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Verify Who Owns the Account — Before You Trust It

Instantly confirm who owns a bank account — for both individuals and companies.

Trusted by 289,000+ businesses

What It Does

The ultimate toolkit for global account verification. MonitorPay confirms legal ownership in real-time, providing flexible access to data from 150+ countries to protect your business from fraud and errors. Whether you are onboarding a new vendor or paying a global freelancer network, we ensure your funds always reach the legitimate account holder.

Confirms Legal Ownership

Matches a person or company name to the account holder registered with a bank or official registry.

Works for Individuals & Companies

Whether you’re paying a freelancer, onboarding a supplier, or validating a corporate client — we verify both personal and business accounts

Flexible Access

Ownership proof is returned via dashboard or API — complete with match result, verification date, and reference details for audit.

Global Coverage

Available in 150+ countries, with data sourced from trusted financial institutions and local registries.

Why It Matters

Ownership data is verified before a single payment is processed — reducing operational risk and ensuring compliance from day one.

Prevent invoice and payment fraud

Automate KYC and KYB checks

Strengthen supplier and partner onboarding

Satisfy compliance and audit requirements

Increase confidence in every payout

Common Use Cases

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.

What You Will Receive

When you perform a verification, you receive

Ownership Details

Company Details

(if a business account)

Enriched Firmographics

To provide full context around the account-holding entity, we enrich registry data with:

Data Sources

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.

Government business registries (100+ countries)

Partner banks & open banking APIs

Credit bureaus & financial regulators

Proprietary enrichment systems

Access Options

Choose the integration method that best fits your operational needs. Whether you are looking for high-volume automation or simple manual checks, MonitorPay provides flexible entry points to ensure your team can verify data seamlessly within your existing tech stack

API

For automated workflows (KYC/KYB, payouts, onboarding)

Dashboard

For manual searches and PDF reports

Bulk File Upload

CSV/Excel verification for large lists

Start Verifying Ownership
— First 100 Checks Are Free

Test ownership verification with 100 free checks — no credit card or subscription required.

No monthly
commitment

Pay only for
what you use

Volume-based pricing from as low as €0.10 per check

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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.

Start your business journey
better with MonitorPay

Schedule a 30 minute call to discuss your priorities and long term goals.

Enterprise-Grade by Default

MonitorPay is engineered for enterprise-level demands, integrating security and compliance into its core. Our API-first architecture provides total flexibility, while our strict "no-storage" policy for sensitive data removes your risk. Built to exceed GDPR, PSD2, and AML requirements, it’s the robust infrastructure your business can build on.

GDPR
Compliant

PSD2
Ready

AML
Ready

API-First
Architecture

No Storage of
Sensitive Data

Trusted by Leaders in Finance & Global Commerce

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