IBAN to Bank

Identify the bank behind an IBAN: bank name, BIC/SWIFT code, branch and country.

Pay by wallet (x402) iban-to-bank

Example

Input

{
  "iban": "DE89370400440532013000"
}

Answer

{
  "bic": "COBADEFFXXX",
  "iban": "DE89370400440532013000",
  "branch": null,
  "bank_code": "37040044",
  "bank_name": "Commerzbank",
  "valid_iban": true,
  "country_code": "DE",
  "country_name": "Germany"
}

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	What it is
`iban`	string	Yes	IBAN number to look up

Output fields

How reliably each field appears in a successful answer.

Field	Type	Appears
`bic`	string	Usually (present for most inputs)
`bank_code`	string	Always (present in every successful answer)
`bank_name`	string	Usually (present for most inputs)
`valid_iban`	boolean	Always (present in every successful answer)
`country_code`	string	Always (present in every successful answer)
`country_name`	string	Always (present in every successful answer)
`iban`	—	Always (present in every successful answer)
`branch`	—	Sometimes (present only for some inputs)

How to call it

The same tool through each route. MCP clients reach it through Strale’s server at https://api.strale.io/mcp; the call below is what the agent sends.

# Needs an API key. max_price_cents caps what this call may cost.
curl -X POST https://api.strale.io/v1/do \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRALE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "capability_slug": "iban-to-bank",
    "inputs": {
      "iban": "DE89370400440532013000"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 2
  }'

{
  "tool": "strale_execute",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "iban-to-bank",
    "inputs": {
      "iban": "DE89370400440532013000"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 2
  }
}

import { Strale } from "straleio";

const strale = new Strale({ apiKey: process.env.STRALE_API_KEY! });
const result = await strale.do({
  capability_slug: "iban-to-bank",
  inputs: {
    "iban": "DE89370400440532013000"
  },
  max_price_cents: 2,
});

import os
from straleio import Strale, DoRequest

strale = Strale(api_key=os.environ["STRALE_API_KEY"])
result = strale.do(DoRequest(
    capability_slug="iban-to-bank",
    inputs={
        "iban": "DE89370400440532013000",
    },
    max_price_cents=2,
))

# No account. The first request answers 402 with the price in USDC;
# an x402 client pays it from your wallet and repeats the request.
curl -i 'https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/iban-to-bank?iban=DE89370400440532013000'

Limitations

Bank name coverage
Bank name lookup covers major EU banks — smaller or regional banks may return bank code only without name
Reference data
Bank registry is periodically updated — newly created banks may not be listed