The data for coding IDD for Italy will come from the International Bank Account Number
(IBAN) provided to the beneficiary from his or her FI. The IBAN will be 27 characters.
However, the bank data reflected on the MBR will be 25 characters. Technicians will
use the IBAN to derive the RTN and DAN when processing an IDD request.
The Customer Account Number may contain numbers, letters, hyphens, slashes, or periods,
and it may contain spaces between characters. SSA's system accepts only numbers, letters, and hyphens. If a slash, period, or space is shown, a hyphen must be used instead.
EXAMPLE 1: The account number is 2456/26. The input should be 2456-26.
· If the Bank Code Number or Branch Code contains a period followed by 1 or more digits,
you must ignore the period and any digits following it.
EXAMPLE 2: The Branch Code is displayed as 92046.3.The correct Branch Code to use is 92046.
If the Bank Code Number or Branch Code is displayed as four digits followed by a period
and 1 or more digits, you must add a zero in front and drop the period and any additional digits.
EXAMPLE 3: The Branch Code is shown as 1234.5. You would use 01234.
· If the Bank Code is displayed as five-digits with no period but the first digit is not a 0 or 1, you must add a zero in front and drop the final digit.
REASON: Sometimes an FI will code five-digits without putting in the period. However, all
Italy Bank Codes begin with 0 or 1.
EXAMPLE 4: The Bank Code is displayed as 20021. You need to code 02002.
IMPORTANT: Because the DAN field can only hold up to 16 digits, complete bank information must be coded in ITS.gov for each beneficiary. Additional characters may be required for
the IDD payment to process. Therefore, technicians must follow a two-step process to avoid payment rejection:
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Input all IDD bank data in ITS.gov, as outlined in Section F; and
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Input the allowable number of characters via SSA systems to update the MBR.