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The Global Standard for Payment & Payee Verification

The MonitorPay API helps you verify bank accounts, payee identities, account ownership, and VAT numbers — instantly and at scale. Whether you're onboarding customers, paying vendors, or preventing fraud, we make every transaction verifiable.

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What the API Can Do

One API. Multiple Layers of Verification.

IBAN Validation

Instantly confirm structure, format, country, and issuing bank for any IBAN worldwide.

Payee Name Matching

Ensure that the entered name matches the legal account holder — reduce errors, block fraud.

Account Ownership Verification

Confirm who owns a bank account — sourced directly from government or banking registries.

VAT Number Check

Validate VAT numbers in the EU, UK, and beyond — with official company name and status.

Transaction Monitoring

Set rules, track accounts, detect ownership changes, and get alerts before the money moves.

Why Leading Teams Choose MonitorPay

The ultimate infrastructure for global entity verification. MonitorPay connects your team directly to primary source data, providing enriched insights through a single, seamless integration. From initial onboarding to ongoing monitoring, we ensure your business stays ahead of regulatory changes automatically.

Real-time results in <1 second

Coverage in 150+ countries

Enterprise-grade reliability and uptime

High-accuracy name matching & ownership logic

No manual checks. No spreadsheets. Just verified data.

Built for Developers

Ensure every transaction is backed by verified identity data. MonitorPay uses advanced cross-referencing algorithms to compare your payment instructions against live banking records. By verifying the relationship between the payee name and the account holder in real-time, we provide the certainty you need to prevent fraud and eliminate misdirected payments.

1 %

of integrations

Standardized JSON responses

1 %

of verification calls

Clear status codes & detailed verification metadata

1 %

RESTful

Clean, RESTful architecture

1 M+

Scales to 10M+ checks per day

Audit-ready logs for each verification call

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Use Cases by Function

Take full control of your payment lifecycle with a suite of tools designed for precision. MonitorPay empowers your team to move from manual checks to automated certainty, providing a unified platform to validate account data, match identities, and verify ownership in real-time before any funds leave your organization.

Enterprise-Grade Security & Compliance

Trust begins with high-quality data. MonitorPay aggregates real-time information from a diverse network of primary sources to ensure the highest level of accuracy for every check. By combining official government records with direct banking connectivity, we provide a robust verification layer that meets the strictest compliance and security standards.

GDPR compliant

no data stored beyond verification

PSD2-ready

aligned with European payment standards

ISO 27001-aligned

secure-by-design infrastructure

Audit logs & usage analytics

for compliance teams

Unified Verification Snapshot

One response, all key checks — IBAN validity, payee match, ownership, and VAT status — returned in real time.

Designed for scale and accuracy, our API delivers sub-second responses across 150+ countries, helping finance and compliance teams move faster with confidence.

The Numbers That Matter

match accuracy across verified accounts
1 %
avg response time
< 0 s
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Millions

of verifications processed monthly

Globally

Used by finance, fintech, and risk teams worldwide

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See why teams at FinTechs, Marketplaces, and global corporations rely on MonitorPay.ai.

"Integrating MonitorPay.ai was a game-changer. We've cut payment failures by over 90%, reducing costs and improving customer satisfaction. The data's reliability is second to none."

Sarah Chen

Head of Payments, NovaPay

"MonitorPay's Account Ownership Verification is the final layer of assurance we need before dispatching large B2B payments. Confirming ownership against official records gives my team confidence."

David Miller

Global Treasury Manager

"Onboarding thousands of sellers was a compliance bottleneck. MonitorPay's API automated our entire verification process. We now onboard faster, with greater confidence and a full audit trail."

Markus Weber

CCO, EuroTrade Market

"We needed a robust verification tool for our merchants. MonitorPay's API was simple to integrate, and their direct data access gives us a huge quality advantage. We launched a critical feature in weeks, not years."

Elena Ricci

Lead Product Manager

Start Verifying – First 100 Checks Free

Experience the full power of the MonitorPay API with:

100 free verifications to get started

Pricing starts at just €0.10 per check

No monthly minimums — only pay for what you use

Volume discounts available — lower rates as your usage grows

Billed monthly based on actual usage

Deploy instantly with a clean REST API, full audit logs, and enterprise-grade compliance.

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Frequently asked questions

We verify IBAN structure, payee name matching, account ownership (individual or business), VAT registration status, and — for enterprise clients — ongoing monitoring of previously verified data.

MonitorPay supports IBAN and VAT verification across 150+ countries, including all of Europe, the UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, India, and more. Country-specific availability may vary by product (e.g., ownership verification coverage depends on data access in that region).

Our payee matching uses intelligent logic, including fuzzy matching, transliteration support, and confidence scoring. It reliably detects exact, partial, and incorrect matches — even in edge cases like swapped name order or minor typos.

Yes. Our Account Ownership Verification feature confirms the legal owner of a bank account (person or business), sourced directly from trusted banks or official registries. This is ideal for KYB and large transfers.

Yes, we offer Account Status Checks for selected countries. This feature confirms whether an account is currently open, dormant, or closed — helping you avoid failed payouts.

Absolutely. We are fully GDPR compliant. We do not store personal or sensitive data beyond what’s necessary to complete a verification, and all requests are logged securely for audit purposes.

Yes. Our REST API is designed for real-time use, with sub-second response times and minimal latency. It’s used in live onboarding flows, payout engines, and payment approval systems.

Each verification returns structured JSON data, including validation status, match scores, metadata (like bank name or VAT holder name), and actionable risk indicators. Full schema is available in the [API docs].

Yes. Every client has access to a secure MonitorPay Dashboard, where you can track API usage, manage keys, export logs, and review verification outcomes.

Yes. We offer a bulk validation endpoint that supports verifying thousands of IBANs, payee names, or VAT numbers at once via API or secure file upload.

Most customers integrate the API in under one day. Our docs, SDKs, and dedicated support make it fast and frictionless — even for complex flows.

For enterprise clients, we offer continuous monitoring with webhook alerts. You’ll be notified in real time if a previously verified IBAN or VAT number changes status, becomes inactive, or no longer matches the original entity.