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The SWIFT system uses the codes to know where the transfer is coming from, where it's going, and how it's going to get there. Here's how the code is constructed: Bank code (four letters ...

There are two such standardized methods: the International Bank Account Number (IBAN) and the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) code. It’s important to ...

An IBAN is used to identify an individual bank account involved in an international transaction while a SWIFT code is used to identify a specific bank during an international transaction.