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{{Short description|Bank transfer codes in the UK and Ireland}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
'''Sort codes''' are the domestic [[bank code]]s used to route money transfers between financial institutions in the United Kingdom, and in the Republic of Ireland. They are six-digit hierarchical numerical addresses that specify clearing banks, clearing systems, regions, large financial institutions, groups of financial institutions and ultimately resolve to individual branches. In the UK they continue to be used to route transactions domestically within clearance organizations and to identify accounts, while in the Republic of Ireland (a founder member of the [[Euro]]) they have been deprecated and replaced by the [[Single European Payment Area]] (SEPA) systems and infrastructure.

Sort codes for Northern Ireland branches of banks (codes beginning with a '9') were registered with the [[Irish Payment Services Organisation|Irish Payment Services Organization]] (IPSO) for both Northern Ireland and the Republic. These codes are used in the British clearing system and historically in the Irish system.

The sort code is usually formatted as three pairs of numbers, for example 12-34-56. It identifies both the bank (in the first digit or the first two digits) and the branch where the account is held.<ref name="IPSO Sort Code">
{{cite web
|url= http://www.ipso.ie/section/SortCodeInformation
|title=Sort Code Information for Republic of Ireland
|publisher= Irish Payment Services Organisation Ltd
|access-date=2010-01-25}}
</ref> Sort codes are encoded into [[International Bank Account Number]]s (IBANs) but are not encoded into [[Business Identifier Code]]s (BICs).

== History ==
Codes began to be used in the early 20th century to facilitate the manual processing of cheques. Known as a 'national code', these had between three and five digits.

The eleven London clearing banks were each allocated a main number, with the "big five" (and the Bank of England) allocated single-digit numbers alphabetically. [[Lloyds Bank (historic)|Lloyds Bank]], for example, was allocated 3 and [[National Provincial Bank|National Provincial]] was allocated 5. The remaining single digit codes were used to indicate that a cheque was from outside the [[London]] clearing system. The smaller clearing banks were allocated two-digit numbers, for example [[Martins Bank|Martins]] was allocated 11.

The bank branches were allocated further digits by their bank to make up the entire number; some banks represented these on cheques in smaller type. Main clearing branches (usually major London branches) would have only one digit after the main number, e.g. 111. Metropolitan branches (which covered Greater London) had two digits after the main number, e.g. 1124. Country branches made up the rest of the country, and used three or more digits after the main number, e.g. 11056.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.martinsbank.co.uk|title=Martins Bank|website=www.martinsbank.co.uk}}</ref> They were displayed on cheques in this fashion, with the bank identifier taking precedence.

Six-digit "sorting codes" were introduced in a staggered process from 1957 as the banking industry moved towards automation. The national codes were retained but where a single digit was used to identify the bank a two-digit range was introduced. So, for example, [[Barclays]] codes went from starting with a 2 to 20, [[Midland Bank|Midland]] from 4 to 40, etc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Six Digit NAICS Codes & Titles |url=https://www.naics.com/six-digit-naics/ |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=NAICS Association |language=en-US}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|+ Clearing bank code allocations
|-
! Code !! Bank
|-
| 1 || Bank of England
|-
| 2 || Barclays Bank
|-
| 3 || Lloyds Bank
|-
| 4 || Midland Bank
|-
| 5 || National Provincial
|-
| 6 || Westminster Bank
|-
| 7 || ''Walks''
|-
| 8 || ''Scottish clearing''
|-
| 9 || ''Irish clearing''
|-
| 11 || Martins Bank
|-
| 15 || Glyn, Mills & Co.
|-
| 16 || Williams Deacon's Bank
|-
| 17 || National Bank
|-
| 18 || Coutts & Co.
|}

== List of sort codes of the United Kingdom ==
{{More citations needed|date=July 2010}}
In the [[United Kingdom]] the initial digits of bank sort codes were originally allocated to settlement members of the [[Cheque and Credit Clearing Company]] and the Belfast Bankers' Clearing Company. Today, sort codes are issued to any organisation that will be a direct member of a UK electronic payment network (in addition to the cheque clearing systems, this includes [[BACS]], [[Faster Payments]] and [[CHAPS]]). Non-standard sort codes are issued to [[payment service provider]]s who need an [[International Bank Account Number|IBAN]], for example for [[Single Euro Payments Area|SEPA]], as the sort code forms part of this.

The allocation of sort codes is managed by BACS. These numbers are six digits long, formatted into three pairs which are separated by hyphens.

=== Cheque clearing ===
The cheque clearing system in the United Kingdom is managed by [[Pay.UK]], following the merger of the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company, BACS and Faster Payments Ltd in 2018. Since August 2019, sterling cheque clearing has been through the Image Clearing System.

=== England and Wales ===
In the following list the dates in [[parentheses]] give the year of merger with the present-day sort code holder, or its [[subsidiary]].

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" 
|-
!width="160"| Range ||width="80" | Bank || width="300" | Note
|-
| <code>00</code> || For IBAN use only<ref name="Rules">{{cite web|date=February 2020|title=Clearing Code Rules|url=https://www.wearepay.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Clearing-codes-rules.pdf|work=UK Sort Codes Information}}</ref>||
|-
| <code>04</code> || "Utility bank" || Issued to new participants in the BACS, CHAPS and Faster Payments schemes; not usable for cheques<ref name="Rules"/> 
|- 
| <code>04-00-02</code> || [[BFC Bank]]
|-
| <code>04-00-03</code> to {{nowrap|<code>04-00-08</code>}} || [[Monzo (bank)|Monzo]]
|-
| <code>04-00-11</code> || [[Satabank]]
|-
| <code>04-00-40</code> || [[Starling Bank]]
|-
| <code>04-00-53</code> || [[Payrnet/Railsbank]]
|-
| <code>04-00-72</code> to {{nowrap|<code>04-00-74</code>}} || [[Modulr]]
|-
| <code>04-00-75</code> and {{nowrap|<code>04-29-09</code>}} || [[Revolut]]
|-
| <code>04-00-76</code> || [[LCH (clearing house)|LCH Limited]]
|-
| <code>04-00-78</code> || [[Elavon Financial Services]]
|-
| <code>04-00-79</code> to {{nowrap|<code>04-00-80</code>}} || [[Virgin Money]] Head Office
|-
|<code>04-03-00</code> to <code>04-03-29</code>
|[[LHV Pank]]
|-
| <code>04-03-33</code> || Mettle by NatWest
|-
| <code>04-04-05</code> || [[ClearBank]]
|-
| <code>04-04-76</code> to {{nowrap|<code>04-04-77</code>}} || [[Enumis]]
|-
| <code>04-05-40</code> to {{nowrap|<code>04-05-41</code>}} || [[BCB Group]]
|-
| <code>04-06-05</code> || [[Tide (financial service)]] by [[ClearBank]]
|-
| <code>04-13-01</code> || [[Midpoint & Transfer]]
|-
| <code>04-13-02</code> to {{nowrap|<code>04-13-03</code>}} || [[Bilderlings Pay]]
|-
| <code>04-13-04</code> to {{nowrap|<code>04-13-05</code>}} || [[Ecology Building Society]]
|-
| <code>04-13-06</code> || [[Allpay Limited]]
|-
| <code>04-13-07</code> to {{nowrap|<code>04-13-08</code>}} || [[Clear Junction]]
|-
| <code>04-13-12</code> || [[Modulr]]
|-
| <code>04-13-13</code> to {{nowrap|<code>04-13-14</code>}} || [[Project Imagine]]
|-
| <code>04-13-15</code> to {{nowrap|<code>04-13-16</code>}} || [[Universal Securities & Investment]]
|-
| <code>04-13-17</code> to {{nowrap|<code>04-13-19</code>}} || [[Contis Financial Services]]
|-
|<code>04-13-42</code>
|Duesday
|
|-
|<code>04-29-09</code>
|[[Revolut]]
|
|-
| <code>04-36-14</code> to {{nowrap|<code>04-36-23</code>}} || Griffin Bank
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|- 
! class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" width="140"| Range ||width="80" | Bank || width="300" | Note
|- 
| <code>01</code> || [[National Westminster Bank]] || Formerly [[District Bank]] (1962)
|- 
| <code>05</code> || [[Clydesdale Bank]] || Trading as [[Yorkshire Bank]]
|-
| <code>07-00</code> to <code>07-49</code> || [[Nationwide Building Society]] ||
|-
| <code>08</code>||rowspan=3|[[The Co-operative Bank]] || 
|-
| <code>08-60</code> to <code>08-61</code> || For [[building society|building societies]] {{refn|group=nb|name=phase|Being phased out}} <code>08-60-64</code> for [[Virgin Money]] (ex [[Northern Rock]] accounts)
|-
| <code>08-90</code> to <code>08-99</code> ||
|-
| <code>08-30</code> to <code>08-39</code> || [[Citibank]] || <code>08-31</code> to <code>08-32</code> for UK Government banking ([[National Savings and Investments|NS&I]], [[HM Revenue and Customs|HMRC]] etc.)
|-
|rowspan=2|<code>09-00</code> to <code>09-19</code> ||rowspan=2| [[Santander UK]] || Formerly [[Abbey National]] (2010) 
|-
|
<code>09-01-31</code> to <code>09-01-36</code> 
<code>09-01-39</code> to <code>09-01-49</code> for [[Alliance & Leicester]] 
<code>09-01-51</code> to <code>09-01-56</code>&nbsp;migrated accounts 
|-
| <code>10-00</code> to <code>10-79</code> || [[Bank of England]] || Previously used for government banking and BoE employee accounts<ref name="Bank of England to close personal banking service for employees">{{cite web|last1=Topham|first1=Gwyn|title=Bank of England to close personal banking service for employees|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/17/bank-of-england-closing-personal-banking-service-employees|work=The Guardian|date=17 July 2016|access-date=8 November 2016}}</ref>
|-
| <code>11</code> ||rowspan=2| [[Bank of Scotland]] || For [[Halifax (United Kingdom bank)|Halifax]] (since 1990), earlier used by [[Martins Bank]] (1962-1969)
|-
| <code>12-00</code> to <code>12-69</code> || For [[Sainsbury's Bank]]
|-
| <code>13</code> || rowspan=2 | [[Barclays|Barclays Bank]] ||
|-
| <code>14</code> || 
|-
| <code>15</code> ||rowspan=3| [[The Royal Bank of Scotland]] || Formerly [[Williams & Glyn's Bank]] (1985), itself formerly [[Glyn, Mills & Co.|Glyn, Mills &Co]] (1970)
|-
| <code>15-80</code> || For [[Child & Co.]] [[private bank]], part of The Royal Bank of Scotland (1923)
|-
| <code>15-98</code> to <code>15-99</code> || For [[C. Hoare &Co]], independent private bank
|-
| <code>16</code> || rowspan="4" | [[The Royal Bank of Scotland]] || Formerly [[Williams & Glyn's Bank]] (1985), itself formerly [[Williams Deacon's Bank]] (1970)
<code>16-00-38</code> for [[Drummonds Bank]], part of The Royal Bank of Scotland 
<code>16-52-21</code> for the [[Cumberland Building Society]] 
<code>16-57-10</code> for [[Cater Allen|Cater Allen Private Bank]], part of Santander Group
|- 
| <code>17</code> || Formerly [[Williams & Glyn's Bank]] (1985), itself formerly The [[National Bank (Ireland)|National Bank]] (1970)
|-
| <code>18</code> || For [[Coutts &Co]], a subsidiary of [[National Westminster Bank]] (1920)
|-
| <code>19</code> || 
|-
| <code>20</code> to <code>29</code> || [[Barclays|Barclays Bank]] ||
<code>20-11-47</code> for [[HM Revenue and Customs|HMRC]] 
<code>23-00-88</code> for VFX Financial 
<code>23-05-05</code> for [[Stripe (company)|Stripe]] 
<code>23-05-80</code> for [[Metro Bank (UK)|Metro Bank]] 
<code>23-14-70</code> for [[Wise (company)|Wise]] 
<code>23-22-21</code> for Fire Financial Services 
<code>23-32-72</code> for Pockit 
<code>23-59-54</code> for [[Newcastle Building Society]] 
<code>23-69-72</code> for Prepay Technologies 
<code>23-73-24</code> for Loot Financial Services
|-
| <code>30</code> to <code>39</code> || [[Lloyds Bank]] and [[TSB Bank (United Kingdom)|TSB]] || Formerly [[Lloyds Bank|Lloyds TSB]] (2013) and earlier for [[Lloyds Bank (historic)|Lloyds Bank]] (1995)
<code>30-00-66</code>for [[Arbuthnot Latham|Arbuthnot Latham Private Bank]] 
<code>30-00-83</code>for [[Al Rayan Bank]] 
<code>30-02-48</code>for FinecoBank UK
|-
| <code>40</code> to <code>49</code> || [[HSBC Bank (Europe)|HSBC Bank]] || Formerly [[Midland Bank]] (1992) 
<code>49-99-79</code> to <code>49-99-99</code> for [[Deutsche Bank]] 
<code>40-12-50</code> to <code>40-12-55</code> for M&S Bank 
<code>40-47-58</code> to <code>40-47-87</code> for [[First Direct]] 
<code>40-51-78</code> for [[Jyske Bank]] Gibraltar 
<code>40-51-98</code> for Turkish Bank UK 
<code>40-60-80</code> for CashFlows 
<code>40-63-01</code> for the [[Coventry Building Society]] 
<code>40-63-77</code> for Cynergy Bank Limited 
<code>40-64-05</code> to <code>40-64-16</code> for [[Tesco Bank]] 
<code>40-64-25</code> for [[Virgin Money UK|Virgin Money]] 
<code>40-64-37</code> for [[Marcus by Goldman Sachs|Marcus]]

|-
| <code>50</code> to <code>59</code> ||rowspan=2| [[National Westminster Bank]] || Formerly [[National Provincial Bank]] (1968)
|-
| <code>60</code> to <code>66</code> || Formerly [[Westminster Bank]] (1968)

<code>60-01-73</code> for [[Reliance Bank Limited]] 
<code>60-83-12</code> for Atom Bank 
<code>60-83-14</code> for [[Gibraltar International Bank]] 
<code>60-83-66</code> for Fidor Bank UK 
<code>60-83-71</code> for [[Starling Bank]]

<code>60-84-07</code> for Chase UK (JP Morgan)
|-
| <code>70</code> || Used by various international banks for their UK business: no longer issued.<ref name="Rules"/> || Banks including the [[Bank of Baroda]], the [[National Bank of Pakistan]] as well as [[Close Brothers Group]] and [[Bank Hapoalim]]
|-
| <code>71</code> || [[Bank of England]] || National Savings Bank
|-
| <code>72</code>{{refn|group=nb|name=phase|Being phased out}} || [[Santander UK]] || Formerly [[Alliance & Leicester]] (2010), itself formerly [[Girobank]] (1985)
|-
| <code>77-00</code> to <code>77-44</code> ||rowspan=2| [[Lloyds Bank]] and [[TSB Bank (United Kingdom)|TSB]] ||rowspan=2| Formerly [[Lloyds Bank|Lloyds TSB]] (2013) and earlier for [[Trustee Savings Bank]] (1995)
|-
| <code>77-46</code> to <code>77-99</code>
|-
|}

=== Scotland ===
Separately operated by the Committee of Scottish Clearing Bankers until 1985.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|-
! width="160" | Range || width="200" | Bank || width="420" | Note
|-
| <code>80</code> to <code>81</code> || [[Bank of Scotland]] ||
|-
| <code>82</code> || [[Clydesdale Bank]] ||
|-
| <code>83</code> ||rowspan=3| [[The Royal Bank of Scotland]] || formerly [[National Commercial Bank of Scotland]] (1969), formerly [[Commercial Bank of Scotland]] (1959)
|-
| <code>84</code> || formerly [[National Commercial Bank of Scotland]] (1969), formerly [[National Bank of Scotland]] (1959)
|-
| <code>86</code> ||
|-
| <code>87</code> || [[TSB Bank (United Kingdom)|TSB]] || formerly Lloyds TSB Scotland (2013) formerly TSB Scotland (1995)
|-
| <code>89-00</code> to <code>89-29</code> || [[Santander UK]] || formerly [[Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank]] (2010) formerly [[Girobank]] (2003)
|-
|}

=== Northern Ireland ===
The clearing system in [[Northern Ireland]] was operated under the Belfast Clearing Rules which were agreed by the Belfast Bankers' Clearing Company (formerly the Belfast Bankers' Clearing Committee), until the introduction of the Image Clearing System managed by Pay.UK which was completed in August 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chequeandcredit.co.uk/belfast-bankers%E2%80%99-clearing-company |title=Belfast Bankers' Clearing Company |website=Cheque and Credit Clearing Company}}</ref> Sort codes in the 90 range are managed by the [[Irish Payment Services Organisation]] (IPSO).

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|-
! width="130" | Range || width="230" | Bank || width="350" | Note
|-
| <code>90</code> || [[Bank of Ireland]] ||
|-
| <code>91</code> || [[Danske Bank (Northern Ireland)|Northern Bank]] || trading as [[Danske Bank]] since 2012 formerly Belfast Bank (1970)
|-
| <code>93</code> || [[Allied Irish Banks|Allied Irish Banks (UK)]] || for AIB (Northern Ireland) formerly [[First Trust Bank]] formerly TSB Northern Ireland (1991)
|-
| <code>94</code> || [[Bank of Ireland]] ||
|-
| <code>95</code> || [[Danske Bank (Northern Ireland)|Northern Bank]] || trading as [[Danske Bank]] since 2012 former [[Midland Bank]] subsidiary (1965)
|-
| <code>98</code> || [[Ulster Bank]] || subsidiary of [[National Westminster Bank]] (1917)
|-
|}

== Sort codes of the Republic of Ireland ==

Sort codes are no longer directly used in the Republic of Ireland, although they still form part of the underlying structure of account numbers. As a part of the [[Eurozone]], all aspects of the [[Single European Payments Area|SEPA]] system are fully implemented and adhered to. This means that all domestic transactions, including [[Direct Debit]] and interbank transfers are processed using an [[International Bank Account Number|IBAN]] through the SEPA system. The Irish electronic clearing systems, including those run by the Irish Retail Electronic Payments Clearing Company Ltd, which entered voluntary liquidation in late 2014, have been retired and replaced by SEPA. Domestic cheques continue to be processed by the Irish Paper Clearing Company CLG.<ref name="IPC and BPFI">{{cite web |url=https://www.bpfi.ie/about-bpfi/about-us/payments/ |title=Banking & Payment Federation Ireland - About us - Payments|date=July 2018 |website= www.bpfi.ie}}</ref>

Historically, the Irish banking system shared the sort code structure used in the UK, but operated as a separate system since the [[Irish pound]] broke the link with [[Pound Sterling|sterling]] in March 1979. Codes are issued by the [[Banking and Payments Federation Ireland]] (BPFI)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sortcode.bpfi.ie/|title=Sort Code database|website=BPFI|access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref> which replaced IPSO in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpfi.ie/about-bpfi/about-us/|title=About BPFI|website=Banking and Payments Federation Ireland|language=en|access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref>

The full list of sort codes used in Ireland is as follows:

'''Note:''' A large number of lower volume users and smaller banks share the 99 XX XX code and there are at least three users of the 93 XX XX codes assigned primarily to [[Allied Irish Banks|AIB]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|-
!width="220"| Range ||width="300" | Bank || width="300" | Note
|-
| <code>90</code> || [[Bank of Ireland]] ||
|-
| <code>92</code> || [[Central Bank of Ireland]] ||
|-
| <code>93</code> || [[Allied Irish Banks|AIB Bank]] || 
<code>93-09-03</code> for [[JPMorgan Chase|JP Morgan Bank Ireland plc]] 
<code>93-90-21</code> for [[EBS d.a.c.]]
|-
| <code>95</code> || [[Danske Bank (Ireland)]] || trading as [[Danske Bank]]
|-
| <code>98</code> {{refn|group=nb|name=phase|Being phased out}} || [[Ulster Bank]] Ireland [[Designated_activity_company|dac]] || 
|-
| <code>99-06</code> to <code>99-07</code> || [[Permanent TSB]] ||
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" 
|-
!width="220"| Range ||width="300" | Bank || width="300" | Note
|- 
| <code>99</code> || 99 is used by a large number of financial institutions, particularly those with smaller branch networks or a single branch. || 
|- 
| <code>99-00-51</code> to <code>99-00-52</code> || [[Citibank|Citibank Europe plc]] || 
|- 
| <code>99-00-61</code> to <code>99-00-62</code> || [[Bank of America]] Realex Financial Services || 
|-
| <code>99-02-04</code> || [[The Royal Bank of Scotland]] || 
|-
| <code>99-02-06</code> || [[BNP Paribas|BNP Paribas Ireland]] || 
|-
| <code>99-02-12</code> || [[Barclays|Barclays Bank Ireland]] || 
|-
| <code>99-02-31</code> || [[HSBC Bank]] || 
|-
| <code>99-02-40</code> || [[ING Bank]] || 
|-
| <code>99-02-60</code> || [[Rabobank]] International || 
|-
| <code>99-02-70</code> || [[KBC Bank Ireland]] || 
|-
| <code>99-03-01</code> || [[An Post]] ||
|- 
| <code>99-03-20</code> || for [[Aareal Bank]] || 
|-
| <code>99-03-25</code> || for [[:fr:CACEIS|CACEIS]] Bank || 
|-
| <code>99-03-60</code> || for [[Revolut]] Bank UAB || 
|-
| <code>99-04</code> || [[Bank of Scotland]] ||
|- 
| <code>99-10</code> || [[BNP Paribas|BNP Paribas Ireland]] for [[Irish League of Credit Unions|Irish Credit Unions]] ||
|-
| <code>99-11-99</code> || Fire Financial Services ||
|- 
| <code>99-21</code> to <code>99-22</code> || [[Irish League of Credit Unions|Irish Credit Unions]] ||
|- 
|<div style="display:inline-table; vertical-align:top;"><code>99-99-01</code></div> || [[Central Bank of Ireland]] for the ||
[[Paymaster General of Ireland]] [[Irish Bank Resolution Corporation]] (IBRC)
|- 
|}

Irish bank account numbers are now presented in the IBAN format as follows:

IE97 BANK 9799 9912 3456 78

This corresponds to the fictitious sort code: 97-99-99 and account: 12345678, prefixed by ISO Country code: IE, IBAN check digits 97 and Bank Identifier: BANK

== Codes in the 70 range – "walks" ==
Numbers starting with a '7' (after the 1960s, '70') were reserved for the large number of London offices of banks which were not members of the London Clearing. Individual sort codes were allocated on a one-off basis to the many London offices of private and foreign banks. Cheques drawn on these banks were colloquially known within the banking industry as 'walks' because they were cleared by being hand-delivered ("walked") to the drawee banks by messengers from the Clearing House.<ref name="walks">{{cite book|last1=Capie|first1=Forrest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LcT5AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA289|title=A Monetary History of the United Kingdom: 1870-1982|last2=Webber|first2=Alan|date=1985|publisher=Routledge|isbn=04-15381150|pages=289–290}}</ref> By the 1990s, most of these banks had been issued with sort codes within the ranges of the various clearing banks which, from then on, acted as clearing agents for them; the practice of "walking" cheques was ended. For cheques drawn on banks that had not made such an arrangement, the cheques were posted to the drawee bank, who would settle them by a cheque drawn on a clearing bank.<ref name="walks" />

== International clearance ==
Within the Eurozone, only IBAN numbers are required. Transfers to and from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia and any other countries outside the Eurozone continue to use international networks and require a combination of IBAN (or a domestic account and sorting/routing code) alongside a BIC code to identify the institution sending and receiving payments. Characters 9 to 14 of British and Irish IBANs hold the bank account sort code.<ref name="IBANRegistry">
{{Cite web
 |url = http://www.swift.com/dsp/resources/documents/IBAN_Registry.pdf
 |title = IBAN registry - This registry provides detailed information about all ISO 13616-compliant national IBAN formats - Release 31, November 2011
 |publisher = SWIFT
 |access-date = 2011-11-08
 |url-status = dead
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131101223646/http://www.swift.com/dsp/resources/documents/IBAN_Registry.pdf
 |archive-date = 2013-11-01
}}</ref>

In some countries there is no direct equivalent of sort codes as the bank and branch codes are maintained separately from each other in those countries.<ref name=IBANRegistry/> Other countries, however, have or had codes which are equivalent to sort codes, but with formats unique to the country concerned. Examples include:
* Germany/Austria: [[Bankleitzahl]] (BLZ) – superseded by and incorporated into the IBAN as part of [[Single Euro Payments Area|SEPA]] standardization
* Switzerland: Bankenclearing-Nummer (BC-Nummer)
* Australia: [[Bank State Branch|Bank-State-Branch]] (BSB)
* Canada: Transit Code
* Sweden: Clearingnummer
* Ukraine: MFO
* India: IFSC ([[Indian Financial System Code]])

The codes listed above for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden are incorporated into the IBANs for those countries.

== See also ==
* [[List of banks in the United Kingdom]]
* [[Business Identifier Code]], formerly Bank Identifier Code
* [[International Bank Account Number]]
* [[Industry Sorting Code Directory]] (UK)
* [[Bank state branch]] (Australia)

== Sources ==
* ''UK Clearings Directory 2005'' (p.&nbsp;297) The Association for Payment Clearing Services

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{reflist|group=nb}}

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