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# Bank Validation Verifies UK Accounts and International IBANs

> Our Bank Validation service lets you query whether UK account number & sort code combinations are valid, or check IBANs for most European countries.

## Endpoints

Bank Validation is an API-only service, and consists of four endpoints which you can call depending on your requirements:

* [**Batch Validate:**](/api-reference/bank-validation/batch) allows for bulk validation of UK bank account and sort code details.
* [**Individual Validate:**](/api-reference/bank-validation/individual) validates the bank account and sort code for any UK bank account.
* [**International Validate:**](/api-reference/bank-validation/international) validates the bank account and sort code for international bank accounts (excluding the US).
* [**RetrieveBySortcode:**](/api-reference/bank-validation/retrievebysortcode) validates using only the sort code for any UK bank account.

## Documentation

Follow the links below to relevant documentation for the Bank Validation endpoints:

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  <Card title="API documentation" href="/our-services/bank-validation/apis" icon="code">
    See all of the Bank Validation API docs.
  </Card>
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## FAQs

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  <Accordion title="Is Bank Validation available worldwide?">
    Most of the Bank Validation services are UK-only, however we do provide an International service which covers EMEA.
    You can find out more about the International service in its [API documentation](/api-reference/bank-validation/international).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Why does the address listed for this branch not match its physical location?">
    Many banks use a central processing depot for their BACS and other transactions.
    Therefore a BACS check on a specific sort code may return the bank's central depot rather than the specific branch address.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Will Bank Validation return information on the account holder?">
    No, we do not hold any information on individual accounts.
    When you make a Bank Validation request, you will only ever receive information back regarding the sort code, with confirmation of whether the account number matches that sort code.
  </Accordion>
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