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How to find BIC and IBAN codes for money transfer?
question about transferring money
cruiser's post about transferring money reminded me of a question I had but I didn't want to hijack their post. What are the IBAN/BIC codes and how can I find out what they are? I tried to transfer some money to a UK account yesterday online but all the info I have is the sort code and account number. Thanks in advance for any replies!
I am not 100% sure but I think if you go onto the internet banking site for the said bank you should be able to get it there.
I did this a while ago and found it there I believe! This was with HSBC.
Hope you get somewhere with that
I did this a while ago and found it there I believe! This was with HSBC.
Hope you get somewhere with that
The IBAN and BIC/SWIFT numbers are codes which enable international identification of banks and accounts. In my case, with Natwest, the codes are printed on my bank statemants and are easily identifiable... perhaps yours are too?
It is not my account so I will ask the account holder to have a look at their statements this evening. Thanks for the info.
BIC/IBAN 101
A BIC Code is a Bank Identifier Code issued by SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Communication). Think of it like an email address, SWIFT provides a messaging system which moves money from bank to bank, and each bank is identified by a BIC code.
The BIC Code is made up of several parts, for example, the BIC code where I work is PARBCHZZ. The first four letters identify the institution, in this case PARB stands for BNP PARIBAS, the next two the country - CH for Switzerland and the last two the city ZZ for Zürich.
E.G. Commerzbank Franfkurt is COBADEFF, Natwest in London is NWBKGB2L and so on
If you need to find your BIC code, look here.
The IBAN (International Bank Account Number) is a system devised so that transfers between individual bank accounts in different countries can be processed automatically. To do this a format was agreed upon which would allow the payment systems of the clearing bank to immediately know the exact bank account that a payment is supposed to go to. The IBAN is formed using the following information:
The 2 digit code for the country of your bank (which is provided by the BIC code of your bank)
A 2 digit checksum
Your Bank Sort Code (Bankleitzahl)
Your Account number
For example, if you have an account with the number 3751569 at Commerzbank in Frankfurt your IBAN would be DE30500400000003751569, broken down as follows:
DE - Country
30 - Checksum
50040000 - BLZ (sort code) of Commerzbank Frankfurt
0003751569 - Account number (three zeroes added as fillers because the account number was not long enough for IBAN rules - 22 characters)
(Oh, and before any of you ask... I just made up that account number, but you never know, it could exist, if you're feeling generous, try transferring some money to it and confuse the hell out of some poor Frankfurter!!!)
Here is an example of a UK IBAN:IBAN: GB99 RBOS 1234 56 12 3456 78
The spaces are only put in to help you read the number more easily, if you enter an IBAN on your online banking you do not need to incude them.
And that's about it ! Every bank account in the world can now be identified by it's BIC & IBAN... big brother is most certainly watching you.
I hope that clears up some of the mystery for you J-M.
Neil
A BIC Code is a Bank Identifier Code issued by SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Communication). Think of it like an email address, SWIFT provides a messaging system which moves money from bank to bank, and each bank is identified by a BIC code.
The BIC Code is made up of several parts, for example, the BIC code where I work is PARBCHZZ. The first four letters identify the institution, in this case PARB stands for BNP PARIBAS, the next two the country - CH for Switzerland and the last two the city ZZ for Zürich.
E.G. Commerzbank Franfkurt is COBADEFF, Natwest in London is NWBKGB2L and so on
If you need to find your BIC code, look here.
The IBAN (International Bank Account Number) is a system devised so that transfers between individual bank accounts in different countries can be processed automatically. To do this a format was agreed upon which would allow the payment systems of the clearing bank to immediately know the exact bank account that a payment is supposed to go to. The IBAN is formed using the following information:
The 2 digit code for the country of your bank (which is provided by the BIC code of your bank)
A 2 digit checksum
Your Bank Sort Code (Bankleitzahl)
Your Account number
For example, if you have an account with the number 3751569 at Commerzbank in Frankfurt your IBAN would be DE30500400000003751569, broken down as follows:
DE - Country
30 - Checksum
50040000 - BLZ (sort code) of Commerzbank Frankfurt
0003751569 - Account number (three zeroes added as fillers because the account number was not long enough for IBAN rules - 22 characters)
(Oh, and before any of you ask... I just made up that account number, but you never know, it could exist, if you're feeling generous, try transferring some money to it and confuse the hell out of some poor Frankfurter!!!)
Here is an example of a UK IBAN:IBAN: GB99 RBOS 1234 56 12 3456 78
The spaces are only put in to help you read the number more easily, if you enter an IBAN on your online banking you do not need to incude them.
And that's about it ! Every bank account in the world can now be identified by it's BIC & IBAN... big brother is most certainly watching you.
I hope that clears up some of the mystery for you J-M.
Neil
Oh, I forgot to mention... The IBAN are also Dyak people of central Borneo who live in the interior uplands of Sarawak.
So if you want to find an IBAN you can either travel to Sarawak or phone your bank, whichever is more convenient.
So if you want to find an IBAN you can either travel to Sarawak or phone your bank, whichever is more convenient.
So thats where our money ends up...
That reminds me. I once spent a year working in Hamburg (main residence and bank account with Deutsche Bank in Berlin). Believe it or not, they kept processing my rent Überweisungen wrongly for my Hamburg apartment. The payments werent landing in the Hamburg landlords account for the first few months, until they contacted me to find out where the rent was. My answer: well its been deducted from my account, so it must have reached you. Somehow or other they actually kept transferring money from my account to another account of a complete stranger in Berlin!
It turns out Deutsche Bank actually issue bank accounts with the same number more than once within Germany. A recipe for disaster, as evident in this case. Id have thought it was banking basics course 101 to understand not to issue the same bank account number twice. And that even though the accounts both had different Bank Leit Zahlen (Source Codes).. they still managed to b*lls it up.
That reminds me. I once spent a year working in Hamburg (main residence and bank account with Deutsche Bank in Berlin). Believe it or not, they kept processing my rent Überweisungen wrongly for my Hamburg apartment. The payments werent landing in the Hamburg landlords account for the first few months, until they contacted me to find out where the rent was. My answer: well its been deducted from my account, so it must have reached you. Somehow or other they actually kept transferring money from my account to another account of a complete stranger in Berlin!
It turns out Deutsche Bank actually issue bank accounts with the same number more than once within Germany. A recipe for disaster, as evident in this case. Id have thought it was banking basics course 101 to understand not to issue the same bank account number twice. And that even though the accounts both had different Bank Leit Zahlen (Source Codes).. they still managed to b*lls it up.
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