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Bank Lookup

Finance10 credits/cellSheets · Excel32K institutionsNew
=VERVE("banklookup", "count")
What this pulls

Enrich a column of bank names or routing numbers with status, headquarters and identifiers. In Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 10 credits per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

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Ways to use it

Live financial model

Drop =VERVE("banklookup", "count") into a cell and your model reads the latest number every refresh — no more pasting figures from a browser tab into a stale sheet.

Track a whole watchlist

Fill a column beside your list of tickers or currencies and every row updates together, so a hundred-row watchlist stays current on its own.

Dashboards that don't rot

Point a chart at the cell =VERVE("banklookup", "count") feeds and the chart re-draws as the data moves — a finance dashboard that's live instead of a Monday-morning snapshot.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("banklookup", "count")
Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("banklookup", "count")
Optional inputs

Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.

  • name

    Institution name or part of it; former and trade names match too

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "name", "Wells Fargo")
  • id

    Our institution id, e.g. fdic-3511 or ncua-5536

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "id", "fdic-3511")
  • fdicCert

    FDIC certificate number

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "fdicCert", "3511")
  • ncuaCharter

    NCUA credit union charter number

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "ncuaCharter", "5536")
  • routing

    Nine-digit ABA routing number

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "routing", "256074974")
  • swift

    SWIFT/BIC code (8 or 11 characters); non-US codes answer from our SWIFT directory

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "swift", "WFBIUS6S")
  • lei

    Legal Entity Identifier (20 characters)

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "lei", "KB1H1DSPRFMYMCUFXT09")
  • domain

    Website domain, URL or email address of the institution

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "domain", "wellsfargo.com")
  • iban

    IBAN; names the bank where the IBAN carries a BIC-style bank code (GB, IE, NL and others)

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "iban", "GB29NWBK60161331926819")
  • state

    Two-letter US state of the headquarters, to narrow a name search

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "state", "CA")
  • type

    Narrow a name search to one institution type

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "type", "credit_union")
  • status

    active, inactive (merged, failed or closed) or any; any searches active institutions first and falls back to closed ones

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "status", "any")
  • country

    Two-letter country code; a non-US country searches banks by name in our SWIFT directory

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "country", "GB")
  • branchesPremium

    Include the branch list for the first five institutions

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "branches", "true")
  • limit

    Maximum institutions to return (1-50)

    =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "limit", "10")
Fields you can pull

Add a field name right after the inputs to land just that value in the cell.

  • Count
    =VERVE("banklookup", "count")
  • Total Matches
    =VERVE("banklookup", "totalMatches")
  • Banks › Id
    =VERVE("banklookup", "banks.0.id")
  • Banks › Name
    =VERVE("banklookup", "banks.0.name")
  • Banks › Aliases
    =VERVE("banklookup", "banks.0.aliases")
  • Banks › Type
    =VERVE("banklookup", "banks.0.type")
  • Banks › Charter Class
    =VERVE("banklookup", "banks.0.charterClass")
  • Banks › Status
    =VERVE("banklookup", "banks.0.status")
  • Banks › SuccessorPremium
    =VERVE("banklookup", "banks.0.successor")
  • Banks › Successor › NamePremium
    =VERVE("banklookup", "banks.0.successor.name")
  • Banks › Successor › IdPremium
    =VERVE("banklookup", "banks.0.successor.id")
  • Banks › Established Date
    =VERVE("banklookup", "banks.0.establishedDate")

Premium marks data included on paid plans. On the Free plan a marked field is withheld and a marked input is ignored — either way the cell reads #PREMIUM(name) instead of a value, so a gated answer can never be mistaken for a real one. Everything unmarked works on every plan. Compare plans

Bank Lookup, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Bank Lookup into Google Sheets?
Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("banklookup", "count") into any cell. The argument after the inputs names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.
What data can I pull from Bank Lookup?
Bank Lookup returns count, totalMatches, banks.0.id, banks.0.name and banks.0.aliases, plus 4 more — name any one of them after the inputs and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.
Can I narrow what Bank Lookup returns?
Yes — Bank Lookup takes "name", "id", "fdicCert" and "ncuaCharter", plus 11 more as optional inputs. They go in as "name", value pairs after the inputs and the field, in any order, so =VERVE("banklookup", "count", "name", "Wells Fargo") shapes the result without changing anything else.
Which Bank Lookup fields need a paid plan?
banks.0.successor, banks.0.successor.name and banks.0.successor.id are included from the Starter plan up. On the Free plan the cell returns #PREMIUM(field) rather than a wrong or empty value, so it's always obvious which one to upgrade for. Every other field works on Free.
Can I fill a whole column of Bank Lookup at once?
Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell and one call returns a value for every row, or drag =VERVE("banklookup") down like any spreadsheet function.
How many credits does each Bank Lookup cell cost?
Each resolved cell costs 10 credits. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.
Does Bank Lookup work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?
Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.
How current is Bank Lookup?
It draws on 32K institutions, served live from APIVerve's production data engine, and a cell looks up again whenever its inputs change.
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