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Banking & Credit

Bank Account Verification (Penny-less) API

Verify that an account number and IFSC belong to an active account and return the holder name for matching, using the banking network's name-lookup rails instead of a one-rupee transfer.

Response
Real-time
Inputs
2 required · 1 optional
Consent
Not required
Billing
Per successful call
POST /v1/bank-account-pennyless
Sandbox · Production
  1. Your application sends

    • Account number*
    • IFSC*
    • Name to match
  2. emver API

    Validates the request, queries the source, normalises the answer and logs the call. Billed only on success.

  3. Verified with

    Authoritative source

  4. You receive

    • Account exists
    • Account holder name
    • Name match score
    • Method used (pennyless / penny_drop)
bank-account-pennyless Full reference
Overview

What the Bank Account Verification (Penny-less) API does

Faster and cheaper than penny drop, with no credit hitting the customer's account. Falls back to penny drop automatically when a bank does not support name lookup, so your integration stays a single call.

Benefits

Why teams use the Bank Account Verification (Penny-less) API

Confirm an account and holder name without moving any money.

No float, no reconciliation

Nothing to reverse or account for.

Seconds

Name lookup responds faster than a transfer.

Use cases

Where it's called

Where the Bank Account Verification (Penny-less) API is typically called, and what it settles there.

Payout onboarding

Verify beneficiary accounts for gig, vendor and refund payouts.

Loan disbursal

Confirm the borrower owns the disbursal account.

How it works

Four steps, one response envelope

Request and response details, environments and a ready-to-import collection are in the developer console.

  1. 01

    Authenticate

    Call with your organisation API key. Sandbox and production use the same contract.

  2. 02

    Send the inputs

    Account number, IFSC as a JSON body. Optional fields sharpen the match.

  3. 03

    We verify at source

    emver queries the authoritative record, normalises the answer and logs the request.

  4. 04

    Act on the result

    A verification status plus the fields listed above, in the same response envelope as every other API.

Privacy and security built in

Consent recorded · Payloads not retained beyond your retention window · Every request traceable

FAQ

Bank Account Verification (Penny-less) API: frequently asked questions

What teams ask before adding the Bank Account Verification (Penny-less) API to their integration.

Whenever the bank does not answer a name lookup. The method field tells you which route produced the answer.

Related

APIs that run alongside it

Usually called with the Bank Account Verification (Penny-less) API, on the same key.

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