Azerbaijan IBAN format

An IBAN from Azerbaijan is 28 characters long: the country code AZ, two check digits, then 4 letters (bank code), 20 alphanumeric characters (account number). Azerbaijan is outside SEPA. Length and structure from the SWIFT IBAN Registry (ISO 13616), transcribed 2026-10-24; the SEPA flag from the EPC list.

Structure

28 characters in all. Registry notation of the BBAN: 4!a20!c (n digits, a upper-case letters, c alphanumerics, ! fixed length).

PositionLengthCharactersMeaning
1–22letterscountry code AZ
3–42digitscheck digits (ISO 7064 mod 97-10)
5–84lettersbank code
9–2820alphanumeric charactersaccount number

Example

AZ76 ABCD 5678 9012 3456 7890 1234 is a synthetic example: placeholder characters in every part, with the check digits computed so that the mod-97 test passes. It is not a real account and no bank issued it; use it to test an input field, not to pay.

SEPA

Azerbaijan is outside the SEPA schemes: a transfer to this IBAN goes through correspondent banks, with fees on both sides and several days of delay. A payout system should warn before paying.

Check one

The API checks the characters, the country, the length (28), the mod-97 check digits and the BBAN pattern, and returns the bank identifier.

curl — validate an IBAN from Azerbaijan
curl "https://veriport.io/api/v1/iban/validate?iban=AZ76ABCD56789012345678901234"

Questions

How long is an IBAN from Azerbaijan?
28 characters, written in groups of four on paper (AZ76 ABCD 5678 9012 3456 7890 1234 as a synthetic example).
Can I find the bank from the IBAN?
The bank identifier is the 4 characters at positions 5–8; the bank’s name and BIC are in SWIFT’s licensed directory, which the API does not resolve.
Does a valid IBAN mean the account exists?
No. The check digits and the structure say the IBAN is well formed; existence and ownership are known to the bank only, at payment time.

Free: five checks, bank identifier, SEPA flag.

Check an IBAN

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