Payment Status

The World Bank's Account Payable section provides vendor payment and related accounting services for Corporate goods and services procured by World Bank Group organizations. Our primary goal is to efficiently process claims from external vendors and authorize prompt payments within the contractual terms applicable. Their role includes performing appropriate control activities needed to ensure that vendor invoices and other claims for payments are accurate and legitimately reflect actual goods provided and services satisfactorily rendered to the World Bank under contract agreements.

All invoices submitted by vendors must reference a relevant Purchase Order or contract number and should include proper and complete documentation. Such documentation, in the case of services, should include evidence of acceptance by the responsible World Bank official to whom delivery was made. Invoice payment will not be made without proper and complete documentation, including a purchase order reference.

The World Bank is committed to following best commercial payment practices, and strongly prefers to make payments to vendors by electronic fund transfers (wire transfers and ACH/direct deposits). Vendors are expected to provide current commercial bank account information as part of the vendor registration process for our use in remitting payments for invoices presented.

Invoicing

Invoices should be submitted to Accounts Payable Section, MSN MC5-513, World Bank Group, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433.

Payment Status

Payment Status Query is not available at this moment. We are working on resolving the issue.  Vendors with payment status queries should call the Accounts Payable Service Desk at (202) 458-4221.