> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.neobanc.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.neobanc.com/api-reference/payees.md).

# Payees

Search Neobanc's catalog of 80,000+ supported Canadian billers and validate account numbers before creating bill payments. Use the exact `name` returned by search when creating a bill payment or validating an account number.

## Search payees

Fuzzy search over the payee catalog — partial names and reordered words both match (e.g. `"enmax"` matches `ENMAX ENERGY CORPORATION`).

{% openapi src="<https://api.neobanc.com/openapi.json>" path="/payees/search" method="post" %}
<https://api.neobanc.com/openapi.json>
{% endopenapi %}

## Validate an account number

Checks an account number against the expected format for a payee — the same validation Neobanc's own bill payment flow applies. Validating before you create a payment avoids rejections (and `payment.failed` webhooks) caused by malformed account numbers.

{% openapi src="<https://api.neobanc.com/openapi.json>" path="/payees/validate-account" method="post" %}
<https://api.neobanc.com/openapi.json>
{% endopenapi %}


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