TL Bank
Check bank data during data entry
Check immediately during data entry whether the account numbers and bank codes are valid and correct them if necessary.
Check bank details already at data entry and avoid payment rejections
Companies dealing with direct debit mandates and bank transfers know how costly and time-consuming return debit notes and payment rejections can be. Often, invalid account numbers are responsible for the financial and bureaucratic effort that then arises. With TL Bank you can check and correct bank data at the time of entry and avoid such rejects and costly manual corrections.
Validate bank details with TL Bank
TL Bank is a validation system for bank details. Reference data is integrated into the application, which is used to check the validity of the data and to complete or correct it if necessary.
Check IBAN and bank data already during data entry
TL Bank can already check during data entry whether the IBAN is syntactically correct, all specifications for the structure of an IBAN are met and the IBAN can be clearly assigned to a bank. If everything is correct, the IBAN is valid. Missing information about the bank – such as the complete bank name, bank code, BIC, postal code or city – is enriched by TL Bank with reference data from SWIFT. Reference tables and check digit algorithms of the Deutsche Bundesbank (German Federal Bank) as well as city and suburb directories serve as data source for the German version. The reference data is kept up-to-date by us. Programme modifications and enhancements are made as part of the update process. In the current international version TL Bank is available for all 75 official IBAN countries. For bank names, the TOLERANT search with integrated synonym and stop word catalogues is used for the bank name determination, as well as the city/subcity determination known from TL Post. The matching is based on the proven technology of TL Match.
What is the BIC?
The BIC (Business Identifier Code) is an internationally valid bank code defined by SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication). It is also referred to synonymously as the SWIFT code. The BIC code consists of eight or eleven alphanumeric characters and is subdivided as follows:
- 4-digit bank code
- 2-digit country code
- 2-digit coding of the city
- 3-digit identification number of the branch (optional)
Together with the internationally standardized account number IBAN, it is used to identify an account in the SEPA area (Single Euro Payments Area) and for euro transfers, which have been valid since 2008, in order to identify a recipient perfectly in both national and international payment transactions. The SEPA area consists of the 28 EU member states, the other EEA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, as well as Switzerland, Monaco and San Marino. In the SEPA area, standardized procedures are offered throughout Europe for cashless payment transactions.
Check your bank details: Why is this so important?
The introduction of BIC and IBAN was primarily intended to significantly simplify and speed up international payment transactions. However, the new system is anything but error-free. Time and again, IBAN and BIC details are incorrect. If transfers are misdirected as a result, unpleasant costs and delays can quickly arise. To avoid this, you need to check the relevant bank details in good time. This is almost impossible to do manually without a lot of effort. You should therefore rely on modern software solutions that allow you to easily check a convenient IBAN number. Although consumers and companies regularly use IBANs for individual payment transactions, their exact composition is usually unknown. IBANs are used by banks to implement a generally valid account identification. The core objective of the IBAN is to clearly record incoming and outgoing payments.
How is an IBAN number made up?
Before you check an IBAN number, it is helpful to familiarize yourself with its general structure. In general, these numbers always begin with the country code. In Germany, this corresponds to the abbreviation DE. This is followed by the individual number sequence. This usually consists of a check digit, the bank code and the respective account number. In order to be able to check the bank data, the IBAN must be broken down and then carefully checked.
Check bank details: How can errors be avoided?
In general, typing errors can occur very quickly when entering bank details. This makes it all the more important to check bank details before sending bank transfers, for example. Make sure that you avoid typing errors and always check the recipient details again. In this way, common sources of error can be eliminated.
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Core functions
- Check German bank code / account numbers
- Determine German bank codes error-tolerantly via bank name and location
- Convert German bank codes / account numbers to IBAN and BIC
- Convert IBAN to German bank codes / account numbers
- Validate IBAN
- Derive BIC from IBAN
- Validate the BIC
- Bank search (fast completion)
Your benefits
- Current and verified bank data
- Configurable for your requirements
- Easy to integrate into your systems (web service, ETL, batch)
- Excel tool for easy checking and completion
- Finds even obsolete bank names, city and sort code
Technical features
- Supports Windows Server, Linux, Solaris as well as other Unix systems (upon request)
- Runs in virtualized system environments
- Optimized for multi-core platforms
- Short response times even with many parallel users
Application Scenarios
- SEPA conversion of existing bank connections
- Input verification in ERP and CRM systems or Internet applications and web shops
- Bank data verification in data management processes and system interfaces
- Data cleansing as part of migration projects
Integration options
- Can be integrated into custom applications via web service (REST or SOAP) or API for C, Java, PL/SQL
- Can be integrated into ETL tools via web service (Informatica, Talend, Pentaho Data Integration or similar)
Product Support
TL Bank can do all that:
Stock conversion IBAN
Convert existing German account numbers and bank codes of your customers and calculate the corresponding IBAN/BIC.
Determine and check BIC
Check existing BIC (banc code) information and automatically determine the BIC automatically from IBAN data.