },
      "bankToken": "string",
      "branchTypeLabel": "string"
    }
  },
  "paymentBicDetails": {
    "bankName": "Barclays Bank",
    "branch": "London",
    "street": "1 Churchill Place",
    "city": "London",
    "postZip": "E14 5HP",
    "region": "London",
    "country": "UK",
    "codeDetails": {
      "codeName1": "string",
      "codeValue1": "string",
      "codeName2": "string",
      "codeValue2": "string",
      "codeName3": "string",
      "codeValue3": "string",
      "codeName4": "string",
      "codeValue4": "string"
    },
    "additionalData": {
      "ssiAvailable": "Y",
      "payServiceAvailable": "Y",
      "contactsAvailable": "N",
      "messageAvailable": "N",
      "holidayAvailable": "Y",
      "sepaDetails": {
        "ctStatus": "NO",
        "ddStatus": "NO",
        "bbStatus": "NO"
      },
      "bankToken": "string",
      "branchTypeLabel": "string"
    }
  },
  "paymentNetworkDetails": [
    {
      "paymentNetwork": "SWIFT",
      "participantId": "string",
      "participantName": "string",
      "currencyCode": "AED"
    }
  ],
  "bic8": "N",
  "dataStore": "N",
  "noBranch": "N",
  "isoAddr": "N",
  "payBranchType": "D",
  "freeToken": "string"
}

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Group

Group

Authorizations

Query Parameters

Body

Response