Bank code
Four letters that name the institution: ZHONGSHAN RURAL COMMERCIAL BANK COMPANY LIMITED.
Give this code to anyone who pays you from abroad into a ZHONGSHAN RURAL COMMERCIAL BANK COMPANY LIMITED account. It tells their bank where in the world to send the money.
Four letters that name the institution: ZHONGSHAN RURAL COMMERCIAL BANK COMPANY LIMITED.
The two-letter ISO code of the country the bank is in: China.
Two characters the registry gives to the place of the head office inside China.
XXX means the head office. Leave it out and the 8-character ZSRCCNBB works the same.
Everything a sender's bank asks for about the receiving bank. Your own name and IBAN come from your account.
Paste any SWIFT / BIC code to see whether it is built correctly and what each part says. Nothing leaves your browser.
The format is right. Whether the code belongs to a real bank is for the bank to confirm.
An international transfer needs both, and they are easy to mix up.
8 or 11 characters. The same for every customer of the bank. It routes a payment between banks across borders.
Up to 34 characters: the country, two check digits and the account in the national format. It is yours alone. Some countries use a plain account number instead.
Codes are given for reference. Before sending money, confirm the details with the receiving bank or the account holder.
ZSRCCNBB, or ZSRCCNBBXXX in its 11-character form. Both point to the head office of the bank in China and can be used for any ZHONGSHAN RURAL COMMERCIAL BANK COMPANY LIMITED account.
Yes. BIC, Business Identifier Code, is the official name of the standard; SWIFT code is what most banks and people call it.
Either. The last three characters name a branch, and XXX stands for the head office. If a form insists on 11 characters, add XXX.
Usually. The SWIFT code identifies the bank; the account inside it is identified by an IBAN or, where the country does not use IBANs, by an account number.
Usually one to five working days, depending on the currencies and on how many banks the payment passes through on the way.
Yes. It is public information about the bank, not about you, and nobody can take money from an account with it.
Tsitska will put your IBAN and SWIFT code on every invoice and tell you the moment the payment lands. Hear about the launch first.
One email on launch day. Nothing else.