Italian bank code 03598
BANCA UBAE S.P.A., ROMA
| ABI code | 03598 |
|---|---|
| Status | in force |
| Institution | BANCA UBAE S.P.A. |
| Registered office in Italy | VIA QUINTINO SELLA, 2 |
| Postcode | 00187 |
| Town | ROMA |
| LEI | 815600097949D6B08F83 |
What a missing code does NOT mean
The Banca d'Italia lists the banks, payment institutions and e-money institutions it registers, not the allocation of the ABI code space. Poste Italiane (07601), the Banca d'Italia itself (01000) and the Italian branches of EU payment institutions issue real Italian IBANs outside these registers. So a code listed here names its holder, and a code absent from them proves nothing: the API answers authoritative: false for Italy, and an absence is never a reason to stop a payment.
IBAN structure with this code
An Italian IBAN is IT, two check digits, one CIN letter, the five-digit ABI code, a five-digit CAB (the branch), then the twelve-character account number. The ABI code is what the Banca d'Italia registers can name a holder for; the account part is known only to the bank.
IT92 J035 9801 6000 0000 0123 456
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": "UBAIITRRXXX",
"bic8": "UBAIITRR",
"bank_name": "BANCA UBAE - SOCIETA' PER AZIONI IN FORMA ABBREVIATA \"BANCA UBAE S.P.A.\"",
"city": "ROMA",
"source": "IBANforge curated bank-code map",
"as_of": "2026-09",
"basis": "curated_map",
"authoritative": false,
"lei": "815600097949D6B08F83"
},
"bank_code_check": {
"value": "03598",
"status": "verified",
"match": "register",
"register": "Banca d'Italia, registers of banks, payment institutions and e-money institutions (Albi ed elenchi di vigilanza, https://infostat.bancaditalia.it/GIAVAInquiry-public/ng/#/area-download, CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, normalised and joined by IBANforge; Poste Italiane and branches of EU payment institutions hold ABI codes outside these registers, so an absence is not a non-allocation)",
"authoritative": false,
"institution": {
"name": "BANCA UBAE S.P.A.",
"street": "VIA QUINTINO SELLA, 2",
"post_code": "00187",
"town": "ROMA",
"country": "IT",
"lei": "815600097949D6B08F83"
},
"as_of": "2026-09"
},
"sepa": {
"member": true,
"schemes": [
"SCT",
"SCT_INST"
],
"vop_required": true,
"vop_participant": true,
"basis": "epc_register"
},
"issuer": {
"type": "bank",
"name": "BANCA UBAE - SOCIETA' PER AZIONI IN FORMA ABBREVIATA \"BANCA UBAE S.P.A.\"",
"classification": "default"
},
"risk_indicators": {
"country_risk": "standard",
"sepa_reachable": true,
"vop_coverage": true,
"test_bic": false
}
}Source: Banca d'Italia, Albi ed elenchi di vigilanza (open data, CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), edition 2026-09-23; normalised and joined by IBANforge