BIC Code

comicmankev

How do I get this and what is it? Someone in Europe says they need it to T/N some £ to me. Is it specific to my account or just the bank (Abbey)?

sgx.saint

Hmm not entirely sure. Could it be your IBAN number he/she needs?

International Bank Account Number?

comicmankev

could be, what is that?

sgx.saint

http://www.apacs.org.uk/payments_industry/ibans.html

Hope that helps.

comicmankev

So from that I'm gussing that I have to phone my bank to get the BIC code?

sgx.saint

So from that I'm gussing that I have to phone my bank to get the BIC code?

If the BIC = IBAN code then yeah, if you ring your banks telephone banking service they should be able to give you.

Perhaps they can also explain if BIC is IBAN too.

blindman

comicmankev wrote:

How do I get this and what is it? Someone in Europe says they need it to T/N some £ to me. Is it specific to my account or just the bank (Abbey)?

Contact your bank and ask them

You may need both the BIC (SWIFT) and IBAN

IBAN for Cahoot is GB27ABBY sort code account number

SWIFT (BIC) code is ABBYGBxx depending on the currency

oldwiring

comicmankev wrote:

So from that I'm gussing that I have to phone my bank to get the BIC code?

Well with my bank, hsbc, both the IBAN and BIC are on my statements.:D

Have you looked there?

sgx.saint

both the IBAN and BIC are on my statements

Oh, so they are in fact two seperate codes. Learn something new everyday.

I know what the IBAN is, so what is the BIC?

bengal-stripe

Abbey puts IBAN and BIC on top of all statements (since at least 2 years)

My BIC = ABBYGB2LXXX My IBAN = GB25 ABBY 0901 2668 0000 00
(My sort code = 090126 // my account number is 68000000)

Whether BIC = ABBYGB2LXXX applies to the whole bank or certain branches, I don't know.

mitchb

sgx.saint wrote:

Oh, so they are in fact two seperate codes. Learn something new everyday.

I know what the IBAN is, so what is the BIC?

BIC = Bank Identifier Code


normally relates to the bank so all branches have the same BIC code