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Israel IBAN format: 23 characters.

Israel IBANs have 23 characters: the country code IL, two check digits and a 19-character BBAN, the national account number, laid out as 3!n3!n13!n.

Israel IBAN structure

IL620108000000099999999
Country code
IL
Check digits
62
Bank code
010
Branch code
800
Account
0000099999999
Parts of a Israel IBAN and their positions
PositionsPartIn the example
1–2Country codeIL
3–4Check digits62
5–7Bank code010
8–10Branch code800
11–23Account0000099999999

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. 3!n3!n13!n reads:

The Israel BBAN format, segment by segment
PositionsNotationHoldsExample
5–73!n3 digitsBank code010
8–103!n3 digitsBranch code800
11–2313!n13 digits0000099999999

Israel IBAN example

IL62 0108 0000 0009 9999 999 is the sample the SWIFT IBAN Registry publishes for Israel: a well-formed IBAN for showing the format, not a real account. Written electronically it has no spaces (IL620108000000099999999); 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

    0108000000099999999IL62
  2. Replace each letter with two digits (A = 10 … Z = 35)

    I = 18, L = 21

    0108000000099999999182162
  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 (IL00…), repeat steps 1–3: remainder 36. The check digits are 98 − 36 = 62.

SEPA

Israel is not in the Single Euro Payments Area, so SEPA credit transfers and direct debits don’t reach IL 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 IL IBANs from code or an AI agent

REST · GET · no key
curl -s 'https://payopskit.com/api/v1/iban/IL620108000000099999999'
MCP · tools/call · validate_iban
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "validate_iban",
    "arguments": {
      "iban": "IL620108000000099999999"
    }
  }
}
Response (JSON)
{
  "input": "IL620108000000099999999",
  "iban": "IL620108000000099999999",
  "print": "IL62 0108 0000 0009 9999 999",
  "valid": true,
  "country": {
    "code": "IL",
    "name": "Israel",
    "sepa": false,
    "sepaNote": null
  },
  "checkDigits": "62",
  "expectedCheckDigits": "62",
  "length": {
    "actual": 23,
    "expected": 23
  },
  "bban": "0108000000099999999",
  "bbanFormat": "3!n3!n13!n",
  "bankCode": "010",
  "branchCode": "800",
  "parts": [
    {
      "label": "Country code",
      "value": "IL",
      "start": 0,
      "end": 2,
      "kind": "country"
    },
    {
      "label": "Check digits",
      "value": "62",
      "start": 2,
      "end": 4,
      "kind": "check"
    },
    {
      "label": "Bank code",
      "value": "010",
      "start": 4,
      "end": 7,
      "kind": "bank"
    },
    {
      "label": "Branch code",
      "value": "800",
      "start": 7,
      "end": 10,
      "kind": "branch"
    },
    {
      "label": "Account",
      "value": "0000099999999",
      "start": 10,
      "end": 23,
      "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=IL&bban=… or the MCP tool compute_iban_check_digits computes the check digits and the whole IBAN.

Other 23-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.