The ISCD is maintained and supplied by third parties, on behalf of the banking industry, and the copyright is owned by APACS Administration Limited.
It is increasingly important that we are able to make automated payments smoothly and efficiently.
To overcome these difficulties, the European Committee for Banking Standards (ECBS) developed the IBAN which was later adopted as an international standard under ISO 13616:1997. The site contains over 500 banks with 26,000 sortcodes.
Cheque and Credit Clearing Company is the appointed clearance organisations in the UK.