Account Verification: A Trusted Solution for Bank Account Verification

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8 months ago

Failed payments due to disparity of registered account details and payment instructions are common, and these high return rates are the #1 reason for unreliable payments and customer dissatisfaction. Nium’s solution to this is Account Verification, which allows customers to easily validate bank account information to ensure accuracy and alignment with registered account holder details, contributing to lower return rates. This benefits businesses by minimizing return rates, which in turn, bring down costs of returns. By pairing Account Verification and Intelligent Routing, Nium is able to provide customers with the most reliable payments.

The Benefits

Real Time Confirmation: Account Verification harnesses a vast database of financial institutions across geographies to deliver instantaneous and accurate validations. 

Global Reach: Account Verification is currently supported in 12 countries for bank accounts and we are planning to expand to 9 more countries soon.

Support for Different Payout Methods: Account Verification is able to verify accounts for the following payment methods:

  1. BANK: Nium can verify if the combination of account number and routing code is valid and return the account name registered against this bank account.

  2. PROXY: Nium can also verify proxy identifiers, in which users send funds real-time through Nium to a beneficiary bank account by using an identifier, like a mobile number, email address, or ID. 

Seamless Integration: Effortlessly incorporate Account Verification into existing systems and applications using our intuitive API that won't disrupt existing workflows.

How it Works

In order to verify accounts, Nium leverages information provided by clearing systems. Some real-time clearing systems provide a lookup functionality where we can verify if an account number/proxy identifier exists and the corresponding account name registered against the identifier. With our 60+ partnerships across various banks and clearing systems across the globe, Nium is able to relay this information to its customers.

Available Countries

 
 
 

Country 

Payout Method

Verification Method

Beneficiary Account Name Available

1

Malaysia

BANK

Clearing System Lookup (DuitNow)

Yes

2

Pakistan

BANK

Clearing System Lookup (RTGS)

Yes

3

Indonesia

BANK

Clearing System Lookup (SKN)

Yes

4

Malaysia

PROXY

Clearing System Lookup (DuitNow)

Yes

5

Singapore

PROXY

Clearing System Lookup (FAST)

Yes

6

India

PROXY

Clearing System Lookup (IMPS)

Yes

7

Australia

PROXY

Clearing System Lookup (NPP)

Yes

8

Thailand

BANK

Clearing System Lookup (PromptPay)

No

9

Vietnam

BANK

Clearing System Lookup (NAPAS)

No

10

Singapore

BANK

Clearing System Lookup

No

11

India

BANK

Clearing System Lookup

No

12

Europe

BANK

Clearing System Lookup

No

13

UK

BANK

Clearing System Lookup

No

14

PH

BANK

Clearing System Lookup

No

15

Australia

BANK

Clearing System Lookup

No

16

Hong Kong

BANK

Clearing System Lookup

No

 

Status Descriptions

 
 

Status

Description

confirmation_in_progress

This means that Nium is verifying the correctness of the beneficiary account number. Nium would relay the final result via a webhook template.

not_supported

This means that Nium does not support verifying the account details of a beneficiary bank account in this geography. If you have any interest for a currency, do not hesitate to reach out to us.

verified

This means that Nium has successfully verified that the bank account details of the beneficiary are correct.

Please note that transaction to this beneficiary can still be returned due to several reasons such as compliance reject, bank reject, account closed etc.

not_verified

This means that Nium has successfully verified that the bank account details of the beneficiary are incorrect.

 

What's Next?

We recently launched our developer guide and API reference for Account Verification, that summarizes the customer experience and API calls that users can leverage. We are working to bring more currencies to this mix (JPY, KRW, LKR, TRY, MXN, DKK, HUF, SEK, BRL). For now, we are targeting GBP and USD.

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Author

  • Suchi Sraba Pattanayak Product Manager

    Suchi Sraba Pattanayak

    Product Manager

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