ISO 9362:2009

Banking - Banking telecommunication messages - Business identifier code (BIC)

ISO 9362:2009 specifies the elements and structure of a universal identifier code, the business identifier code (BIC), for financial and non-financial institutions and related entities, for which such an international identifier is required to facilitate automated processing of telecommunication messages in banking and related financial transaction environments.

Banque — Messages bancaires télétransmis — Code d'identification des entreprises (BIC)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 08-Oct-2009
• Withdrawal Date: 08-Oct-2009
• ICS: 03.060 - Finances. Banking. Monetary systems. Insurance
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 68 - Financial services
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 68 - Financial services
• Current Stage: 9599 - Withdrawal of International Standard
• Start Date: 27-Nov-2014
• Completion Date: 13-Dec-2025

Relations

• Revised: ISO 9362:2014 - Banking - Banking telecommunication messages - Business identifier code (BIC)
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-2011
• Revises: ISO 9362:1994 - Banking - Banking telecommunication messages - Bank identifier codes
• Effective Date: 11-Oct-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 9362
Third edition
2009-10-01
Banking — Banking telecommunication
messages — Business identifier code
(BIC)
Banque — Messages bancaires télétransmis — Code d'identification
des entreprises (BIC)
Reference number
©
ISO 2009
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction.v
1 Scope.1
2 Normative references.1
3 Terms and definitions .1
4 Conventions.1
5 Structure.2
5.1 General .2
5.2 Institution code.2
5.3 Country code .2
5.4 Location code .2
5.5 Branch code.3
5.6 Examples.3
6 International directory of BICs.3
Annex A (normative) Operation and responsibilities of the Registration Authority.4
Bibliography.6

Foreword
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ISO 9362 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 68, Financial services, Subcommittee SC 7, Core
banking.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 9362:1994), which has been technically
revised.
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Introduction
This International Standard specifies a universal method of identifying institutions within the financial services
industry, in order to facilitate automated processing of telecommunication messages in banking and related
financial transaction environments. The coding system specified in this International Standard is in full
conformity with ISO/IEC 6523-1 and has been proposed for registration in accordance with ISO/IEC 6523-2.
The original scope of this International Standard was limited to the identification of banks; consequently, the
acronym “BIC” was used as an abbreviation for “bank identifier code”. The scope of this International Standard
has since been extended, in the first place to cover all types of financial institutions, and now, in this third
edition of this International Standard, to cover non-financial institutions as well. In order to avoid unnecessary
costs that would have resulted from abandoning a well-known and widely-used acronym, the acronym “BIC”
has been retained for the purposes of this International Standard, but is now used as an abbreviation for
“business identifier code”.
Annex A outlines the operation and responsibilities of the Registration Authority, and describes the procedures
for the registration of BICs and publication of these codes in directory form.

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 9362:2009(E)

Banking — Banking telecommunication messages — Business
identifier code (BIC)
1 Scope
This International Standard specifies the elements and structure of a universal identifier code, the business
identifier code (BIC), for financial and non-financial institutions and related entities, for which such an
international identifier is required to facilitate automated processing of telecommunication messages in
banking and related financial transaction environments.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references
...