IBAN format · YE

Yemen IBAN format: 30 characters.

Yemen IBANs have 30 characters: the country code YE, two check digits and a 26-character BBAN, the national account number, laid out as 4!a4!n18!c.

Yemen IBAN structure

YE15CBYE0001018861234567891234

Country code: YE
Check digits: 15
Bank code: CBYE
Branch code: 0001
Account: 018861234567891234

Parts of a Yemen IBAN and their positions
Positions	Part	In the example
1–2	Country code	YE
3–4	Check digits	15
5–8	Bank code	CBYE
9–12	Branch code	0001
13–30	Account	018861234567891234

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!a4!n18!c reads:

The Yemen BBAN format, segment by segment
Positions	Notation	Holds	Example
5–8	4!a	4 upper-case lettersBank code	CBYE
9–12	4!n	4 digitsBranch code	0001
13–30	18!c	18 letters or digits	018861234567891234

Yemen IBAN example

YE15 CBYE 0001 0188 6123 4567 8912 34 is the sample the SWIFT IBAN Registry publishes for Yemen: a well-formed IBAN for showing the format, not a real account. Written electronically it has no spaces (YE15CBYE0001018861234567891234); 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
CBYE0001018861234567891234YE15
Replace each letter with two digits (A = 10 … Z = 35)
C = 12, B = 11, Y = 34, E = 14
121134140001018861234567891234341415
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 (YE00…), repeat steps 1–3: remainder 83. The check digits are 98 − 83 = 15.

SEPA

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

REST · GET · no key

curl -s 'https://payopskit.com/api/v1/iban/YE15CBYE0001018861234567891234'

MCP · tools/call · validate_iban

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "validate_iban",
    "arguments": {
      "iban": "YE15CBYE0001018861234567891234"
    }
  }
}

Response (JSON)

{
  "input": "YE15CBYE0001018861234567891234",
  "iban": "YE15CBYE0001018861234567891234",
  "print": "YE15 CBYE 0001 0188 6123 4567 8912 34",
  "valid": true,
  "country": {
    "code": "YE",
    "name": "Yemen",
    "sepa": false,
    "sepaNote": null
  },
  "checkDigits": "15",
  "expectedCheckDigits": "15",
  "length": {
    "actual": 30,
    "expected": 30
  },
  "bban": "CBYE0001018861234567891234",
  "bbanFormat": "4!a4!n18!c",
  "bankCode": "CBYE",
  "branchCode": "0001",
  "parts": [
    {
      "label": "Country code",
      "value": "YE",
      "start": 0,
      "end": 2,
      "kind": "country"
    },
    {
      "label": "Check digits",
      "value": "15",
      "start": 2,
      "end": 4,
      "kind": "check"
    },
    {
      "label": "Bank code",
      "value": "CBYE",
      "start": 4,
      "end": 8,
      "kind": "bank"
    },
    {
      "label": "Branch code",
      "value": "0001",
      "start": 8,
      "end": 12,
      "kind": "branch"
    },
    {
      "label": "Account",
      "value": "018861234567891234",
      "start": 12,
      "end": 30,
      "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=YE&bban=… or the MCP tool compute_iban_check_digits computes the check digits and the whole IBAN.

Other 30-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.