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Bankleitzahl 51210800

Societe Generale, Frankfurt am Main

Bankleitzahl51210800
InstitutionSociete Generale
Short nameSOGEBANK Frankfurt Main
BICSOGEDEFFXXX
Postcode60311
TownFrankfurt am Main
Statusactive
Successor BLZnone

IBAN structure with this code

A German IBAN is DE, two check digits, the eight-digit Bankleitzahl, then the ten-digit account number. The BLZ is what the register can vouch for; the account number is known only to the bank.

DE60 5121 0800 1000 0000 00

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 route's own answer, produced by the same code that serves api.ibanforge.com, on the register as of the date shown. Nothing is edited.

{
  "valid": true,
  "bic": {
    "code": "SOGEDEFFXXX",
    "bank_name": "Societe Generale",
    "city": "Frankfurt am Main",
    "source": "Deutsche Bundesbank Bankleitzahlendatei",
    "as_of": "2026-09",
    "basis": "national_register",
    "authoritative": true,
    "lei": null
  },
  "bank_code_check": {
    "value": "51210800",
    "status": "verified",
    "match": "register",
    "register": "Deutsche Bundesbank Bankleitzahlendatei",
    "authoritative": true,
    "institution": {
      "name": "Societe Generale",
      "street": null,
      "post_code": "60311",
      "town": "Frankfurt am Main",
      "country": "DE"
    },
    "as_of": "2026-09"
  },
  "sepa": {
    "member": true,
    "schemes": [
      "SCT",
      "SDD",
      "SCT_INST"
    ],
    "vop_required": true,
    "vop_participant": false,
    "basis": "country_default"
  },
  "issuer": {
    "type": "bank",
    "name": "Societe Generale",
    "classification": "default"
  },
  "risk_indicators": {
    "country_risk": "standard",
    "sepa_reachable": true,
    "vop_coverage": true,
    "test_bic": false
  }
}

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Source: Deutsche Bundesbank Bankleitzahlendatei, register as of 2026-09.