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# IBAN

Generates an International Bank Account Number (IBAN).

You can choose to preserve the banking code and country code portions of the original value.

## Characteristics

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th valign="top"></th><th valign="top"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Consistency</strong></td><td valign="top">Yes, can be made self-consistent.</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Linking</strong></td><td valign="top">No</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Differential privacy</strong></td><td valign="top">No</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Data-free</strong></td><td valign="top">No</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Allowed for primary keys</strong></td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Allowed for unique columns</strong></td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Uses format-preserving encryption (FPE)</strong></td><td valign="top"><p>Yes, but only when either:<br></p><ul><li>Assigned to a primary key column.</li><li>Consistency is enabled.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Privacy ranking</strong></td><td valign="top"><ul><li>3 if not consistent</li><li>4 if consistent</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><strong>Generator ID (for the API)</strong></td><td valign="top"><a href="/pages/Ser2WaJyXVOe8eu9mVCz"><code>IbanGenerator</code></a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## How to configure

1. To preserve the country code from the original value, toggle **Preserve Country Code** to the on position.\
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   If the original value is not also an IBAN, then do not enable this setting.
2. To preserve the bank code from the original value, toggle Preserve Bank Code to the on position.\
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   When you preserve the bank code, you must also preserve the country code. Structural automatically toggles **Preserve Country Code** to the on position.\
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   If the original value is not also an IBAN, then do not enable this setting.
3. Toggle the **Consistency** setting to indicate whether to make the column consistent.\
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   By default, consistency is disabled.


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