Achieve Effortless Domestic and Cross-Border Payments. Avoid Mistyping and Formatting Errors.
In half a second validate vendor, supplier and staff bank account details against our database of over 65,000 financial institutions across 200 clearing systems.
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We Compare the Bank Details You Input Against
Our Global Database to Check the Account is Valid
Our 24-hour data is continuously collected by over 100 professionals from over 300 data points.
Enter country-specific payment details to get a verification result of pass, caution or fail.
Enter country-specific payment details to get a verification result of pass, caution or fail.
Our 24-hour data is continuously collected by 100+ professionals from over 300 data points and covers:
- 235+ countries with clearing codes
- 100% coverage of Swift/BICs
- 1,450,000+ branch locations
- 1,370,000+ clearing codes
- 390,000+ standard settlement instructions
- 65,000+ financial institutions
- 200 clearing systems
It's easy to integrate account checks into your workflows using our web portal or API.
Enter payment details or search by bank name and address and see routing information for over 200 countries, including IBAN, BIC, ABA Numbers and National Clearing Codes.
Many countries need payment purpose details. Bankers Almanac® Validate™ generates menus to confirm bank accounts are correct.
Configure elements of our API without the need for any code. Using our hub, you can block payments, auto-alert stakeholders, and more.
View validation stats, responses, and money saved to make data-driven decisions.
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See firsthand how you can catch payments problems before they
happen. Seamless and secure payment validations save time,
money and give you peace of mind.
happen. Seamless and secure payment validations save time,
money and give you peace of mind.
Product Capabilities
Confirm account details in just a few clicks and stop costly failed payments, optimize workflows
and reduce risk while strengthening vendor, supplier and staff relationships.
Available on-demand via our intuitive web portal, or embedded within your payments workflows using our flexible API integration.
Explore the plans below to find the version of Bankers Almanac® Validate™ that's right for your business.
and reduce risk while strengthening vendor, supplier and staff relationships.
Available on-demand via our intuitive web portal, or embedded within your payments workflows using our flexible API integration.
Explore the plans below to find the version of Bankers Almanac® Validate™ that's right for your business.
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Bankers Almanac® Validate™ - Lite
Our intuitive web portal enables on-demand payment detail checks in over 200 countries, providing instant and easy verification of bank account details. Suitable for your small business needs.
Ideal for:
- Non-technical users
- Quick one-off manual bank account verifications
- Smaller volume use cases
- Trying out our validation capabilities
Automate Instant Payment Validations with Our Flexible API for Seamless Workflows
Bankers Almanac® Validate™ - Plus
It is easy to integrate bank account verification into your payment workflows and enhance automation with Bankers Almanac® Validate ™ API. Suitable for your growing business needs.
Ideal for:
- Automating bank account verification across workflows
- Higher volume, recurring validations
- Embedding checks into internal and customer-facing platforms
- Enriching payment data and messages
Verify Payment Details while Reducing Authorized Push Payment Fraud and Compliance Risk
Bankers Almanac® Validate™ - Enterprise
Integrate bank account verification into your payment workflows, confirm that account details are routed to the true intended end recipient, and identify sanctioned banks before payment initiation. Suitable for your large business needs.
Ideal for:
- Automating high volume, recurring validations across workflows
- Avoiding processing delays by identifying sanctioned banks before the point of payment initiation
- Strengthening customer experience by reducing the risk of Authorized Push Payment Fraud
Bolt-ons include:
Sanctions Data- Introduce sanctioned bank warnings into customer and internal-facing payments channels and enable real-time decision-making before initiating payments.
- Achieve an early line of defense against compliance risk and avoid processing delays, repairs and costly failed payments later in the payments journey.
- Complement existing FCC controls with data updated daily and sourced from: HM Treasury Sanctions List, UN Sanctions List, OFAC Sanctions List, Global Watch List Data and EU Consolidated List of Sanctions.
- In a few clicks, verify that account details are routed to the true intended end recipient and reduce the risk of fraudulent or inaccurate transactions.
- Minimize strain on staff workload and easily see if an account is open or closed.
- Strengthen customer relationships, confident that you are safely sending money to the correct person or beneficiary account.
- Protect company reputation and securely on-board new vendors, suppliers and staff.
Payment Validation Plans for Every Business
Bankers Almanac® Validate™ is available in three flexible plans: Lite, Plus and Enterprise.
Verify domestic and cross-border payment details your way.
Verify domestic and cross-border payment details your way.
Bankers Almanac®
Validate™ - Lite
100 validations $35
500 validations $175
Suitable for your small business needs
Easy-to-use web portal
*You will be charged $0.35 per validation once you have used your credits
500 validations $175
Suitable for your small business needs
Easy-to-use web portal
Validate payments and routing data for over 200 countries, including:
- IBAN, BIC, ABA Numbers and National Clearing Codes
- Branch name, address and postcode
- Head office name, address and postcode
- Payment rail connectivity
*You will be charged $0.35 per validation once you have used your credits
Bankers Almanac®
Validate™ - Plus
500 validations $175
1000 validations $350
Suitable for your growing business needs
Easy-to-use web portal
API to integrate into your payments workflows
*You will be charged $0.35 per validation once you have used your credits
1000 validations $350
Suitable for your growing business needs
Easy-to-use web portal
API to integrate into your payments workflows
Validate payments and routing data for over 200 countries, including:
- IBAN, BIC, ABA Numbers and National Clearing Codes
- Branch name, address and postcode
- Head office name, address and postcode
- Payment rail connectivity
*You will be charged $0.35 per validation once you have used your credits
Bankers Almanac®
Validate™ - Enterprise
1000+ validations
Suitable for your large business needs
Access to full web portal
Configurable API to integrate into your payments workflows
Suitable for your large business needs
Access to full web portal
Configurable API to integrate into your payments workflows
Validate payments and routing data for over 200 countries, including:
- IBAN, BIC, ABA Numbers and National Clearing Codes
- Branch name, address and postcode
- Head office name, address and postcode
- Payment rail connectivity
- Payment rail holiday dates
- SSIs for payment routing
- Customer service center information
- Payment purpose and tax code details
- Robust analytics for usage insights
- Additional bolt-ons available, including sanctions data and safe payment verification
- Support and onboarding for large clients
*Credit card or debit card will be required. All invoices will appear in your dashboard.
FAQs
Bankers Almanac® Validate™ is hosted on Amazon Web Services, based in UK&I.
No. The full coverage list can be found here.
Yes. All Bankers Almanac® Validate™ customers have access to this routing information.
Where the data is issued on a schedule, for example in the U.K. and Germany, we follow that schedule. Where there is no specific schedule, we monitor weekly to capture any changes.
In total, we provide payment purpose codes for over 100 countries. The full list is available here.
Around 80% of these countries need specific pre-defined codes, such as United Arab Emirates and Russia, which we provide. The other 20% of countries, such as the Philippines and Argentina, require a description but do not give specific code requirements. In these cases, we provide our own best practice code lists.
Around 80% of these countries need specific pre-defined codes, such as United Arab Emirates and Russia, which we provide. The other 20% of countries, such as the Philippines and Argentina, require a description but do not give specific code requirements. In these cases, we provide our own best practice code lists.
Customers have been able to create a proof-of-concept integration in as little as an afternoon. It is easy to integrate because we provide all API documentation online, including instructions and examples.
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