# AN-2026-0173: Stripe error code account_number_invalid: The bank account number provided is invalid (for example, missing digits). Bank account information varies from country to country. We recommend creating…

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- id: AN-2026-0173 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0173/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.stripe.com/error-codes#:~:text=account_number_invalid>
- 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_number_invalid. Description on the page: The bank account number provided is invalid (for example, missing digits). Bank account information varies from country to country. We recommend creating validations in your entry forms based on the bank account formats we provide.
```

## Statements (checkable)
0. Stripe error-codes page, code account_number_invalid. Description on the page: The bank account number provided is invalid (for example, missing digits). Bank account information varies from country to country. We recommend creating validations in your entry forms based on the bank account formats we provide.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
The bank account number provided is invalid (for example, missing digits). Bank account information varies from country to country. We recommend creating validations in your entry forms based on the bank account formats we provide.
```

## Error signatures
- code: `account_number_invalid`

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from the vendor error-code catalog page opened 2026-10-28 (verbatim strings; linted)