IBAN issuance
Issuing authorities for bank identifiers
The International Bank Account Number (IBAN) is the standard governing European bank account numbers and one of the cornerstones of SEPA. The IBAN is created according to international standards. Following these standards, the creation of IBANs is coordinated and regulated at national level.
IBAN registry
Detailed information about all ISO 13616-compliant national IBAN formatsNational authorities in SEPA countries that issue bank identifiers used in IBANs
Oesterreichische Nationalbank
National register: English German
Contact: Lukas Simhandl SIDAT-Stammdaten@oenb.at
Telephone: +43 1 40420/4719
Secretariaat van de Interbancaire Overeenkomsten/Secrétariat des Accords Interbancaires (managed by the national central bank)
National register: English French Dutch
Contact: National Bank of Belgium
Payments and Securities Department
Secretariatdm@nbb.be
Telephone: +32 (0)2 2212712
Central Bank of Cyprus
National register: English Greek
Contact: Financial Market Infrastructures and Payments Department
PaymentSystems@centralbank.cy
Telephone: +357 22714114
Finantsinspektsioon – the Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority
National register: Identifiers for credit institutions (EN, ET )
Identifiers for payment and e-money institutions (EN, ET )
Contact: Finantsinspektsioon
Sakala 4
15030 Tallinn
Estonia
info@fi.ee
www.fi.ee
Telephone: +372 668 0500
Fax: +372 668 0501
The Federation of Finnish Financial Servives
National register: English excel
Contact: Inkeri Tolvanen
inkeri.tolvanen@fkl.fi
Telephone: +358 20 793 4254
ACPR (Banking Supervisor)
National register: English
Contact: Banque de France – SGAM – D2R2
fib@banque-france.fr
Telephone: +33 1 42 92 35 82
Deutsche Bundesbank
National register: English German
Contact: Roman Wolz, Monika Merkel
crm.paymentservices@bundesbank.de
Online contact form
Telephone: +49 69 9566 8877
Bank of Greece
National register: English
Contact: Department for the Supervision of Credit & Financial Institutions / Statistical Analysis Section
sec.PrudentialReport@bankofgreece.gr
Telephone: +30 210 320 5121 / +30 210 320 5087 / +30 210 320 5033
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland
National register: English
Contact: info@bpfi.ie
Telephone: + 353 1 671 5311
Banca d'Italia
National register: Italian
Contact: Fausto Fettucciari
fausto.fettucciari@bancaditalia.it
Telephone: (+3906) 4792-5927
See IBAN registry
There is no need for a national issuing authority for bank identifiers in Latvia. BIC codes issued by SWIFT are used as bank identifiers. Additional information on how to identify the SWIFT BIC from IBAN in Latvia is available on the web page of Latvijas Banka.
Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania)
National register: English Lithuanian
Contact: Virginija Bružienė
tarpbank@lb.lt
Telephone: +37052680823
The Luxembourg Bankers' Association
National register: English
Contact: mail@abbl.lu
Telephone: (+352) 46 36 601
Central Bank of Malta
National register: English
Contact: Regulation and Oversight Office
oversight@centralbankmalta.org
Telephone: +356 2550 3603
In the Netherlands there is no institution acting in the capacity of issuing authority for BICs/bank identifiers. As the bank identifier in the IBAN is derived from the BIC, the Dutch Payments Association publishes a list of all Dutch BICs and bank identifiers.
National register: English
Contact: Renske Vlek
r.vlek@betaalvereniging.nl
Telephone: +31612741783
Banco de Portugal
National register: English Portuguese
Contact: Elsa Ferreira / Patrícia Casaca / Manuel Francisco / Teresa Lopes (Banking Prudential Supervision Department - Banco de Portugal)
esferreira@bportugal.pt
apcasaca@bportugal.pt
mmfrancisco@bportugal.pt
mtlopes@bportugal.pt
Telephone: (+351) 211596797 / 211596780 / 213130506 / 213128218
National Bank of Slovakia
National register: English
Contact: Rudolf Pataki
Rudolf.Pataki@nbs.sk
Telephone: +421 2 5787 2948
National Bank of Slovenia
National register: English Slovenian
Contact: Matej Koletnik
matej.koletnik@bsi.si Online contact form
Telephone: +38614719573
Banco de España
National register: English Spanish
Contact: registros.oficiales@bde.es
Telephone: +34 91 338 5149
Bulgarian National Bank
National register: English/Bulgarian
Contact: Violeta Aleksandrova
Aleksandrova.V@bnbank.org
Telephone: +359 2 9145 1345
Croatian National Bank
National register: English Croatian
Contact: Payment Systems Operations Department
Mirela Benko, Deputy Director of Payment Systems Operations Department
Payment Operations Regulation and Development Department
Iva Kopecki, Senior Advisor
mirela.benko@hnb.hr
iva.kopecki@hnb.hr
Telephone: +385 1 45 65 057 / +385 1 45 64 796
Česká národní banka / Czech National Bank
National register
Regulation: English, Czech
Register: English, Czech
Contact: Ivan Fencl.
iban.info@cnb.cz
Telephone: +420 2 2441 3580
Contact:
- Finance Denmark
iban@fida.dk
Telephone: +45 3370 1000 - e-nettet A/S - Danish company that is responsible for banks’ joint infrastructure
IBANhenvendelser@e-nettet.dk
Magyar Nemzeti Bank (The Central Bank of Hungary)
National register: English Hungarian
Contact: Directorate Banking Operations
bmfviber@mnb.hu
Telephone: +36 1 428-2682 / +36 1 428-2747
Narodowy Bank Polski
National register: English Polish
Contact: Pawel Lysakowski
pawel.lysakowski@nbp.pl
Telephone: +48221851448
See IBAN registry
There is no need for a national issuing authority for bank identifiers in Romania. BIC codes issued by SWIFT are used as bank identifiers. The National Bank of Romania issued Regulation no. 2/2004 on IBAN usage.
Swedish Bankers' Association
National register: English
Contact: Lars Rutberg
lars.rutberg@swedishbankers.se
Telephone: +4684534400
Information not provided.
Finance Norway
National register: English
Contact: Tor Johan Bjerkedal
tor.bjerkedal@fno.no
Online contact form
Telephone: +47 23284352
SIX Interbank Clearing (in accordance with the Swiss National Bank)
National register: English German
Contact: SIX Interbank Clearing AG, Hardturmstr. 201, CH-8021 Zürich
pm@six-group.com
Telephone: +41583994747
Information not provided.
SWIFT in its role of ISO registration authority issues BICs to financial and non-financial institutions in the UK.
The SEPA IBAN-Only (SEPAIO) Directory is owned by Pay.UK and provides Payment Service Providers (PSPs) with a utility for deriving the BIC from the IBAN for SEPA payments in the UK.
Contact: SEPAIO_Ops@wearepay.uk