AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED Swift Code, Address

What is a SWIFT Code / BIC code?

Business Identifier Codes (BIC) has been developed by Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) to identify banks and financial institutions globally. That is why BIC Codes are also known as SWIFT Codes. SWIFT Codes / BIC Codes are used for transferring money between banks of different countries or SEPA payments. Banks also use these codes for exchanging financial messages.

SWIFT Code / BIC Code is formed of 8 or 11 characters in following system:

• First four characters in the SWIFT Code / BIC Code from left depicts bank code. In the case of AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED the first four characters from left ANZB indicates that it is AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED.
• Characters 5-6 from left in the SWIFT Code / BIC Code, depicts Country code of the bank. In the case of AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED characters 5 and 6 from left AU indicates that bank is in AUSTRALIA. It means that all the banks located in AUSTRALIA will have AU at 5th and 6th place from left in their Swift Codes / BIC Codes.
• Characters 7-8 from left in the SWIFT Code / BIC Code, depicts City Code of the Bank. In the case of AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED characters 7 and 8 from left 5A indicates that bank is in ADELAIDE. It means that all the branches of AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED located in ADELAIDE will have 5A at 7th and 8th place from left in their Swift Codes / BIC Codes.
• Characters 9-11 from left in the SWIFT Code / BIC Code, depicts Branch Code of the Bank. In the case of AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED the length of SWIFT Code is 8 Characters, means AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED. Head Office of the Financial Institution.
• Many Banks has taken only one SWIFT Code per country or have one SWIFT Code per city, for processing International Payments of all the Branches of the country / city through SWIFT enabled branch. So, if your Bank Branch is not depicting in the list, contact your Bank Branch for the SWIFT Code transactions.