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Developer guides, API tutorials, and fintech insights to help you build better financial applications.
Complete guide to AML compliance — anti-money laundering regulations, requirements, risk assessment, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and how to build an AML program that satisfies regulators.
Learn why email validation is critical for deliverability, fraud prevention, and data quality. Covers syntax checks, domain verification, MX records, disposable email detection, and API integration.
The complete compliance checklist for fintechs — KYC, AML, sanctions screening, data privacy (GDPR), PSD2, licensing requirements, and how to build a compliance program that scales with your business.
Learn how to verify bank account details before sending payments. Covers IBAN validation, micro-deposits, instant verification, open banking, and manual methods — with pros, cons, and implementation guidance.
Step-by-step guide to sending international wire transfers. Covers what information you need, fees, processing times, SWIFT vs SEPA, and how to avoid common mistakes.
Complete guide to SEPA transfers — how they work, processing times, costs, SEPA Credit Transfers vs Direct Debits, SEPA Instant, and which countries are in the SEPA zone.
Understand the difference between SWIFT/BIC codes and IBAN numbers. Learn when you need each, how they work together for international transfers, and how to look them up.
Learn what an IBAN number is, how it works, its structure, which countries use IBANs, and how to find, validate, and verify your IBAN for international payments.
Learn what KYC (Know Your Customer) verification is, why it's required, the steps involved, KYC requirements by industry, and how to automate KYC compliance with APIs.
Screen individuals, organizations, and vessels against 1.2M+ sanctioned entities from 350+ government sources. Fuzzy matching, real-time results, and simple REST integration for KYC, AML, and transaction monitoring workflows.
Search Bahrain's commercial registry by company name, activity, status, and more. Edge's CR Search API returns structured business data for due diligence, market research, and compliance workflows.
Automate Bahrain commercial registration verification with Edge's CR Lookup API. Get company name, status, owners, capital, and activities instantly by CR number. Built for KYB, compliance, and fintech onboarding.
Validate and standardize international phone numbers with format checking, E.164 conversion, country detection, and line type identification. Build reliable communication flows with Edge's Phone Validation API.
Validate email addresses in real time with syntax checks, MX record verification, disposable domain detection, and risk scoring. Reduce bounce rates, prevent fraud, and keep your user data clean with Edge's Email Validation API.
Access structured data for 250 countries including currencies, languages, calling codes, timezones, and ISO codes through a single REST API. Build localized experiences, payment forms, and country selectors with reliable, always-updated reference data.
Access real-time and historical exchange rates for 170+ currencies including all GCC currencies (BHD, SAR, AED, KWD, OMR, QAR). Built for multi-currency invoicing, payments, accounting, and fintech applications.
Validate thousands of IBANs in a single API request with Edge's Bulk IBAN Validation API. Learn how to process payroll files, vendor payments, and data migrations with per-IBAN error handling and 2-credit pricing.
Search and retrieve bank information from a global directory of 3,000+ financial institutions across 63 countries. Filter by name, country, or BIC code. Built for payment platforms, fintech apps, and financial data integrations.
Look up bank details by BIC/SWIFT code with a single API call. Get bank name, address, country, and branch info for 3,000+ banks across 63 countries. Built for payment platforms, fintech apps, and banking integrations.
Validate IBAN format, length, and checksum with Edge's Basic IBAN Validation API. At 1 credit per request, it is the fastest and most cost-effective way to catch typos and structural errors in bank account numbers.
Learn how to validate IBAN numbers programmatically with Edge's IBAN Validation API. Covers structure breakdown, MOD-97 algorithm, bank data lookup, SEPA detection, BIC resolution, and production-ready code examples.