ARAB BANK PLC SHANGHAI BRANCH, Primary Office INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER FLOOR 45 8 CENTURY AVENUE, SHANGHAI, CHINA


BIC Name / Bank name / Institution Name	ARAB BANK PLC SHANGHAI BRANCH
Bank Code / Institution Code	ARAB
Country	CHINA
Country Code (ISO 3166)	CN
City	SHANGHAI
City Code	SH The City Code are Institution Specific, different BIC has allotted different City Code for same city.
Office Type	Primary Office / Head Office / Main Office
Branch Code	XXX
Swift Code / BIC Code	ARABCNSH
Swift Code / BIC Code 11 Characters	ARABCNSHXXX Note:If Swift Code is of 8 Characters then suffix XXX for branch code in the Swift Code.
Address	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER FLOOR 45 8 CENTURY AVENUE
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Whether Financial Institution IBAN Compliant	No, ARAB BANK PLC SHANGHAI BRANCH is not IBAN Compliant.
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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 ARAB BANK PLC SHANGHAI BRANCH the first four characters from left ARAB indicates that it is ARAB BANK PLC SHANGHAI BRANCH.
Characters 5-6 from left in the SWIFT Code / BIC Code, depicts Country code of the bank. In the case of ARAB BANK PLC SHANGHAI BRANCH characters 5 and 6 from left CN indicates that bank is in CHINA. It means that all the banks located in CHINA will have CN 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 ARAB BANK PLC SHANGHAI BRANCH characters 7 and 8 from left SH indicates that bank is in SHANGHAI. It means that all the branches of ARAB BANK PLC SHANGHAI BRANCH located in SHANGHAI will have SH 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 ARAB BANK PLC SHANGHAI BRANCH the length of SWIFT Code is 8 Characters, means ARAB BANK PLC SHANGHAI BRANCH 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.