Around 95% of the euro payments from Switzerland to EU/EEA countries going through the Swiss interbank payment system euroSIC are processed with IBAN and BIC. This high STP rate is due to the Swiss financial center's adoption of the European Payments Council's (EPC) IBAN/BIC resolution, which is pursuing the creation of a single euro payments area (SEPA) in Europe.
| General information |
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Date |
| IBAN tool: The electronic tool is suitable especially for companies and software houses in order to calculate the IBANs of Swiss Liechtenstein financial institutions for converting stored master data with proprietary bank and BC account numbers. |
Windows
Java
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03/2008 |
| IBAN tool: Installation guide (pdf) |
German
French
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03/2008 |
| IBAN calculation using the IBAN tool: interface description |
German
French
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11/2006 |
IBAN plausibility For calculation and plausibility of the purpose of use for IPI. Best by using Internet Explorer version 5.5 and above or Netscape version 7.0 and above. |
German
French
Italian |
04/2007 |
Complete list of IBAN countries (xls, 60 kb) The IBAN standard has been introduced in most of the European countries. More countries, even outside of Europe are following suit. This list shows all the IBAN countries specifying the respective IBAN lengths. |
German
French
English
Italian |
11/2007 |
Check digit calculator: "Calculation and plausibility purpose of use" Plausibility is possible for each country that issues IBANs. Best by using Internet Explorer version 5.5 and above or Netscape version 7.0 and above. |
German
French
Italian |
09/2005 |
Basic Information on IBAN (pdf, 110 kb) Provides information about the new IBAN standard for account numbers as well as an overview of future payment processing and a schedule of the planned tiered introduction. |
German
French
English
Italian |
03/2002 |
Abbreviations and specific terms (pdf, 81 kb) Definition and short explanation of abbreviations and specific terms relating to IBAN and IPI used in various documents. |
German
French
English
Italian |
10/2001 |
| List of financial institutions offering IBAN |
German
French
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05/2004 |
| List of software companies processing IBAN/IPI and Electronic Credit Advice in XML |
German
French
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02/2007 |

| For financial institutions |
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Date |
Credit Advice in XML The complete publication is available on our Extranet, including the appendixes "A" (Examples), "B1" (Overview of conversions for financial institutions) and "B2" (Mapping UN/EDIFACT). |
Extranet
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02/2002 |
Check digit algorithm (pdf, 135 kb) Describes how the internationally standardized check digit for IBAN and the "standardized use" on the IPI payment receipt is generated and validated. |
German
French
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07/2006 |
Check digit calculator Module 1: only for calculation of the banks' own IBANs; Module 2: IBAN plausibility; Module 3: calculation and plausibility purpose of use |
Extranet
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| For software companies |
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Date |
Check digit algorithm (pdf, 135 kb) Describes how the internationally standardized check digit for IBAN and the "standardized use" on the IPI payment receipt is generated and validated. |
German
French
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06/2003 |
| Credit Advice in XML, incl. all annexes (zip, 955 kb) |
German
French
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12/2005 |
Credit Advice in XML – Main document (German, pdf, 526 kb)
Appendix A1.1: Scheme (xsd, 25 kb) (doc, 130 kb)
Appendix A1.2: General Example (xml, 3 kb) (doc, 38 kb)
Appendix A2: Documentation to SWIFT's "Statements pilot version 2"
(pdf, 436 kb)
Appendix A3.1: Notes to IPI and ESR examples (pdf, 164 kb)
Appendix A3.2: IPI example (xml, 6 kb)
Appendix A3.3: ESR example (xml, 3 kb)
Appendix A4: Further examples (German, pdf, 241 kb)
Contact address
Central coordinator for information about IBAN
- Swiss Interbank Clearing
Product Management
+41 44 279 47 47
Online form
Useful links
