TS ISO 13616-2

TS ISO 13616-2 is the second part of the International Bank Account Number (IBAN) standard and focuses on the institutional side of the scheme. Rather than defining the account number format itself, this part addresses the role of the Registration Authority and the responsibilities needed to keep the IBAN registry orderly and consistent. IBAN is an internationally structured numbering system used to identify bank accounts in a uniform way for cross-border payments, so governance and registry maintenance are central to its reliability.

Roles and responsibilities in the IBAN registry

In general technical terms, a registration authority or registry body is responsible for maintaining identifiers, reference data and change control in a way that preserves consistency across stakeholders. In the IBAN context, that institutional framework helps keep country-based account identifiers aligned and usable across payment systems. For this specific part, the standard is concerned with the governance role and registration responsibilities that support the IBAN scheme.

This listing references ISO 13616-2:2007 and appears in TSE as a withdrawn standard. It is therefore useful for understanding the technical and documentary background of IBAN governance, while current applicability should be checked separately.