{"id":2262,"date":"2015-06-14T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:42:35","slug":"iban-conversion-tool-available-overopiban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/iban-conversion-tool-available-overopiban\/","title":{"rendered":"IBAN conversion tool now available at OveropIBAN.nl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone wishing to look up a Dutch IBAN could use the website www.OveropIBAN.nl. The site offered a conversion tool that converted old account numbers into the IBANs required to transfer money. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnb.nl\/actueel\/nieuws-voor-de-sector\/sector-nieuwsberichten-2021\/betalingsverkeer-toegankelijk-voor-kwetsbare-groepen\/\">National Forum on the Payment System <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> (NFPS; link in Dutch) decided to introduce the service on 21 May 2015 after demand for an official account-number conversion service remained high. Europe had fully switched to IBAN, European credit transfers and European direct debits on 1 August 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Over-op-IBAN-persp.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Text \u201cOver to IBAN\u201d with green circles that together spell IBAN on white background.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Over-op-IBAN-persp.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Over-op-IBAN-persp-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Over-op-IBAN-persp-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IBAN conversion tool was an initiative of the Dutch Payments Association and DNB. Users could enter the old account number and the name of the corresponding bank on the website, after which the tool returned the corresponding IBAN. Banks would add a link to the tool on the pages of their websites where customers used mobile and internet banking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The need for an official website offering this service arose from the proliferation of alternative conversion websites, which were not always reliable. Consumers also sometimes found it difficult to locate other people\u2019s IBANs. The best approach remained to ask the other person for their IBAN directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within the NFPS, where umbrella organisations representing banks, consumers, retailers and businesses discuss payments, it was also agreed to make IBANs more readily available in other ways. Banks would accelerate the issue of new debit cards showing the IBAN. Business organisations again called on their members to include their IBANs on invoices, websites and other communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnb.nl\/actueel\/nieuws-voor-de-sector\/sector-nieuwsberichten-2021\/betalingsverkeer-toegankelijk-voor-kwetsbare-groepen\/\">NFPS <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> (link in Dutch) promotes the security, reliability, accessibility and efficiency of Dutch payments. It has a broad membership representing providers and users of payments and is chaired by DNB.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An official online tool converted old Dutch account numbers into the corresponding IBANs after the SEPA migration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,22],"btv_subject_tax":[14],"class_list":["post-2262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-release","btv_subject_tax-iban-and-bic"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IBAN-omnummertool: Snel je IBAN achterhalen - Dutch Payments Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ontdek de IBAN-omnummertool die u helpt oude bankrekeningnummers om te zetten naar het benodigde IBAN-nummer.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/iban-conversion-tool-available-overopiban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IBAN conversion tool now available at OveropIBAN.nl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ontdek de IBAN-omnummertool die u helpt oude bankrekeningnummers om te zetten naar het benodigde IBAN-nummer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/iban-conversion-tool-available-overopiban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dutch Payments Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-14T13:24:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T00:42:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Over-op-IBAN-persp.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NLbetalen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NLbetalen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iban-conversion-tool-available-overopiban\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iban-conversion-tool-available-overopiban\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"IBAN conversion tool now available at OveropIBAN.nl\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-14T13:24:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-07T00:42:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iban-conversion-tool-available-overopiban\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":278,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iban-conversion-tool-available-overopiban\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Over-op-IBAN-persp.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Press release\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iban-conversion-tool-available-overopiban\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iban-conversion-tool-available-overopiban\\\/\",\"name\":\"IBAN-omnummertool: Snel je IBAN achterhalen - 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