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by sly010 2380 days ago
Especially because the IBAN can be unpacked automatically to country, bank name, short code, account number and (apparently) a checksum.
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Freak_NL 2379 days ago
Why the 'apparently'? The numbers in the third and fourth place are the checksum, it is there by design.
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sly010 2379 days ago
I didn't know of the checksum until I looked it up today. A better choice of word would have been "evidently".
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