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Re:“I lost my inheritance with one wrong digit on my sort code” by sly010 on Saturday December 07, 2019 @11:30PM (#21734337)
Especially because the IBAN can be unpacked automatically to country, bank name, short code, account number and (apparently) a checksum.
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Re:“I lost my inheritance with one wrong digit on my sort code” by Freak_NL on Sunday December 08, 2019 @03:51AM (#21734979)
Why the 'apparently'? The numbers in the third and fourth place are the checksum, it is there by design.
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Re:“I lost my inheritance with one wrong digit on my sort code” by sly010 on Sunday December 08, 2019 @05:19PM (#21738797)
I didn't know of the checksum until I looked it up today. A better choice of word would have been "evidently".
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