ibanchecker.cash

Product Updates

Changelog

Significant updates to ibanchecker.cash: new tools, data coverage, API features, and accuracy improvements. Minor fixes and routine maintenance are not listed.

  1. New

    Published our data verification methodology

    A new methodology page documents where every format rule, bank code, and BIC comes from, how the 7,000+ check audit suite tests the dataset on every change, and the corrections we have made, including errors we found in widely copied bank code tables.

  2. Improved

    Bank-specific example IBANs and clearer validator results

    Bank pages now show an illustrative IBAN built from that bank’s real domestic code, so the example resolves to the right institution when validated. The validator also recognizes official ISO 13616 sample IBANs and explains why their placeholder bank codes don’t match a real bank, and unmatched lookups now read “Not in our directory” to make clear the gap is in our coverage, not your IBAN.

  3. Improved

    API keys now hashed at rest

    Authentication records now store a SHA-256 hash of each API key instead of the key itself. Existing keys keep working unchanged and migrate automatically on first use. Details on the Security & Trust page.

  4. New

    Live API status monitoring

    The status pagenow shows real measurements only. Automated checks run against the production API every 5 minutes from Cloudflare’s network, and the published 30-day uptime is computed from every recorded check.

  5. Improved

    Official bank websites and Wikidata references

    Nearly 600 banks in the directory now link to their verified official website, each cross-checked against Wikidata and tested for liveness before publication. Bank profiles also expose these references as structured data.

  6. Improved

    Full bank data audit against official registries

    Every national bank code table (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Iceland, the Nordics, and 30+ more) was re-verified against central bank registries such as Banque de France, Banco de Portugal, and NBP EWIB. A permanent regression suite with about 6,000 checks now runs on every data change.

  7. New

    Developer dashboard

    Signed-in API users get a full dashboard: multiple named API keys with rotation, monthly usage broken down per endpoint with CSV export, plan overview, and GDPR-compliant data export and account deletion.

  8. Improved

    Machine-readable API surface

    Published an OpenAPI 3.1 specification for all five endpoints along with llms.txt, so AI assistants and code generators can integrate the API without guesswork. See API documentation.

  9. New

    Six new IBAN countries: coverage reaches 90

    Added Djibouti, Honduras, Senegal, Chad, Togo, and Yemen with full national BBAN parsing, bringing validation coverage to 90 countries. Each has a dedicated format reference.

  10. Improved

    EPC SEPA registry import: 2,300+ institutions

    Imported the European Payments Council registers of SEPA scheme participants, growing the SWIFT/BIC directory to more than 2,300 verified institutions across 53 countries, including Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, and San Marino.

  11. New

    WordPress plugin and MCP server

    Launched a WooCommerce checkout validation plugin and an open-source MCP server (mcp.ibanchecker.cash) that gives AI assistants direct access to IBAN validation tools. Details on the integrations page.

  12. New

    Developer API with free tier

    Opened the REST API: single and bulk validation, free-text IBAN extraction, format lookup, and BIC/SWIFT lookup. Free keys are issued instantly by email with 1,000 requests per month. See API documentation.

  13. New

    Initial launch

    ibanchecker.cash goes live with the core IBAN checker, Smart Extract, Bulk Checker, the SWIFT/BIC directory, and country format references. All validation runs in memory at the edge; no IBAN is ever stored.