Sending inside the US
A nine-digit routing number plus the account number. The US does not use IBANs, and an IBAN field will not accept US details.
Reference
Bank codes explained
IBAN, SWIFT/BIC, sort code, routing number, BSB, IFSC, NUBAN — what each one identifies, which countries use it, and a free checker for every format.
Every checker here validates structure. None of them can confirm that an account exists or belongs to the person you intend to pay.
Every format Paysavo can check
A bank code identifies an institution or a branch. It is not an account number, and on its own it never proves an account is real.
IBAN
Europe and 69 countries
Identifies a specific account internationally. Carries the country, a checksum, the bank code and the account number in one string.
Checksum verifiable
UK sort code checker
United Kingdom
Identifies the bank and branch holding a UK account. Used with an eight-digit account number for domestic transfers.
Format only — no check digit
SWIFT/BIC code checker
International
Identifies a financial institution worldwide. Used to route cross-border payments to the right bank.
Format only — no checksum
US routing number checker
United States
Identifies the institution for ACH and wire transfers. Used with the account number; the US does not use IBANs.
Checksum verifiable
Australian BSB checker
Australia
Bank-State-Branch. Identifies the branch holding an Australian account.
Format only — no check digit
Indian IFSC checker
India
Indian Financial System Code. Identifies the bank branch for NEFT, RTGS and IMPS.
Format only — no check digit
Canadian routing number checker
Canada
Identifies the institution and transit (branch). Printed on cheques one way, needed for transfers another.
Format and form conversion
Nigerian NUBAN checker
Nigeria
Nigeria Uniform Bank Account Number. A ten-digit account number with a bank-derived check digit.
Check digit needs the bank code
Which code do you need?
Sending to Europe
An IBAN. Most SEPA transfers need nothing else; some banks also ask for the BIC, which is often derivable from the IBAN itself.
Sending to the UK
A six-digit sort code and an eight-digit account number domestically, or the GB IBAN for international transfers — both describe the same account.
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