Naamcheck banken moet verkeerde overboekingen tegengaan – NOS

The Dutch banks still carry out this year the IBAN-Name of Check-in. That means that as customers, an amount transferred, an automatic check or the account number in the name of the beneficiary belongs. If that is not correct, the user gets a warning. This may be the wrong transfers and fraud with account numbers, can be avoided.

The innovation by the betaalvereniging will the Netherlands be published in the tv-program Ripped off?!. The AVROTROS program, campaigned for the introduction of the control. A petition was by 40,000 people signed.

The name-and-account-control is the last year by the Rabobank developed. Rabo wants the automatic control between march and June enter and then get the other banks there is the decision about.

up To now, check the banks in the Netherlands, or a name with an account number belongs to. In case of wrong transfers picks up, that is often annoying, because the

recovery of improperly transferred money is only possible if the account holder thereto to cooperate.

An automatic link between the name and the account would be much misery to be avoided, but according to betaalvereniging will the Netherlands and the banks was costly and difficult in connection with the privacy.

Ripped off?! offered under more at the end of last year the petition in the Second Room and also the Consumers ‘ association argued for the control. Director Bart Combée calls the great news: “But you wonder why there as long as was done as if we have done something impossible and asked.”