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The Bank Codes (The Clearing codes)

When making a bank transfer one is often faced with Bank Codes such as BIC code, SWIFT Code or IBAN Code! What is meant by these Codes and which Codes does one need for an IBAN Calculator.

The SWIFT (SWIFT Code) is the Identification code for the Business or Bank. You can also say the BIC (BIC Code) or the Bank Identification Code for the Banks.

The Allocation Office for the SWIFT or also BIC is the “Society for Worldwide Inter bank Financial Telecommunications” the abbreviation is SWIFT (S.W.I.F.T.)

SWIFT (http://www.swift.com) was founded in 1973 as SCRL (Belgian Cooperation) in La Hulpe, Belgium. The resulting SWIFT network now and as of then the news exchange between the SWIFT members.

When searching in the Internet often the request for “icici swift code” is made, the SWIFT Code for the ICICI Bank Ltd. with its Head Office in India. Often the request for the “hsbc swift code” or the “chase swift code” the SWIFT for JP Morgan Chase Bank NA, World Head Quarters / head office USA or with “hsbc swift” for the HSBC Bank.

Members are normally banks and businesses that name their own SWIFT or BIC. Daily SWIFT guides and organises the news exchange from almost 10.000 banks in more than 200 countries.

That means many millions of SWIFT news exchanges every day!

The present system is based on MT-Messages (Message Types – Messages).

From the MT-Messages dozens of different Message Types have been defined. SWIFT is working on a new XML based message format. (MX-Messages)

The BIC Code and also the SWIFT Code are easily compared with the “Bankleitzahl” BLZ, Bank Number and the Bank Account Number mean nationally, the BIC-SWIFT and the IBAN Code mean in Europe or the non-European IBAN countries.

  

The 45 IBAN Countries are:

 

• Albania
• Andorra
• Belgium
• Bosnia Herzegovina
• Danmark
• Germany
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Gibraltar
• Greece
• United Kingdom (UK)
• Ireland
• Iceland
• Italy
• Croatia
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxemburg
• Malta
• Mauritius
• Macedonia  (formerly the Yugoslavian Republic)
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Austria
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Sweden
• San Marino
• Switzerland
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Spain
• Czech Republic
• Turkey
• Hungary
• Cyprus

New additions are

• Morocco
• Saudi Arabia

 

In order to calculate an IBAN number  you need the Bank Code Number of the required bank and country and also your own account number.

 

For example the 22 figure IBAN Code in Germany is:

• DEPPBBBBBBBBKKKKKKKKKK
• DE Abbreviation of the country according to ISO 3166 (DE for Germany)
• PP Control number
• BBBBBBBB Bank Sort Code
• KKKKKKKKKK Account number (if this is shorter than 10 digits, then those missing are filled in with zeros

On this page you will find in the area “further service offers free IBAN calculator. This is able to calculate for a large part of the IBAN countries.

In the Internet you will also find other IBAN calculators that are able to help you with your IBAN calculations.

Please note that only the actual bank concerned can compose your official IBAN code.

Other IBAN calculators, as also our IBAN calculator are based on the algorithm that are officially available. Officially only the actual bank concerned can give an official guarantee for the IBAN Code. 

The Bank Code Number or rather BIC and SWIFT can be traced through the Bank Information lookup! 

Enter the

• required bank name
• other bank information
• BIC Code
• bank address
• country
• city - town
• Bank Code Number
• Sorting code
• Bank Sort Code
• other bank codes

for identification of the right bank.

By entering the Bank Code Number you will be able to identify the correct bank very quickly and the BIC Code or SWIFT Code will therefore soon be identified. The use of the IBAN Calculator is then easily available.

As stated above you need for a valid bank transfer the correct address of the bank or business concerned. The Banking Index in Bankers’ Telenet has an answer to this question. It doesn’t matter which Bank Code

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