How do I verify my bank info?

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Linking your bank account is only available in these regions at this time: US, (most of) EU, UK. In some cases, you may need to contact your bank. 

Learn which countries support debit cards.

When you add a payment method, two small verification amounts will be sent to your payment method. You must enter these two amounts correctly in your payment methods from your Settings in order to finish verifying your payment method.

Bank verification amounts are sent to your bank and appear on your online statement and on your paper statement. For faster verification, you'll need to access your online bank account and search for "Coinbase".

For bank accounts, the two amounts will be sent as credits. If you don't see your credits, please try the following:

  • Check your upcoming or pending transactions in your online bank account.

  • You may need to check your full bank statement, as these transactions may be omitted from some online banking apps and websites. A paper statement may be necessary.

  • If you don't see these transactions, speak with your bank to help track down any hidden or omitted details on your statement. Some banks will merge the verification credits, showing only the total amount.

  • If none of the previous options work, visit your payment methods page and remove and re-add the bank to have the credits sent again. Re-sending the verification credits will void the first pair sent, so you may end up with more than one pair of verification credits.

If you are using an "online bank" or similar banking product offered by your bank, you may not receive the verification credits. In this case, the only option is to try another bank account.

For cards, these verification amounts will be sent as charges. Coinbase will make two test charges to the card of amounts between 1.01 and 1.99 in your local currency. These should appear in the recent activity section of your card issuer's website as pending or processing charges.

Please note:

  • Charges for exactly 1.00 aren't used for card verification and can be ignored. These are caused by the card processing network, and are separate from the Coinbase verification amounts.

  • Neither the verification amounts or the 1.00 charges will post to your card—they are temporary. They will display as pending for up to 10 business days, then disappear.

If you don't see the verification amounts in your card activity, please try the following:

  • Wait 24 hours. Some card issuers may take longer to display the pending amounts.

  • If you don't see the amounts after 24 hours, contact your bank or card issuer to ask if they can provide the amounts of any pending Coinbase authorizations.

  • If your card issuer can't find the charges, or if the amounts have already been removed, return to the payment methods page and select verify next to your card. You will see an option to re-charge your card at the bottom.

  • Sometimes your card issuer may flag one or all of these verification amounts as fraudulent and block the charges. If that is the case, you'll need to contact your card issuer to stop the blocking, and then restart the verification process.

If you receive an "incorrect amounts" error when completing your verification, please visit this page.