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Verify any bank account, worldwide.

Bank Data confirms whether a bank account is usable, owned by the right party, and low risk, in a single call. No bank login, no username or password, across US payment rails and countries worldwide.

Bank of New York Mellon
PITTSBURGH, PA
No. 1042
DATE ______
Pay to the order of
PayOS verification
$0.00
Verify only, no debit
Memo
Account verification
VERIFIED
⑆011001234⑆ ••••6789⑈ 1042
Account status Active & valid
Institution BNY Mellon
Ownership Match · 100
Return risk Low
Risk score 892 · Low
Real-time payout RTP eligible
Request for Pay TCH enabled
Provider JPMC ACH · Open
Name match First + last
Rail ACH · RTP
Location Pittsburgh, PA
Reason Information found
Verified name Match · 98
Account type Checking
Debit ready Yes
OFAC / sanctions Clear · none
Rail speed < 2.5s
Fraud flags None
Ownership, status & risk returned in one call

How teams put it to work

One call at the moment that matters. Ownership, validity, rail reach and confidence arrive together, before a dollar moves.

yourapp.com · Link account
Routing021000021 · CHASE✓
Account••••6789 · OPEN✓
OwnerJANE DOE · MATCH✓
ConfidenceGREEN · HIGH✓
Linked · RTP & FedNow reachable
New user links a bank account
At account add
Routing valid · FI name & logo
Account open & active
Ownership: name match
Confidence score returned
Real-time rails reachable

The full account picture

One account in, every signal out. Verification, ownership, rail reach, risk and a micro-deposit fallback, all from a single call.

Why it pays for itself

Account verification stops loss at payment setup, before money ever moves through ACH debit rails. Here is where the value shows up.

01
$15.6B
account-takeover losses industry-wide, 2024
$ACHdebit

Mitigates ACH debit exposure

02
R02 · R03 · R04
return codes prevented before a debit
R02R03R04stopped pre-debit

Eliminates administrative return fees

03
$15 to $30
handling cost recovered per return
exceptionswith PayOS

Reduces internal operational load

04
3.0% / 0.5%
return-rate limits you stay under
3.0% limityour return rate

NACHA threshold protection

05
Mar 19, 2022
enforceable WEB debit validation rule
WEB debitrule met

Meets the NACHA WEB debit mandate

06
Low-code
effort to launch with PayOS
POST /bank/verifylive

Low technical integration effort

Verify before transacting with a bank account

Every payout starts with a bank account you have never seen. PayOS confirms it is real, owned by the right party and low-risk, before funds ever move.

Sender & Recipient

Verify both accounts before money moves.

Confirm ownership and usability for the sender before a pay-in, and for the recipient before a payout. Funds move only between verified US bank accounts.

Sender ✓
•••• 6789
VERIFIED ACCOUNT
Recipient ✓
Model 2B
AP / ERP · Vendors

Gate the first vendor payout.

Validate account usability and ownership for AP and ERP payouts, and hold the first payout until the account is verified.

Model 1 + 3
Marketplaces · Payouts

Re-verify on every bank change.

Add verification gates on the first seller payout and on every bank-detail change across your seller base.

Model 1
Wallet · Fintech

Low-friction account funding.

Fast, low-friction validation with a risk-tiered step-up the moment a result turns yellow.

Model 3
Insurance · Claims

Keep large payouts from fraud.

Score-gated controls keep high-dollar claim disbursements away from risky accounts.

Model 2A
Payroll · Contractors

Stop failed payroll runs.

Pre-validate at onboarding and on every bank-detail change to stop returned payments before payday.

US ONLY
Coverage

Any US bank account, across every rail.

One integration verifies accounts across ACH, RTP and FedNow, with no bank login required, wherever the account is held.

Real-time verification

Instant verification, no bank login

No bank credentials, no OAuth redirect, no third-party login screen. Your user enters their account and name once, and PayOS verifies ownership instantly, right inside your own flow.

No credential sharing
Stays in your UI
Name pre-populated
Step 1: Enter Account
9:41
Add External Account
Account Holder Name
John Smith
Name pre-populated from bank records
Routing Number
021000021
Account Number
•••••1111
Verify Account
Secured by PayOS
PayOS verifies
account + name
Result A: Successfully Verified
9:41
Verification Complete
Account Verified
Your external bank account has been successfully verified and linked.
✓Bank Account Verified
✓Bank Ownership Verified
Continue to Payment
Result B: Challenge Verification
9:41
Confirm Micro-Deposits
We've sent two small deposits to your account. Please check your statement and enter the amounts below.
First Deposit Amount
$ 0. _ _
Second Deposit Amount
$ 0. _ _
Confirm Amounts
Secured by PayOS
Instant by default, resilient by design Most accounts verify in real time. When a bank can't be confirmed instantly, PayOS can fall back to a micro-deposit challenge, all without ever asking the user to log in to their bank.

U.S. rails and international accounts

Beyond the U.S. rails, PayOS validates international accounts using IBAN or local formats, so a single integration covers everywhere you pay or get paid.

Structure
IBAN checksums and local format rules catch typos before funds leave.
Bank codes
Validates the routing identifier per market: SORT, IFSC, BSB, CLABE and more.
Existence
Confirms the account exists and can receive funds, where available.
Owner
Matches the account to its owner, for individuals and businesses.
Coverage Full validation, country by country Banks reachable worldwide
Plus IBAN countries with structural and checksum validation.
Explore Global Bank Verification One API and one harmonized response model, everywhere you pay or get paid.

Rail-agnostic checks. Network-aware reach.

Account verification, ownership match and confidence scoring are rail-agnostic, they work across ACH, RTP and wires. Real-time reach and Request for Payment eligibility depend on the instant-payment network, which Routing Number Lookup reveals per institution.

TCH RTP
The Clearing House
✓ Receive real-time credit (payout)
✓ Eligibility for Request for Payment
✓ FI name & logo returned
FedNow
Federal Reserve
✓ Receive real-time credit (payout)
✓ Eligibility for Request for Payment
✓ FI name & logo returned

One account check. Every payout decision.

Verify the account exists, is open and belongs to the right party before you move a dollar, across US rails and worldwide.

01
Payouts & disbursements
Confirm the destination account before funds leave, first payout or five-thousandth.
Verification
02
Loan funding
Fund to a verified, owned account and cut misdirected-deposit losses.
Ownership
03
Marketplace sellers
Verify seller accounts at onboarding and re-verify on any bank change.
Onboarding
04
Payroll & gig payments
Catch closed and invalid accounts before payday, not after the return.
Validation
05
Cross-border transfers
Verify sender and recipient accounts on international remittances before funds move.
Sender + Recipient
06
Step-up on change
Re-verify automatically on bank changes, first payouts and high-dollar sends.
Monitoring

Fewer failed payouts. Fraud caught before it moves.

Higher payout success
Verified accounts mean fewer returns and re-sends.
Lower fraud
A score and a Red / Amber / Green band before payout.
Fewer returns
Catch closed accounts before they cause returns.
Real-time UX
Standard account details. No login, no MFA loops.
Less support load
Right account, first time, fewer tickets.
US and worldwide
One integration covers domestic rails and global accounts.

Trust the account before you release funds.

Get started immediately. No sales call required. Verify accounts, match owners and score risk, with no bank login required.