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A typical British bank statement header (from a fictitious bank), showing the location of the account's IBAN. The International Bank Account Number (IBAN) is an internationally agreed upon system of identifying bank accounts across national borders to facilitate the communication and processing of cross border transactions with a reduced risk of transcription errors.
The sort code is usually formatted as three pairs of numbers, for example 12-34-56. It identifies both the bank (in the first digit or the first two digits) and the branch where the account is held. [ 1 ]
The IBAN was originally developed to facilitate payments within the European Union but the format is flexible enough to be applied globally. It consists of an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, followed by two check digits that are calculated using a mod-97 technique, and Basic Bank Account Number with up to thirty alphanumeric characters. The ...
The Industry Sorting Code Directory (ISCD) is the definitive list of bank branches and sub branches in the United Kingdom. The directory is maintained by VocaLink on behalf of UK Payments Administration (formally APACS ).
The first two digits of the sort code identify the bank (90-xx-xx = [Bank of Ireland], 98-xx-xx = [Ulster Bank], for example) and the last 4 identify the branch. There is an exception with 99-xx-xx - these codes are used for international banks Irish Clearing ACs, and some Post Office accounts.
Union Bank of India was established on 11 November 1919 in Bombay (now Mumbai) by Seth Sitaram Poddar. [1] The bank's corporate office was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi . At the time of India's independence in 1947, the bank had four branches – three in Mumbai and one in Saurashtra in trade centres. [ 9 ]
The bank would ask for the account number, the name on the check, the amount and the check number and just look up the account. Due to banks issuing privacy policies [ 8 ] [ 9 ] designed to protect identity and fraud, telephone merchant funds verification by calling the bank directly is now rare for any bank or credit union to offer this service.
The company's logo The former Union Bank logo used from 1996 prior to the 2008 rebranding Former Union Bank logo from December 2008 to November 2017 A branch in Los Angeles Union Bank was an American national bank with 398 branches in California , Washington , and Oregon .