IBAN format · EG

Egypt IBAN format: 29 characters.

Egypt IBANs have 29 characters: the country code EG, two check digits and a 25-character BBAN, the national account number, laid out as 4!n4!n17!n.

Egypt IBAN structure

EG380019000500000000263180002

Country code: EG
Check digits: 38
Bank code: 0019
Branch code: 0005
Account: 00000000263180002

Parts of a Egypt IBAN and their positions
Positions	Part	In the example
1–2	Country code	EG
3–4	Check digits	38
5–8	Bank code	0019
9–12	Branch code	0005
13–29	Account	00000000263180002

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!n4!n17!n reads:

The Egypt BBAN format, segment by segment
Positions	Notation	Holds	Example
5–8	4!n	4 digitsBank code	0019
9–12	4!n	4 digitsBranch code	0005
13–29	17!n	17 digits	00000000263180002

Egypt IBAN example

EG38 0019 0005 0000 0000 2631 8000 2 is the sample the SWIFT IBAN Registry publishes for Egypt: a well-formed IBAN for showing the format, not a real account. Written electronically it has no spaces (EG380019000500000000263180002); on paper it is printed in groups of four.

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

Move the country code and check digits to the end
0019000500000000263180002EG38
Replace each letter with two digits (A = 10 … Z = 35)
E = 14, G = 16
0019000500000000263180002141638
Divide that number by 97 and keep the remainder
Remainder 1. A valid IBAN always leaves 1, so the check digits are right.
Where the check digits come from
Put 00 in their place (EG00…), repeat steps 1–3: remainder 60. The check digits are 98 − 60 = 38.

SEPA

Egypt is not in the Single Euro Payments Area, so SEPA credit transfers and direct debits don’t reach EG IBANs.

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 EG IBANs from code or an AI agent

REST · GET · no key

curl -s 'https://payopskit.com/api/v1/iban/EG380019000500000000263180002'

MCP · tools/call · validate_iban

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "validate_iban",
    "arguments": {
      "iban": "EG380019000500000000263180002"
    }
  }
}

Response (JSON)

{
  "input": "EG380019000500000000263180002",
  "iban": "EG380019000500000000263180002",
  "print": "EG38 0019 0005 0000 0000 2631 8000 2",
  "valid": true,
  "country": {
    "code": "EG",
    "name": "Egypt",
    "sepa": false,
    "sepaNote": null
  },
  "checkDigits": "38",
  "expectedCheckDigits": "38",
  "length": {
    "actual": 29,
    "expected": 29
  },
  "bban": "0019000500000000263180002",
  "bbanFormat": "4!n4!n17!n",
  "bankCode": "0019",
  "branchCode": "0005",
  "parts": [
    {
      "label": "Country code",
      "value": "EG",
      "start": 0,
      "end": 2,
      "kind": "country"
    },
    {
      "label": "Check digits",
      "value": "38",
      "start": 2,
      "end": 4,
      "kind": "check"
    },
    {
      "label": "Bank code",
      "value": "0019",
      "start": 4,
      "end": 8,
      "kind": "bank"
    },
    {
      "label": "Branch code",
      "value": "0005",
      "start": 8,
      "end": 12,
      "kind": "branch"
    },
    {
      "label": "Account",
      "value": "00000000263180002",
      "start": 12,
      "end": 29,
      "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=EG&bban=… or the MCP tool compute_iban_check_digits computes the check digits and the whole IBAN.

Other 29-character IBANs

The same length doesn’t mean the same structure: compare the BBAN formats. All IBAN formats and lengths

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.