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Business Utility

SWIFT Code Finder

Find SWIFT/BIC details for banks worldwide.

DATA SOURCE NOTICE: No authoritative SWIFT/BIC provider is connected yet. Results come from a small demonstration dataset for interface validation only — always confirm the BIC with the beneficiary bank before sending funds.

Search for a bank

Enter a bank name, city, country, or SWIFT/BIC code to find details.

How It Works

Step 01

Enter what you know

Search by bank name, city, country or the BIC itself. Partial entries are matched, so you do not need the full code.

Step 02

Review the matches

Each result shows the institution, branch context, city and country against its SWIFT/BIC code.

Step 03

Copy the code

Use the copy action to place the BIC on your clipboard without transcription errors.

Step 04

Confirm with the beneficiary

Always verify the code with the account holder or their bank before releasing funds.

Key Benefits & Use Cases

Avoid transcription errors

Copying a code directly removes the most common cause of misrouted or returned international payments.

Understand a code you were given

Break a BIC into its components to check that the country and institution match the beneficiary you expect.

Prepare payment instructions

Assemble complete beneficiary details before you sit down to raise a wire instruction with your bank.

Speed up onboarding

Collect and check counterparty banking details faster when adding new overseas suppliers or clients.

What is a SWIFT/BIC Code?

A BIC — Business Identifier Code, commonly called a SWIFT code — identifies a specific financial institution in the network used to exchange international payment messages. It tells the sending bank which institution, in which country, should receive the instruction.

The BIC identifies the institution. It does not identify the account. Account identification is handled separately by an account number or an IBAN, depending on the destination country.

SWIFT Code Structure Explained

A BIC is either eight or eleven characters, read in fixed blocks:

  • Characters 1-4: the institution code, a short alphabetic identifier for the bank
  • Characters 5-6: the ISO country code of the institution
  • Characters 7-8: the location code identifying the city or region
  • Characters 9-11: an optional branch code; XXX conventionally denotes the head office

When Do You Need a SWIFT Code?

You need one whenever money crosses a border through the correspondent banking network — paying an overseas supplier, receiving export proceeds, funding a foreign subsidiary or settling a foreign-currency invoice.

Domestic transfers generally use a national routing identifier instead, such as an IFSC in India or a sort code in the United Kingdom. Providing the wrong identifier type is a frequent cause of rejected instructions.

SWIFT vs IBAN

An IBAN identifies an individual account, including its country and a check sequence that lets a system validate it before sending. A BIC identifies the institution holding that account.

Many European and Middle Eastern destinations require both. Countries outside the IBAN system, including India and the United States, use a BIC together with a plain account number.

Before Sending an International Payment

Confirm the beneficiary's exact legal name as held by their bank, the account number or IBAN, the BIC, the bank's address, the currency, and the purpose of the remittance. Ask whether an intermediary bank is required for that currency and corridor.

Never take banking details from an email alone. Confirm them through a channel you already trust — payment-diversion fraud almost always arrives as a plausible change of account details.

Typical Lookups

By bank nameYou know the institution and country but the beneficiary has not given you the code.
By BICYou were given a code and want to check which institution and country it belongs to.
By cityThe beneficiary banks with a large institution and you need the branch context.
Cross-check before a wireConfirm that the country segment of the code matches the beneficiary's stated location.

Frequently Asked Questions

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