# AN-2026-0171: Stripe error code account_holder_name_verification_failed: The account holder name provided doesn’t match the name on file for the bank account. For Bacs Direct Debits, this can happen when Pay.UK…

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- id: AN-2026-0171 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0171/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.stripe.com/error-codes#:~:text=account_holder_name_verification_failed>
- services: stripe-api
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Summary
```text
Stripe error-codes page, code account_holder_name_verification_failed. Description on the page: The account holder name provided doesn’t match the name on file for the bank account. For Bacs Direct Debits, this can happen when Pay.UK payer name verification can’t confirm the name for the provided sort code and account number.
```

## Statements (checkable)
0. Stripe error-codes page, code account_holder_name_verification_failed. Description on the page: The account holder name provided doesn’t match the name on file for the bank account. For Bacs Direct Debits, this can happen when Pay.UK payer name verification can’t confirm the name for the provided sort code and account number.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
The account holder name provided doesn’t match the name on file for the bank account. For Bacs Direct Debits, this can happen when Pay.UK payer name verification can’t confirm the name for the provided sort code and account number.
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## Error signatures
- code: `account_holder_name_verification_failed`

## Outcome reports (0)
_none yet — verify it: POST /api/claims/AN-2026-0171/reports_

## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from the vendor error-code catalog page opened 2026-10-28 (verbatim strings; linted)