What does Swift code mean?

　What does Swift code mean?

Swift code is the meaning of "Bank identification Code", which is ISO 9362, which is often also called swift-bic or BIC code or Swift ID. Swift code is mainly composed of 8 or 11 English letters or numbers, mainly used to distinguish between different financial institutions, as a bank telegraphic transfer or remittance of the bank code.

Swift code is composed of four parts, namely the bank code (4 yards), the country code (2 yards), the region code (2 yards), the branch code (3 yards). Take the Bank of China Beijing Branch as an example, its Swift code is BKCHCNBJ110, which bkch (bank code), CN (country code), BJ (region code), 110 (branch code).

　　Bank Swift Code Query method to query

The Bank Swift code code currently has 2 main methods, one is to call the Bank customer service telephone consultation access, the other is through the "Swift International website" Query 2 ways, below detailed.

(1) Through the banking services telephone access, the details of the Bank customer service to obtain Swift Code, the following is the main domestic banks of the service Tel is:

Bank of China: 95566

ICBC: 95588

Agricultural Bank of China: 95599

China Construction Bank: 95533

China Bank of Communications: 95559

China Merchants Bank: 95555

Minsheng Bank: 95568

Huaxia Bank: 95577

(2) Swift International Website Enquiry

First step: First, we need to know the specific bank abbreviation unified code, the domestic can transfer the bank unified Code is:

Bank of China: BKCHCNBJ

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China: ICBKCNBJ

Agricultural Bank of China: ABOCCNBJ

China Construction Bank: PCBCCNBJ

Bank of Communications of China: COMMCN

China Merchants Bank: Cmbccnbs

Minsheng Bank: MSBCCNBJ

Huaxia Bank: HXBKCN

ICBC International debit Card: ICBKCNBJICC

Step Two: Enter the Swift International Web site (click here) query, open the query page, and then fill in the bank Uniform code in BIC or institution name (WWW.PC841.COM), such as Bank of China, and fill in the "BKCHCNBJ" above. City to fill in the cities you want to query pinyin, such as "Jinan" area on the input "Jinan", and finally in the Challenge Response option to fill in the "Verification Code", as shown in the following figure.

After you fill out the above information, click Search at the bottom and then you can find the swift code code for the bank you are looking at at the bottom, as shown in the following figure.

I believe you know what Swift code is and how to query the bank Swift code code. In simple terms, Swift code is "bank identification code", which can be queried by calling a bank customer service call or through Swift International website.