Poland IBAN
28 characters: the country code, two check digits, then the BBAN cut as below.
Anatomy of the official example
PL61109010140000071219812874
- Country code
- Check digits
- Bank 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 | PL |
|---|---|
| Length | 28 characters |
| Check digits | positions 3 to 4, ISO 7064 mod 97-10 |
| Bank code | positions 5 to 12 · 8!n |
| Account number | positions 13 to 28 · 16!n |
| Official example | PL61 1090 1014 0000 0712 1981 2874 |
| 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 Poland 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": "PL",
"name": "Poland"
},
"bic": {
"code": "WBKPPLPPXXX",
"bic8": "WBKPPLPP",
"bank_name": "ERSTE BANK POLSKA SPÓŁKA AKCYJNA",
"city": "WARSZAWA",
"source": "IBANforge curated bank-code map",
"as_of": "2026-09",
"basis": "curated_map",
"authoritative": false,
"lei": "259400LGXW3K0GDAG361"
},
"bank_code_check": {
"value": "10901014",
"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",
"check_digit": {
"valid": true,
"algorithm": "NBP settlement-number check digit: weighted sum of the first seven digits (weights 3,9,7,1,3,9,7), complement modulo 10"
}
},
"sepa": {
"member": true,
"schemes": [
"SCT",
"SCT_INST"
],
"vop_required": false,
"vop_participant": false,
"basis": "epc_register"
},
"issuer": {
"type": "bank",
"name": "ERSTE BANK POLSKA SPÓŁKA AKCYJNA",
"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.