Belgian bank code 508

IBAN structure with this code

A Belgian IBAN is BE, two check digits, the three-digit bank identifier, the seven-digit account number, then two national check digits (the first ten digits modulo 97). The identifier is what the NBB list can vouch for; the account number is known only to the bank.

BE21 5080 0000 0103

Synthetic example: the account part is a placeholder, this IBAN belongs to nobody. It shows where the code sits inside the IBAN.

What the API answers for this code

The block below is the API's own answer for this code, read live from api.ibanforge.com and kept for a day, trimmed to the fields a reader can act on. Nothing is edited.

{
  "valid": true,
  "bic": {
    "code": "PARBBEBZMDC",
    "bic8": "PARBBEBZ",
    "bank_name": "BNP Paribas SA, Belgium Branch – Securities Services business",
    "city": "BRUSSELS",
    "source": "Banque nationale de Belgique, bank identification codes (Protocol Secretariat); also available free of charge on the website of the National Bank of Belgium (www.nbb.be)",
    "as_of": "2026-10",
    "basis": "national_register",
    "authoritative": true,
    "lei": null
  },
  "bank_code_check": {
    "value": "508",
    "status": "verified",
    "match": "register",
    "register": "Banque nationale de Belgique, bank identification codes (Protocol Secretariat); also available free of charge on the website of the National Bank of Belgium (www.nbb.be)",
    "authoritative": true,
    "institution": {
      "name": "BNP Paribas SA, Belgium Branch – Securities Services business",
      "street": null,
      "post_code": null,
      "town": null,
      "country": "BE"
    },
    "as_of": "2026-10"
  },
  "sepa": {
    "member": true,
    "vop_required": true
  },
  "issuer": {
    "type": "bank",
    "name": "BNP Paribas SA, Belgium Branch – Securities Services business",
    "classification": "default"
  },
  "risk_indicators": {
    "country_risk": "standard",
    "sepa_reachable": true,
    "vop_coverage": true,
    "test_bic": false
  }
}