---
search:
  tags:
    - Accounts
    - POST
seo:
  description: >-
    Checks the MOD-11 check digit of a Norwegian account number (or the MOD-97…
    Reference for the POST /v1/accounts/validate endpoint in the Kontosjekker
    API.
sidebar:
  badge: POST
  label: Validate an account number and identify its bank
title: Validate an account number and identify its bank
type: openapi-operation
---
Checks the MOD-11 check digit of a Norwegian account number (or the MOD-97 check digits of an IBAN), converts between BBAN and IBAN, and resolves the owning bank. A syntactically valid number is not proof that the account exists.

<Operation source="api" id="validateaccount" />