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Preferred recipient details by country code

Country code Currency Preferred details
Andorra AD Andorra All IBAN
United Arab Emirates AE United Arab Emirates All IBAN
Afghanistan AF Afghanistan All BIC and account number
Antigua And Barbuda AG Antigua And Barbuda All BIC and account number
Anguilla AI Anguilla All BIC and account number
Albania AL Albania All IBAN
Armenia AM Armenia All BIC and account number
Angola AO Angola All BIC and account number
Antarctica AQ Antarctica All BIC and account number
Argentina AR Argentina All BIC and account number
American Samoa AS American Samoa All BIC and account number
Austria AT Austria All IBAN
Australia AU Australia AUD BIC and BSB account number
Australia AU Australia Other BIC and account number
Aruba AW Aruba All BIC and account number
Åland Islands AX Åland Islands All
  • IBAN
  • BIC and account number
Azerbaijan AZ Azerbaijan All IBAN
Bosnia and Herzegovina BA Bosnia and Herzegovina All IBAN
Barbados BB Barbados All BIC and account number
Bangladesh BD Bangladesh All BIC and account number
Belgium BE Belgium All IBAN
Burkina Faso BF Burkina Faso All BIC and account number
Bulgaria BG Bulgaria All IBAN
Bahrain BH Bahrain All IBAN
Burundi BI Burundi All IBAN
Benin BJ Benin All BIC and account number
Saint Barthélemy BL Saint Barthélemy All
  • IBAN
  • BIC and account number
Bermuda BM Bermuda All BIC and account number
Brunei Darussalam BN Brunei Darussalam All BIC and account number
Bolivia BO Bolivia All BIC and account number
Brazil BR Brazil All IBAN
Bahamas BS Bahamas All BIC and account number
Bhutan BT Bhutan All BIC and account number
Bouvet Island BV Bouvet Island All BIC and account number
Botswana BW Botswana All BIC and account number
Belarus BY Belarus All IBAN
Belize BZ Belize All BIC and account number
Canada CA Canada CAD BIC and Canadian routing number
Canada CA Canada Other BIC and account number
Cocos (Keeling) Islands CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands All BIC and account number
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) CD Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) All BIC and account number
Central African Republic CF Central African Republic All BIC and account number
Republic of the Congo CG Republic of the Congo All BIC and account number
Switzerland CH Switzerland All IBAN
Côte d'Ivoire CI Côte d'Ivoire All BIC and account number
Cook Islands CK Cook Islands All BIC and account number
Chile CL Chile All BIC and account number
Cameroon CM Cameroon All BIC and account number
China CN China All BIC and account number
Colombia CO Colombia All BIC and account number
Costa Rica CR Costa Rica All IBAN
Cuba CU Cuba All BIC and account number
Cabo Verde CV Cabo Verde All BIC and account number
Christmas Island CX Christmas Island All BIC and account number
Cyprus CY Cyprus All IBAN
Czech Republic CZ Czech Republic All IBAN
Germany DE Germany All IBAN
Djibouti DJ Djibouti All IBAN
Denmark DK Denmark All IBAN
Dominica DM Dominica All BIC and account number
Dominican Republic DO Dominican Republic All IBAN
Algeria DZ Algeria All BIC and account number
Ecuador EC Ecuador All BIC and account number
Estonia EE Estonia All IBAN
Egypt EG Egypt All IBAN
Western Sahara EH Western Sahara All BIC and account number
Eritrea ER Eritrea All BIC and account number
Spain ES Spain All IBAN
Ethiopia ET Ethiopia All BIC and account number
Finland FI Finland All IBAN
Fiji FJ Fiji All BIC and account number
Falkland Islands FK Falkland Islands All IBAN
Micronesia FM Micronesia All BIC and account number
Faroe Islands FO Faroe Islands All IBAN
France FR France All IBAN
Gabon GA Gabon All BIC and account number
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland GB United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland GBP
  • IBAN
  • Sort code account number
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland GB United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Other IBAN
Grenada GD Grenada All BIC and account number
Georgia GE Georgia All IBAN
French Guiana GF French Guiana All
  • IBAN
  • BIC and account number
Guernsey GG Guernsey GBP
  • IBAN
  • Sort code and account number
Guernsey GG Guernsey Other IBAN
Ghana GH Ghana All BIC and account number
Gibraltar GI Gibraltar All IBAN
Greenland GL Greenland All IBAN
Gambia GM Gambia All BIC and account number
Guinea GN Guinea All BIC and account number
Guadeloupe GP Guadeloupe All
  • IBAN
  • BIC and account number
Equatorial Guinea GQ Equatorial Guinea All BIC and account number
Greece GR Greece All IBAN
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands GS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands All BIC and account number
Guatemala GT Guatemala All IBAN
Guam GU Guam All BIC and account number
Guinea Bissau GW Guinea Bissau All BIC and account number
Guyana GY Guyana All BIC and account number
Hong Kong HK Hong Kong All BIC and account number
Heard and McDonald Islands HM Heard and McDonald Islands All BIC and account number
Honduras HN Honduras All BIC and account number
Croatia HR Croatia All IBAN
Haiti HT Haiti All BIC and account number
Hungary HU Hungary All IBAN
Indonesia ID Indonesia All BIC and account number
Ireland IE Ireland All IBAN
Israel IL Israel All IBAN
Isle of Man IM Isle of Man GBP
  • IBAN
  • Sort code account number
Isle of Man IM Isle of Man Other IBAN
British Indian Ocean Territory IO British Indian Ocean Territory All BIC and account number
Iraq IQ Iraq All IBAN
Iran IR Iran All BIC and account number
Iceland IS Iceland All IBAN
Italy IT Italy All IBAN
Jersey JE Jersey GBP
  • IBAN
  • Sort code and account number
Jersey JE Jersey Other IBAN
Jamaica JM Jamaica All BIC and account number
Jordan JO Jordan All IBAN
Japan JP Japan All BIC and account number
Kenya KE Kenya All BIC and account number
Kyrgyzstan KG Kyrgyzstan All BIC and account number
Cambodia KH Cambodia All BIC and account number
Kiribati KI Kiribati All BIC and account number
Comoros KM Comoros All BIC and account number
Saint Kitts And Nevis KN Saint Kitts And Nevis All BIC and account number
North Korea KP North Korea All BIC and account number
Kuwait KW Kuwait All IBAN
Cayman Islands KY Cayman Islands All BIC and account number
Kazakhstan KZ Kazakhstan All IBAN
Laos LA Laos All BIC and account number
Lebanon LB Lebanon All IBAN
Saint Lucia LC Saint Lucia All IBAN
Liechtenstein LI Liechtenstein All IBAN
Sri Lanka LK Sri Lanka All BIC and account number
Liberia LR Liberia All BIC and account number
Lesotho LS Lesotho All BIC and account number
Lithuania LT Lithuania All IBAN
Luxembourg LU Luxembourg All IBAN
Latvia LV Latvia All IBAN
Libya LY Libya All IBAN
Morocco MA Morocco All BIC and account number
Monaco MC Monaco All IBAN
Moldova MD Moldova All IBAN
Montenegro ME Montenegro All IBAN
Saint Martin MF Saint Martin All
  • IBAN
  • BIC and account number
Madagascar MG Madagascar All BIC and account number
Marshall Islands MH Marshall Islands All BIC and account number
Macedonia MK Macedonia All IBAN
Mali ML Mali All BIC and account number
Myanmar MM Myanmar All BIC and account number
Mongolia MN Mongolia All IBAN
Macau MO Macau All BIC and account number
Northern Mariana Islands MP Northern Mariana Islands All BIC and account number
Martinique MQ Martinique All
  • IBAN
  • BIC and account number
Mauritania MR Mauritania All IBAN
Montserrat MS Montserrat All BIC and account number
Malta MT Malta All IBAN
Mauritius MU Mauritius All IBAN
Maldives MV Maldives All BIC and account number
Malawi MW Malawi All BIC and account number
Mexico MX Mexico All BIC and CLABE
Malaysia MY Malaysia All BIC and account number
Mozambique MZ Mozambique All BIC and account number
Namibia NA Namibia All BIC and account number
New Caledonia NC New Caledonia All BIC and account number
Niger NE Niger All BIC and account number
Norfolk Island NF Norfolk Island All BIC and account number
Nigeria NG Nigeria All BIC and account number
Nicaragua NI Nicaragua All IBAN
Netherlands NL Netherlands All IBAN
Norway NO Norway All IBAN
Nepal NP Nepal All BIC and account number
Nauru NR Nauru All BIC and account number
Niue NU Niue All BIC and account number
New Zealand NZ New Zealand All BIC and account number
Oman OM Oman All BIC and account number
Panama PA Panama All BIC and account number
Peru PE Peru All BIC and account number
French Polynesia PF French Polynesia All BIC and account number
Papua New Guinea PG Papua New Guinea All BIC and account number
Philippines PH Philippines All BIC and account number
Pakistan PK Pakistan All IBAN
Poland PL Poland All IBAN
Saint Pierre and Miquelon PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon All
  • BIC and account number
  • BIC and account number
Pitcairn PN Pitcairn All BIC and account number
Puerto Rico PR Puerto Rico All BIC and account number
Portugal PT Portugal All IBAN
Palau PW Palau All BIC and account number
Paraguay PY Paraguay All BIC and account number
Qatar QA Qatar All IBAN
Reunion RE Reunion All
  • IBAN
  • BIC and account number
Romania RO Romania All IBAN
Serbia RS Serbia All IBAN
Rwanda RW Rwanda All BIC and account number
Saudi Arabia SA Saudi Arabia All IBAN
Solomon Islands SB Solomon Islands All BIC and account number
Seychelles SC Seychelles All IBAN
Sudan SD Sudan All IBAN
Sweden SE Sweden All IBAN
Singapore SG Singapore All BIC and account number
Saint Helena SH Saint Helena All BIC and account number
Slovenia SI Slovenia All IBAN
Svalbard and Jan Mayen SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen All BIC and account number
Slovakia SK Slovakia All IBAN
Sierra Leone SL Sierra Leone All BIC and account number
San Marino SM San Marino All IBAN
Senegal SN Senegal All BIC and account number
Somalia SO Somalia All IBAN
Suriname SR Suriname All BIC and account number
South Sudan SS South Sudan All BIC and account number
Sao Tome and Principe ST Sao Tome and Principe All IBAN
El Salvador SV El Salvador All IBAN
Syria SY Syria All BIC and account number
Swaziland SZ Swaziland All BIC and account number
Turks and Caicos Islands TC Turks and Caicos Islands All BIC and account number
Chad TD Chad All BIC and account number
French Southern Territories TF French Southern Territories All BIC and account number
Togo TG Togo All BIC and account number
Thailand TH Thailand All BIC and account number
Tajikistan TJ Tajikistan All BIC and account number
Tokelau TK Tokelau All BIC and account number
Timor-Leste TL Timor-Leste All IBAN
Turkmenistan TM Turkmenistan All BIC and account number
Tunisia TN Tunisia All IBAN
Tonga TO Tonga All BIC and account number
Turkey TR Turkey All IBAN
Trinidad and Tobago TT Trinidad and Tobago All BIC and account number
Tuvalu TV Tuvalu All BIC and account number
Taiwan TW Taiwan All BIC and account number
Tanzania TZ Tanzania All BIC and account number
Ukraine UA Ukraine All IBAN
Uganda UG Uganda All BIC and account number
United States Minor Outlying Islands UM United States Minor Outlying Islands All BIC and account number
United States US United States All BIC and account number
Uruguay UY Uruguay All BIC and account number
Uzbekistan UZ Uzbekistan All BIC and account number
Vatican City VA Vatican City All IBAN
Saint Vincent VC Saint Vincent All BIC and account number
Venezuela VE Venezuela All BIC and account number
British Virgin Islands VG British Virgin Islands All IBAN
US Virgin Islands VI US Virgin Islands All BIC and account number
Vietnam VN Vietnam All BIC and account number
Vanuatu VU Vanuatu All BIC and account number
Wallis and Futuna WF Wallis and Futuna All BIC and account number
Samoa WS Samoa All BIC and account number
Kosovo XK Kosovo All IBAN
Yemen YE Yemen All BIC and account number
Mayotte YT Mayotte All
  • IBAN
  • BIC and account number
South Africa ZA South Africa All BIC and account number
Zambia ZM Zambia All BIC and account number
Zimbabwe ZW Zimbabwe All BIC and account number