CATHAY UNITED BANK CO., LTD. MANILA BRANCH, Primary Office Tower 6789 Floor 15 1 6789 Ayala Avenue, MAKATA CITY, Philippines


BIC Name / Bank name / Institution Name	CATHAY UNITED BANK CO., LTD. MANILA BRANCH
Bank Code / Institution Code	UWCB
Country	PHILIPPINES
Country Code (ISO 3166)	PH
City	MAKATA CITY
City Code	MM 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	UWCBPHMM
Swift Code / BIC Code 11 Characters	UWCBPHMMXXX Note:If Swift Code is of 8 Characters then suffix XXX for branch code in the Swift Code.
Address	Tower 6789 Floor 15 1 6789 Ayala Avenue
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Whether Financial Institution IBAN Compliant	No, CATHAY UNITED BANK CO., LTD. MANILA 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 CATHAY UNITED BANK CO., LTD. MANILA BRANCH the first four characters from left UWCB indicates that it is CATHAY UNITED BANK CO., LTD. MANILA BRANCH.
Characters 5-6 from left in the SWIFT Code / BIC Code, depicts Country code of the bank. In the case of CATHAY UNITED BANK CO., LTD. MANILA BRANCH characters 5 and 6 from left PH indicates that bank is in PHILIPPINES. It means that all the banks located in PHILIPPINES will have PH 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 CATHAY UNITED BANK CO., LTD. MANILA BRANCH characters 7 and 8 from left MM indicates that bank is in MAKATA CITY. It means that all the branches of CATHAY UNITED BANK CO., LTD. MANILA BRANCH located in MAKATA CITY will have MM 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 CATHAY UNITED BANK CO., LTD. MANILA BRANCH the length of SWIFT Code is 8 Characters, means CATHAY UNITED BANK CO., LTD. MANILA 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.