Bank verification
Verify Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Transactions
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) is the largest bank in Ethiopia and the most common settlement rail for Ethiopian businesses. CBE receipts are published as public PDF documents accessible via a URL combining the FT transaction reference and the last 8 digits of the receiving account number.
Required information
- Transaction reference (required), e.g. FT26140P01YB
- Receiving account number (required), last 8 digits minimum
Reference number format
FT followed by 10 alphanumeric characters (e.g. FT26140P01YB)
Example: FT26140P01YB
How to verify CBE with cheki
- Get the FT reference number from the customer's receipt (starts with FT)
- Get the last 8 digits of your receiving CBE account number
- cheki fetches the official PDF from CBE's public endpoint and extracts payment data
How CBE receipt verification works
The CBE receipt endpoint is: https://apps.cbe.com.et:100/?id={REFERENCE}{LAST_8_DIGITS_OF_ACCOUNT}
This is a public URL that returns a PDF document containing the official transaction data. No authentication is required.
Who uses CBE verification
- Retail counters confirming in-person CBE transfers
- Delivery teams validating payment before handover
- Finance teams reconciling daily CBE inflows
- Developers automating CBE checks through the REST API
Verifying CBE via API
cheki provides a free REST API for CBE verification:
POST https://chekiapp.vercel.app/api/verify
Request body: { "bank": "cbe", "reference": "FT26140P01YB", "accountNumber": "1000XXXXXXX" }
See the API documentation for full details.