Use the Bank accounts form to register all bank accounts and IBANs for customers, suppliers or employees.
The bank account with the lowest line number is the preferred bank account. It is displayed on the Customers, Suppliers or Employees form. You can change the details of the preferred bank account there. Any changes are automatically applied to the Bank accounts form. Use to set another bank account number or IBAN as the preferred bank account:
Select the account number or IBAN you want to set as the preferred bank account and keep clicking until this record has the lowest line number on the form.
The icon is only available if the Edit mode is not enabled.
When you enter an IBAN, various automatic checks are performed as soon as you save the bank account number:
Do the values at the first two positions of the IBAN constitute a country code as listed on the ISO countries form? If so, does the ISO country have an IBAN structure? (The IBAN structure for each ISO country code is defined in the ISO 13616 standard.)
Does the IBAN match the required IBAN structure? Isah checks a number of elements, including the length of the IBAN and the characters used for each IBAN component.
Does the calculated check number match the check number in the third and fourth positions of the IBAN? The check is performed according to the ISO 7064 standard.
If the IBAN is found to be invalid, a message will appear. You can still use the IBAN, but you will risk incorrect payments in the payment process.
The International Bank Account Number (IBAN) was developed to enable domestic and international payments to be made more quickly and with fewer errors. The number of characters in the IBAN varies by country, and ranges from 15 up to 34 characters. Each IBAN is made up of an ISO country code, a check number, and a Bank Account Number (BBAN), which varies by country. When an IBAN is entered in Isah, the country code, the check number and the IBAN structure are verified.
Example of a Dutch IBAN:
NL99 BANK 0123 4567 89
NL: ISO country code
99: Check number
BANK01234456789: BBAN
BANK: Bank code
0123456789: account number, where necessary preceded by one or more zeros to fill 18 positions.
Electronic and printed IBAN format
There is an electronic IBAN format, as well as an easier-to-read printed IBAN format, in which every four characters are separated by a space. The Isah forms show the electronic format, and some of the Isah reports show the printed format.
Example
Example of the electronic and printed IBAN formats for Great Britain:
Electronic IBAN format
Printed IBAN format
GB29NWBK60161331926819
GB29 NWBK 6016 1331 9268 19
For more information, visit http://www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu/content.cfm?page=international_bank_account_number_and_business_identifier_code.