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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.
Bureau organisations can submit files of payments on behalf of other registered service users of direct corporate access. The bureau needs to be sponsored by a DCA-enabled bank and to use a Bacs Approved Software Service (BASS) software. File submissions can only be made on behalf service of users of a DCA-enabled bank.
The ISCD is used by organisations to check the validity of sorting codes, which, combined with modulus checking of the bank account number and sorting code, is essential for successful Direct Debit and BACS Credit transactions. The information contained within the ISCD is subject to frequent changes.
A typical British bank statement header (from a fictitious bank), showing the location of the account's IBAN. The International Bank Account Number (IBAN) for example LV30RIKO0000083232646 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 ...
The point-of-sale terminal reads the bank sort code and account number from the card but instead of handling the transaction through the Girocard network it simply prints a form, which the customer signs to authorise the debit note. However, this method also avoids any verification or payment guarantee provided by the network.
Ukraine has 6 digit bank codes. Account number does not include bank code. List of bank codes is available at the site of the National Bank of Ukraine. [2] The UK has a 6-digit sort code. For prefixes identifying UK banking companies, see the list of sort codes of the United Kingdom. Russia has 9 digit bank code (БИК код).
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New Zealand bank account numbers in NZD follow a standardised format of 16 digits: a prefix representing the bank and branch (six digits), otherwise known as the Bank code; the body (seven digits); and; the suffix representing the product/account type (two or three digits).