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IBAN format · CZ

Czechia IBAN format: 24 characters.

Czech Republic (Czechia) IBANs have 24 characters: the country code CZ, two check digits and a 20-character BBAN, the national account number, laid out as 4!n6!n10!n.

Czechia IBAN structure

CZ6508000000192000145399
Country code
CZ
Check digits
65
Bank code
0800
Account
0000192000145399
Parts of a Czechia IBAN and their positions
PositionsPartIn the example
1–2Country codeCZ
3–4Check digits65
5–8Bank code0800
9–24Account0000192000145399

The BBAN, segment by segment

The registry writes the BBAN in SWIFT notation: n is a digit, a an upper-case letter, c a letter or digit, and the ! means a fixed length. 4!n6!n10!n reads:

The Czechia BBAN format, segment by segment
PositionsNotationHoldsExample
5–84!n4 digitsBank code0800
9–146!n6 digitsAccount number prefix000019
15–2410!n10 digitsAccount number2000145399

Czechia IBAN example

CZ65 0800 0000 1920 0014 5399 is the sample the SWIFT IBAN Registry publishes for Czechia: a well-formed IBAN for showing the format, not a real account. Written electronically it has no spaces (CZ6508000000192000145399); on paper it is printed in groups of four.

Its check digits, worked through with ISO 7064 mod 97-10:

  1. Move the country code and check digits to the end

    08000000192000145399CZ65
  2. Replace each letter with two digits (A = 10 … Z = 35)

    C = 12, Z = 35

    08000000192000145399123565
  3. Divide that number by 97 and keep the remainder

    Remainder 1. A valid IBAN always leaves 1, so the check digits are right.

  4. Where the check digits come from

    Put 00 in their place (CZ00…), repeat steps 1–3: remainder 33. The check digits are 98 − 33 = 65.

SEPA

Czechia is in the Single Euro Payments Area, so SEPA credit transfers and direct debits can reach CZ IBANs; whether a given bank takes part is up to that bank.

What the format can and can’t tell you

  • Valid means the structure and check digits are right — not that the account exists or can receive payments.
  • National check digits inside the BBAN (e.g. the French RIB key, or the Spanish, Belgian and Italian CIN digits) are not verified.
  • Bank and branch codes are read from their positions; they are not looked up in a bank directory.

Check CZ IBANs from code or an AI agent

REST · GET · no key
curl -s 'https://payopskit.com/api/v1/iban/CZ6508000000192000145399'
MCP · tools/call · validate_iban
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "validate_iban",
    "arguments": {
      "iban": "CZ6508000000192000145399"
    }
  }
}
Response (JSON)
{
  "input": "CZ6508000000192000145399",
  "iban": "CZ6508000000192000145399",
  "print": "CZ65 0800 0000 1920 0014 5399",
  "valid": true,
  "country": {
    "code": "CZ",
    "name": "Czechia",
    "sepa": true,
    "sepaNote": null
  },
  "checkDigits": "65",
  "expectedCheckDigits": "65",
  "length": {
    "actual": 24,
    "expected": 24
  },
  "bban": "08000000192000145399",
  "bbanFormat": "4!n6!n10!n",
  "bankCode": "0800",
  "branchCode": null,
  "parts": [
    {
      "label": "Country code",
      "value": "CZ",
      "start": 0,
      "end": 2,
      "kind": "country"
    },
    {
      "label": "Check digits",
      "value": "65",
      "start": 2,
      "end": 4,
      "kind": "check"
    },
    {
      "label": "Bank code",
      "value": "0800",
      "start": 4,
      "end": 8,
      "kind": "bank"
    },
    {
      "label": "Account",
      "value": "0000192000145399",
      "start": 8,
      "end": 24,
      "kind": "account"
    }
  ],
  "checks": {
    "characters": true,
    "country": true,
    "length": true,
    "bbanFormat": true,
    "checksum": true
  },
  "errors": [],
  "notes": [
    "Valid means the structure and check digits are right — not that the account exists or can receive payments.",
    "National check digits inside the BBAN (e.g. the French RIB key, or the Spanish, Belgian and Italian CIN digits) are not verified."
  ]
}

The MCP server is at /mcp (Streamable HTTP, no key); the API and MCP docs show how to connect Claude, Cursor or VS Code.

From a national account number: GET /api/v1/iban/check-digits?country=CZ&bban=… or the MCP tool compute_iban_check_digits computes the check digits and the whole IBAN.

Other 24-character IBANs

Source: the SWIFT IBAN Registry (ISO 13616), transcribed and checked against each country’s registry example; the positions of bank and branch codes are given only where the registry’s are well established. The SWIFT IBAN Registry is the authority. Informational only.