Bank Account Lookup Verification
Initiate a new Bank Account Lookup Verification
Initiate a new Bank Account Lookup Verification to check if a bank account exists and belongs to the specified person or company.
Related guide: Bank Account Verification
ℹ️ This endpoint accepts two request body formats — pick the one that matches your use case:
- 📝 application/json — provide the natural person's bank account details directly, or reference an existing Workflow Session Applicant by ID.
- 📁 multipart/form-data — upload a binary file containing the natural person's bank account details.
🔓 Endpoint access
- Environments: production, sandbox
- API key scopes: organization, workspace
- Plans: pro, scale
- Add-ons (for production access): Verify - Bank account verification
post/verifications/bank_account_lookups
Request body
Example request
{
"iban": "FR7630006000011234567890189",
"natural_person": {
"first_name": "John",
"last_name": "Doe"
},
"workspace_id": "9412b83b-b4b9-4a94-97b5-2b43dfa4cde3",
"workflow_session_id": "0ef334d2-7f36-4643-8a2a-4283b4a3e4a4",
"previous_attempt_id": "9412b83b-b4b9-4a94-97b5-2b43dfa4cde4"
}Response
Created
Example response
{
"id": "9a93d3b5-fb3b-4abf-9e70-26315b33506c",
"workspace_id": "9a93d3b5-fb3b-4abf-9e70-26315b33506c",
"workflow_session_id": "0ef334d2-7f36-4643-8a2a-4283b4a3e4a4",
"previous_attempt_id": "9412b83b-b4b9-4a94-97b5-2b43dfa4cde4",
"created_at": "2025-07-23T18:22:00Z",
"updated_at": "2025-07-23T18:22:00Z",
"status": "verified",
"status_codes": [
"BALV_1101"
],
"applicant_id": "0ef334d2-7f36-4643-8a2a-4283b4a3e4a4",
"data": {
"extracted_from_document": {
"iban": "FR7630006000011234567890189"
}
}
}