# Payment Pre-validation API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/swift/payment-pre-validation-api/  
**Provider:** SWIFT — https://apis.io/providers/swift/  
**Documentation:** https://developer.swift.com/apis/payment-pre-validation-api

Payment Pre-validation API is one of 11 APIs that [SWIFT](https://apis.io/providers/swift/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Compliance, Payment Pre-validation, Payments, Risk Management, and Straight-Through Processing. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The SWIFT Payment Pre-validation API allows financial institutions and PSPs to verify payment instruction data against reference data and counterparty information before executing a payment. Checks account numbers, country codes, routing information, and beneficiary account validity to reduce failed payments.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.swift.com/apis/payment-pre-validation-api
- **ProductPage** — https://www.swift.com/products/payment-pre-validation

## Other SWIFT APIs (10)

- [SWIFT GPI API](https://apis.io/apis/swift/swift-gpi-api/)
- [Transaction Screening API](https://apis.io/apis/swift/transaction-screening-api/)
- [SWIFT Account Numbers API](https://apis.io/apis/swift/swift-account-numbers-api/)
- [SWIFT BBANs API](https://apis.io/apis/swift/swift-bbans-api/)
- [SWIFT BICs API](https://apis.io/apis/swift/swift-bics-api/)
- [SWIFT Country Codes API](https://apis.io/apis/swift/swift-country-codes-api/)
- [SWIFT Currency Codes API](https://apis.io/apis/swift/swift-currency-codes-api/)
- [SWIFT IBANs API](https://apis.io/apis/swift/swift-ibans-api/)
- [SWIFT LEIs API](https://apis.io/apis/swift/swift-leis-api/)
- [SWIFT National IDs API](https://apis.io/apis/swift/swift-national-ids-api/)

## Tags

Compliance, Payment Pre-validation, Payments, Risk Management, Straight-Through Processing

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