SHINWA BANK LTD. THE, 10-12 SHIMANOSE-CHO, SASEBO, Japan


BIC Name / Bank name / Institution Name	SHINWA BANK LTD. THE
Bank Code / Institution Code	SHWA
Country	JAPAN
Country Code (ISO 3166)	JP
City	SASEBO
City Code	JT 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	SHWAJPJT
Swift Code / BIC Code 11 Characters	SHWAJPJTXXX Note:If Swift Code is of 8 Characters then suffix XXX for branch code in the Swift Code.
Address	10-12 SHIMANOSE-CHO
Zip Code / Postal Code	857-0806
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Whether Financial Institution IBAN Compliant	No, SHINWA BANK LTD. THE 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 SHINWA BANK LTD. THE the first four characters from left SHWA indicates that it is SHINWA BANK LTD. THE.
Characters 5-6 from left in the SWIFT Code / BIC Code, depicts Country code of the bank. In the case of SHINWA BANK LTD. THE characters 5 and 6 from left JP indicates that bank is in JAPAN. It means that all the banks located in JAPAN will have JP 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 SHINWA BANK LTD. THE characters 7 and 8 from left JT indicates that bank is in SASEBO. It means that all the branches of SHINWA BANK LTD. THE located in SASEBO will have JT 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 SHINWA BANK LTD. THE the length of SWIFT Code is 8 Characters, means SHINWA BANK LTD. THE 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.