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ISO 9362:1994
Banking -- Banking telecommunication messages -- Bank identifier codes
Specifies the elements and structure of a universal bank identifier code (BIC) for use in automated processing in banking and related financial environments. The BIC consists of 8 or 11 contiguous characters (letters and/or digits without special characters such as blanks, separators, punctuation, etc.) and comprises the first three or all four of the following four components: bank code, country code, location code, branch code.
Life cycle
A standard is reviewed every 5 years
Revisions / Corrigenda
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Previously
ISO 9362:1987
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Now withdrawn
ISO 9362:1994 -
Revised by
ISO 9362:2009
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