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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.
Following the introduction in the United Kingdom in the 1960s of a "sort code", a comparable BSB identifier system was introduced in Australia in the early 1970s to streamline cheque clearance through the banking system in Australia. At the time the clearance systems were open only to financial institutions registered as banks.
Clearing Code Bank Name Chinese Name Established SWIFT-BIC; 012: Bank of China (Hong Kong) 中國銀行(香港) 1917: BKCHHKHH 027: Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) 交通銀行(香港) 1934: COMMHKHH 015: Bank of East Asia: 東亞銀行: 1918: BEASHKHH 018: China CITIC Bank International: 中信銀行國際: 1922: KWHKHKHH 009: China ...
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.
In May 1911, the American Bankers Association released the codes. [5] The numerical committee was W. G. Schroeder, C. R. McKay, and J. A. Walker. [6] The publisher of the new directory was Rand-McNally and Company. [7] The ABA clearing house codes are like the sub-headings in a decimal outline.
The ISO 3166 codes are used by the United Nations and for Internet top-level country code domains. Non-sovereign entities are in italics. On September 2, 2008, FIPS 10-4 was one of ten standards withdrawn by NIST as a Federal Information Processing Standard.
Codes began to be used in the early 20th century to facilitate the manual processing of cheques. Known as a 'national code', these had between three and five digits. The eleven London clearing banks were each allocated a main number, with the "big five" (and the Bank of England) allocated single-digit numbers alphabetically.
Australian Payments Network Limited (AusPayNet), formerly the Australian Payments Clearing Association (APCA) [1] is the self-regulatory body set up by the payments industry to improve the safety, reliability, equity, convenience and efficiency of payment systems in Australia.