You can enter any number of bank details for each business partner.

Bank master data can imported to the database from an external data medium with the aid of read programs. (See IMG: Financial Accounting ® Bank Accounting ® Bank Accounts ® Transfer Data to Bank Directory).

You can transfer international bank account numbers (IBAN) into the SAP System with the help of BAPIs.

The corresponding fields have been assigned to the BP role.

With the help of bank data you can uniquely identify the bank and the account in the system.

If the bank referred to does not yet exist in the system, create this with the bank details.

Futhermore you have the possibility to define international bank account numbers (IBAN) at the bank details. This is an internationally valid ID number for bank details, which consists of a combination of the country key of the bank (ISO code), a two-character check digit and a country-specific account number. The maximum length of the IBAN is 34 alphanumeric characters and varies from country to country .

You can

• generate an IBAN for bank details and transfer it to your bank data
• derive bank details from an IBAN that you know of, and enter the relevant bank details ID

You can recognize that an international bank account number has been defined by the change in color of the icon in the column IBAN.

Via the pushbutton Change history you can display the change information for bank details.