SwiftRef Identifiers Directory
Your single source of global reference data, collected directly from central banks, code issuers, clearing and settlement mechanisms (CSMs), banking associations, regional financial communities and financial institutions.
Benefits
Reduced risk
Reduce your operational risk by automating data loading and updates and payment validation before submitting transactions.
Reduced costs
Increase productivity and eliminate costs imposed by payment delay, rejection, repair and investigation.
Richer data
Comprehensive coverage of cross-referenced identifiers such as BICs, LEIs, DNs, national IDs, national clearing codes (sort codes) and IBAN data for financial institutions worldwide.
Use cases
- A corporate needs to validate a BIC, clearing code, account number format (IBAN or non-IBAN) and the amount (including fractional digits) before sending a payment.
- A corporate treasury operator responsible for client accounts needs to find the account holding bank name and its address from the IBAN to validate client bank details to be entered into the ERP system.
- A payment operator needs to find the name and address of a beneficiary bank's head-office from a bank/branch code and country code to resolve payment issues.
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