When you are the beneficiary of a cross border payment from Europe, as well as providing the payer with your IBAN you must also tell them Barclays' SWIFTBIC (Bank Identifier Code). This is an important code that informs the overseas Bank the destination bank address to receive your funds.
To find your relevant IBAN,
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There is currently no requirement to use IBANs for Domestic Payments (i.e. payments within a particular country).
Example IBANs in Electronic Format
France FR1420041010050500013M02606
Germany DE89370400440532013000
Poland PL27114020040000300201355387
Spain ES0700120345030000067890
In accordance with European directives you must provide the beneficiary's IBAN and receiving bank SWIFTBIC (Bank Identifier Code) for all International Payments in Euros to EU Member States (25 countries), Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
In order that we may send your Euro payments to Europe by the most efficient means, you must quote your beneficiary's IBAN and SWIFTBIC (Bank Identifier Code) in your instruction to us.
The information your beneficiary provides may or may not state the word IBAN, but must contain a two-letter country code which appears in front of existing bank code/account numbers, for example: Austria = AT, Germany = DE, France = FR
These two letters will always be followed by a two-digit check number.
An IBAN in printed format (such as on an invoice) is likely to be prefaced by the word IBAN, for example: IBAN AT61 1904 3002 3457 3201. The word IBAN is not to be entered on any input into the bank.
If you want more information on the structure and application of International Bank Account Numbers then check-out the links below: