The IBAN-Name Check API by SurePay enables you to verify customer or supplier data. 

The API performs instant checks on the correctness of your customer and supplier data, such as the name and IBAN combination. Using the API ensures that payments are made to the right creditor, money is collected from the right debtor, and that new customers and suppliers are validated. Validations can be performed on different levels (e.g. IBAN, name, VAT, companyID) depending on your business requirements and use case. 

The API provides the following standard features: 

• Confirmation of the IBAN and name combination: 
  Whether the payee's name and IBAN combination matches the data registered at the bank and to what extend.
• Confirmation of the IBAN validity: 
  Whether the IBAN is active or expired.
• Information about the account: 
  Whether it is a business or private account and the number of account holders.

The API provides the following additional features (upon request): 

• Confirmation of the company: 
  Whether the company details match the data registered at the Chamber of Commerce.
• Confirmation of the VAT: 
  Whether the VAT number matches the company or trade name.
• Confirmation of cross-border IBAN and name combination: 
  Whether the payee's name and IBAN combination matches the international accounts (e.g. IBANs in France and Italy).
• Information about a Switch Check/Overstapservice: 
  Whether the account has switched to a new bank and the 'switching service' / 'Overstapservice' is active.
• Information about the account age:  
  Provides information on the period of time the account is active.

The result of the checks are available digitally. They can be directly used in any financial system, for instance your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software or Treasury Management System (TMS). By integrating the IBAN-Name Check API of SurePay into your systems, you make your processes more efficient, safer and reduce the risk of fraud.

API partner: SurePay

ABN AMRO partners with SurePay to offer the IBAN-Name Check API.

Benefits of consuming the API via ABN AMRO:

• High-quality technical support
• High-quality functional support on the financial value chain and beyond
• Clear, consistent, and high-quality documentation/specifications of all APIs
• Simple, secure, and easy, access to all relevant APIs in one place

For more information about ABN AMRO's partner and venture portfolio, see our Explore page.

Requirements

To use this API in a production environment, you must have the following:

• An ABN AMRO Business Current Account registered in the Netherlands.
• A contract for Internet Banking Business or Access Online.
• A TLS certificate: Detailed requirements can be found in the technical documentation.

ABN AMRO & SurePay

Together we're here to make online payments safer

ABN AMRO partners with SurePay to offer the IBAN-Name Check API.

SurePay was founded in 2016 and has been providing the IBAN-Name Check to all major Dutch banks since 2017. Since February 2020 SurePay has moved into an independent legal entity, providing services to banks, (semi) governmental institutions, and other corporates and institutions, in the Netherlands and Europe.

On a daily basis, more than 3 million checks are executed with an average response time of 0,1 seconds.

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