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About IBAN

The International Bank Account Number (IBAN) is an international standard for identifying bank accounts across national borders in a way that would minimize the risk of propagating transcription errors. It was originally adopted by the European Committee for Banking Standards, and was later adopted as an international standard under ISO 1 3 6 1 6 -1:200 7. The official IBAN registrar under ISO 1 3 6 1 6 -2:200 7 is SWIFT.

The IBAN was originally developed to facilitate payments within the European Union but the format is flexible enough to be applied globally. It consists of a ISO 3 1 6 6 -1 alpha-2 country code, followed by two check digits and up to thirty alphanumeric characters for the domestic bank account number (incorporating routing information), called the BBAN (Basic Bank Account Number). It is up to each country’s national banking community to decide on the length of the BBAN for accounts in that country, but its length must be fixed for any given country.

Q. What is IBAN?

IBAN is the acronym for ISO 13616 standard compliant International Bank Account Number. IBAN is a unique customer account number which can be used conﬁdently in making or receiving payments (excluding checks and credit cards) within the country as well as abroad. The confidence comes from two sources: the first is the internationally accepted standard for numbering bank customer accounts and the second is the ISO standard methodology for verifying the accuracy of the IBAN.

Q. Who can create and issue IBAN?

Banks in UAE having customer accounts which are used for electronic payments are authorized to generate IBAN. No other party is permitted to generate IBAN for bank customers.

Q. Who requires an IBAN?

Bank customers, who receive or make electronic payments in UAE or abroad, will require IBAN. If you have more than one account at your bank, you will require an IBAN for each of your accounts.

Q. How can I get my IBAN?

Each of your account numbers will be converted into IBAN format from November 19, 2011, and you will be informed of the details by your bank. Your bank will also print your IBAN on your bank statement(s) starting November 19, 2011.

Q. How would bank customers benefit from IBAN?

The main beneﬁt of IBAN to the customer is the assurance of their transactions made to correct account to be processed efficiently and with no delay. Since banks check the accuracy of the IBAN at the point of initiating a payment, they can only make the payments which carry the correct IBAN.

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About IBAN

Overview

About IBAN

Q. What is IBAN?

Q. Who can create and issue IBAN?

Q. Who requires an IBAN?

Q. How can I get my IBAN?

Q. How would bank customers benefit from IBAN?