Iceland IBAN
26 characters: the country code, two check digits, then the BBAN cut as below.
Anatomy of the official example
IS140159260076545510730339
- 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.
| ISO code | IS |
|---|---|
| Length | 26 characters |
| Check digits | positions 3 to 4, ISO 7064 mod 97-10 |
| Bank code | positions 5 to 8 · 4!n |
| Branch code | positions 9 to 10 · 2!n |
| Account number | positions 11 to 26 · 16!n |
| Official example | IS14 0159 2600 7654 5510 7303 39 |
| SEPA area | member · SCT, SDD |
| Verification of Payee | no duty to date |
| Bank-code register | IBANforge 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 Iceland 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": "IS",
"name": "Iceland"
},
"bic": {
"code": "NBIIISREXXX",
"bic8": "NBIIISRE",
"bank_name": "Landsbankinn hf.",
"city": "Reykjavík",
"source": "IBANforge curated bank-code map",
"as_of": "2026-09",
"basis": "curated_map",
"authoritative": false,
"lei": "549300TLZPT6JELDWM92"
},
"bank_code_check": {
"value": "01",
"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": "Landsbankinn hf.",
"classification": "default"
},
"risk_indicators": {
"country_risk": "standard",
"sepa_reachable": true,
"vop_coverage": false,
"test_bic": false
}
}Source: ISO 13616 registry for the length, layout and example; API answer captured on 2026-09-23.