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Sort codes are the domestic bank codes used to route money transfers between financial institutions in the United Kingdom, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland. They are six-digit hierarchical numerical addresses that specify clearing banks, clearing systems, regions, large financial institutions, groups of financial institutions and ultimately resolve to individual branches.
On 30 December 1919 Cocks Biddulph was acquired by the Bank of Liverpool and Martins Ltd becoming, in 1928, Martins Bank Limited, the branch premises being known as London Cocks Biddulph, sort code 11-00-20. On 15 December 1969, it became part of Barclays Bank Limited, known as Whitehall Cocks Biddulph, sort code 20-95-81.
The Extended Industry Sorting Code Directory (EISCD) is based upon the ISCD and was introduced to provide reference data to support the UK's Faster Payments service. The EISCD contains all data elements found within the ISCD, with the addition of a new section containing Faster Payments clearing information for each UK bank branch.
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.
Recipients were identified by their mobile phone number instead of bank details such as sort code and account number. [ 3 ] The service was developed by the Payments Council and participating banks and building societies, with Bank of Scotland , Barclays , Cumberland Building Society , Danske Bank , Halifax , HSBC , Lloyds Bank , Santander and ...
However Barclays' booklet on shared appreciation mortgages says on the back cover, under the heading "The Mortgage Code and the Banking Code", "Barclays is committed to the Mortgage Code and the Banking Code, both of which set out the commitments and standards of banks in dealing with their customers.
Barclays plc (/ ˈ b ɑːr k l i z /, occasionally /-l eɪ z /) is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England.Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services.
Sort codes for accounts formerly held by Alliance & Leicester use the range 09-01-31 to 09-01-36. In November 2009, Santander launched the first current account in the United Kingdom without fees (including unauthorised overdrafts) for its current and future mortgage customers. [ 37 ]