Bank Record Bank Details

The name of your bank, this can be up to 60 characters.

Enter your bank’s address here, up to 60 characters per line.

From the drop-down list, choose the required bank software.

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The name of the account, as on your cheque book. For example, your business trading name.

The bank account number, this can be found on the cheque book or statement. You can enter up to 60 characters.

The bank sort code. You can find this on the cheque book or statement.

If this account is for your company credit card, enter the expiry date of the card.

If you use Bank Automated Clearing System (BACS) to make payments with e-Banking, enter your reference number. The reference is to identify the payer.

Enter the International Bank Account Number (IBAN). This is a specific format of the bank account number that makes transactions between European countries easier by reducing errors and delays. This number is validated when you enter it in the record, it should be 34, alpha numeric characters broken down to:

• Two letters for country code.
• Two check digits.
• Up to 30, alphanumeric characters for the bank number.

You can check if the format of the IBAN is correct at http://www.tbg5-finance.org/?ibancheck.shtml

If this is your default company bank account, this information appears under your company name and address on any invoices and orders you print.

You must use an IBAN when payments are made or received across country borders in the European Union (EU), European Economic Areas (EEA) and Switzerland.

An IBAN is always used in conjunction with a Bank Identifier Code (BIC).

Enter the BIC number or Swift Code for this bank account. The BIC or Swift Code, is a way of identifying financial organisations.

This number is validated when you enter it in the record it should be 11 alphanumeric characters broken down to:

• Four letters for bank or institution code.
• Two letters for country code.
• Two letters for location code, broken down to:
  • If the second character is 0, it's usually a test BIC rather than a BIC on the live network.
  • If the second character is 1, it denotes a passive participant in the SWIFT network.
  • If the second character is 2, it's usually a reverse billing BIC, where the recipient pays for the message rather than the more usual mode where the sender pays for the message.
• Three alphanumeric characters for the branch code, which is optional and can be replaced with the value XXX.

If this is your default company bank account, this information appears under your company name and address on any invoices and orders you print.

Enter the roll number for this account.

This is an additional reference used by some building societies.

Enter any additional information you have relating to your bank account.

Enter any text, up to three lines of 60 characters.