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SWIFT code lookup

Find a bank's SWIFT/BIC code by name or code across 12,857 bank records, decode what each part of a BIC means, and see whether a European bank supports SEPA Instant and Verification of Payee.

MARKDEF1 is a well-formed BIC

MARKBank code
DECountry
F1Location
XXXHead office

SWIFT codes for “MARKDEF1”

BankSWIFT / BICCityCountry
Bundesbank MARKDEF1100 Berlin DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1130 Rostock DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1150 Neubrandenburg DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1200 Hamburg DE
Bundesbank eh Kiel MARKDEF1210 Hamburg DE
Bundesbank eh Lübeck MARKDEF1230 Hamburg DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1250 Hannover DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1260 Göttingen DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1265 Osnabrück DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1280 Oldenburg (Oldb) DE
Bundesbank eh Bremen MARKDEF1290 Hannover DE
Bundesbank eh Düsseldorf MARKDEF1300 Düsseldorf DE
Bundesbank eh Essen MARKDEF1360 Essen DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1370 Köln DE
Bundesbank eh Bochum MARKDEF1430 Bochum DE
Bundesbank eh Dortmund -alt- MARKDEF1440 Dortmund DE
Bundesbank eh Hagen MARKDEF1450 Hagen DE
Bundesbank Dortmund MARKDEF1470 Dortmund DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1480 Bielefeld DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1500 Frankfurt am Main DE
Bundesbank eh Gießen MARKDEF1513 Frankfurt am Main DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1545 Ludwigshafen am Rhein DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1550 Mainz DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1570 Koblenz DE
Bundesbank MARKDEF1590 Saarbrücken DE

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How a SWIFT code is built

A SWIFT code (BIC) has 8 or 11 characters: AAAA bank code, BB ISO country code, CC location code and an optional DDD branch code. XXX or an 8-character code points to the head office. A 0 as the eighth character marks a test BIC.

What is a SWIFT code?

A SWIFT code, also called a BIC, identifies a bank in international payments. It has 8 or 11 characters: a 4-letter bank code, a 2-letter country code, a 2-character location code and an optional 3-character branch code.

What does XXX at the end of a SWIFT code mean?

XXX is the branch part of an 11-character BIC and points to the head office. An 8-character BIC refers to the same head office.

Is a SWIFT code enough to send money to an account?

No. The SWIFT code identifies the bank only. Transfers also need the recipient account number or IBAN, and a correct SWIFT code does not prove that an account exists.

Bank SWIFT code pages

Bank records come from a licensed bank directory mirror and the EPC participant registers. A SWIFT code identifies a bank, not an account, and is not proof that an account exists.

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