BANCO CENTRAL DEL PARAGUAY, OPERACIONES NACIONALES - DPTO. DE CREDITO Y CTAS. CTES. , ASUNCION, Paraguay


BIC Name / Bank name / Institution Name	BANCO CENTRAL DEL PARAGUAY
Bank Code / Institution Code	BCPA
Country	PARAGUAY
Country Code (ISO 3166)	PY
City	ASUNCION
City Code	PX The City Code are Institution Specific, different BIC has allotted different City Code for same city.
Office Type	OPERACIONES NACIONALES - DPTO. DE CREDITO Y CTAS. CTES.
Branch Code	GON
Swift Code / BIC Code	BCPAPYPXGON
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Whether Financial Institution IBAN Compliant	No, BANCO CENTRAL DEL PARAGUAY 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 BANCO CENTRAL DEL PARAGUAY the first four characters from left BCPA indicates that it is BANCO CENTRAL DEL PARAGUAY.
Characters 5-6 from left in the SWIFT Code / BIC Code, depicts Country code of the bank. In the case of BANCO CENTRAL DEL PARAGUAY characters 5 and 6 from left PY indicates that bank is in PARAGUAY. It means that all the banks located in PARAGUAY will have PY 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 BANCO CENTRAL DEL PARAGUAY characters 7 and 8 from left PX indicates that bank is in ASUNCION. It means that all the branches of BANCO CENTRAL DEL PARAGUAY located in ASUNCION will have PX 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 BANCO CENTRAL DEL PARAGUAY characters 9 - 11 from left GON indicates branch code. It means that BANCO CENTRAL DEL PARAGUAY Branch code: GON is used for branches located at :. If XXX are in 9-11 place then it means that it is the Head Office of Bank / 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.