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Hungary IBAN

28 characters: the country code, two check digits, then the BBAN cut as below.

Anatomy of the official example

HU42117730161111101800000000

  • Country code
  • Check digits
  • Bank code
  • Branch code
  • Account number

The example comes from the ISO 13616 registry; it belongs to nobody. Positions count from the first character of the IBAN.

The facts about the Hungary IBAN
ISO codeHU
Length28 characters
Check digitspositions 3 to 4, ISO 7064 mod 97-10
Bank codepositions 5 to 7 · 3!n
Branch codepositions 8 to 11 · 4!n
Account numberpositions 12 to 28 · 17!n
Official exampleHU42 1177 3016 1111 1018 0000 0000
SEPA areamember · SCT, SDD
Verification of Payeeno duty to date
Bank-code registerIBANforge composite map, assembled from BIC directories (not a national register)

SWIFT notation: n = digits, a = upper-case letters, c = alphanumeric characters; the exclamation mark fixes the exact length.

What the API checks on a Hungary IBAN

  • The length, the charset of every field and the mod-97 check digits.
  • The bank code against our composite map assembled from BIC directories: a BIC and a bank name when they are listed, without the weight of a national register.
  • The country's SEPA reachability and the open schemes (SCT, SDD).
  • The Verification of Payee duty that does, or does not, bind the country's providers.

What the API answers for this code

The block below is the route's own answer, produced by the same code that serves api.ibanforge.com, on the register as of the date shown. Nothing is edited.

{
  "valid": true,
  "country": {
    "code": "HU",
    "name": "Hungary"
  },
  "bic": {
    "code": "OTPVHUHBXXX",
    "bic8": "OTPVHUHB",
    "bank_name": "OTP Bank Nyrt.",
    "city": "Budapest",
    "source": "IBANforge curated bank-code map",
    "as_of": "2026-09",
    "basis": "curated_map",
    "authoritative": false,
    "lei": "529900W3MOO00A18X956"
  },
  "bank_code_check": {
    "value": "117",
    "status": "verified",
    "match": "register",
    "register": "IBANforge composite bank-code map (assembled from BIC directories, not a national bank-code register)",
    "authoritative": false,
    "as_of": "2026-09"
  },
  "sepa": {
    "member": true,
    "schemes": [
      "SCT"
    ],
    "vop_required": false,
    "vop_participant": false,
    "basis": "epc_register"
  },
  "issuer": {
    "type": "bank",
    "name": "OTP Bank Nyrt.",
    "classification": "default"
  },
  "risk_indicators": {
    "country_risk": "standard",
    "sepa_reachable": true,
    "vop_coverage": false,
    "test_bic": false
  }
}
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Source: ISO 13616 registry for the length, layout and example; API answer captured on 2026-09-23.