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The organization that issues SWIFT codes also issues BIC codes. The terms SWIFT and BIC are used interchangeably. They are sometimes mentioned together on banking sites since these codes are the same.
Because SWIFT originally introduced what was later standardized as Business Identifier Codes (BICs), they are still often called SWIFT addresses or codes. The 2009 update of ISO 9362 broadened the scope to include non-financial institutions; before then BIC was commonly understood to be an acronym for Bank Identifier Code.
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), legally S.W.I.F.T. SC, is a cooperative established in 1973 in Belgium (French: Société Coopérative) and owned by the banks and other member firms that use its service. SWIFT provides the main messaging network through which international payments are initiated. [2]
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 payment card number differs from the Business Identifier Code (BIC/ISO 9362, a normalized code—also known as Business Identifier Code, Bank International Code or SWIFT code). It also differs from Universal Payment Identification Code, another identifier for a bank account in the United States.
Also the name of bank codes varies. In some countries the bank codes can be viewed over the internet, but mostly in the local language. The (national) bank codes differ from the international Bank Identifier Code (BIC/ISO 9362, a normalized code - also known as Business Identifier Code, Bank International Code and SWIFT code ).
MT202 COV is a specific SWIFT message type used on the SWIFT network for financial institution (FI) funds transfer between financial institutions. History [ edit ]
MT940 is a specific SWIFT message type used by the SWIFT network to send and receive end-of-day bank account statements. [1]Message Type 940 is the SWIFT standard (Banking Communication Standard) for the electronic transmission of account statement data.