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Vatican City State IBAN Format (VA)

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A Vatican City State IBAN has 22 characters: VA, two check digits and an 18-character national account number (BBAN), which contains a 3-character bank code.

Length
22 characters
IBAN structure
VA2!n3!n15!n
Bank code length
3 characters
Example
VA59 0011 2300 0012 3456 78

Vatican City State IBAN structure

After the country code and check digits, the BBAN is 3 digits, then 15 digits.

PartIn the exampleWhat it is
Country codeVAISO 3166 code of the country
Check digits59Two digits from the ISO 7064 MOD 97-10 calculation
Bank code0013 characters, national bank identifier
Account number123000012345678The rest of the BBAN, including any national check digits

The example is the sample IBAN given for this country in the IBAN registry, not an account to pay. Structure notation: n digits, a upper-case letters, c letters or digits; 4!n means exactly four digits.

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Questions

How many characters does a Vatican City State IBAN have?
22 characters: the country code VA, two check digits and a BBAN of 18 characters.
What does a Vatican City State IBAN look like?
For example VA59 0011 2300 0012 3456 78 on paper, or VA59001123000012345678 in electronic form.
Where is the bank code in a Vatican City State IBAN?
The national bank code has 3 characters, at positions 5 to 7 of the IBAN.
How do I check a Vatican City State IBAN?
Paste it into the IBAN checker on this site. It tests the length, the structure and the check digits in your browser.

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Formats from the IBAN Registry (release 99, December 2024) that Swift publishes as the ISO 13616 registration authority, read from public mirrors of the registry. Check the current registry before relying on a format.