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Bank code country guides

Understand domestic and international banking identifiers, source coverage and common mistakes.

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United Kingdom

Six-digit sort code

Write sort codes as six digits, commonly grouped as 12-34-56.

United States

Nine-digit ABA routing number

Keep all nine routing-number digits, including leading zeros.

India

11-character IFSC

An IFSC contains four bank letters, a zero in position five, and six branch characters.

Germany

Eight-digit BLZ

A BLZ is eight digits and is not the same identifier as a BIC.

Australia

Six-digit BSB

BSBs are six digits, commonly written as 123-456.

Switzerland

IID / BC clearing number

The Swiss Bank Master lists institutions and payment-system participants, including some outside Switzerland.

Austria

Five-digit BLZ

Display the BLZ with all five digits, including leading zeros.

Belgium

Three-digit bank identification code

Keep leading zeros in three-digit institution codes.

Czech Republic

Four-digit payment-system code

The CNB list covers payment-service providers as well as banks.

Slovakia

Four-digit bank/provider code

Some source CSV values omit leading zeros; this site uses the official four-digit display form.

Finland

MFI identifier / account-number prefix

Finance Finland publishes institution identifiers and BICs, not a full branch-location directory.

Ukraine

Six-digit MFO bank code

Our bank-level NBU import includes records marked normal status and excludes liquidation records.

Bulgaria

Eight-character BAE code

A BAE code contains four letters followed by four digits.

Singapore

GIRO bank code

Our ABS source is a bank-level GIRO participant list, not a complete branch directory.

Sri Lanka

Bank and branch codes

Our saved bank/branch source is historical and can contain old names or closed branches.

Vietnam

CITAD code

Some source entries use centralised ALL BRANCHES payment codes.

South Africa

Branch / universal branch code

The saved source is a partial supported-bank reference, not every South African branch.

Thailand

Bank identifier

Our saved source contains bank-level identifiers rather than complete branch records.

Venezuela

Bank code

Our saved source is a bank-level community reference.