Is it really risky to make your IBAN public?

Asked Feb 11 '18 at 16:44

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I have already asked this question on "Personal finance & Money", but probably it wasn't the right community.

It seems that people are reluctant to give their IBAN to strangers.

I saw someone downvoting an app only because it shows the IBAN in clear on the main screen.

Is this rational? What could someone do knowing your IBAN?

edited Feb 11 '18 at 18:49

schroeder

asked Feb 11 '18 at 16:44

Marco Altieri

I'm not sure this is appropriate here, either. – schroeder Feb 11 '18 at 18:48
Please do not cross-post. It's the weekend and responses are slower. – schroeder Feb 11 '18 at 18:48
@schroeder I know that cross-posting is wrong, but based on the type of questions in that community, it seems that it wasn't the right one. I am going to cancel it from there soon. – Marco Altieri Feb 11 '18 at 19:04
It seems to me that, if there is a security issue, it has to be with some information systems and what they allow to do knowing the IBAN. – Marco Altieri Feb 11 '18 at 19:06
IBAN is just a form of your account number. Whatever can be done with that is your risk. I'm still not seeing an infosec angle here. – schroeder Feb 11 '18 at 19:32
@schroeder do you think that experts in security for banks do not have an answer? And this is not a rhetorical question. – Marco Altieri Feb 11 '18 at 19:49
I'm saying that one does not need to be a banking security expert to address the question. – schroeder Feb 11 '18 at 19:54

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