• Sending money overseas
  • International money transfers
  • International bank drafts
  • Information required for making international money transfers
• Receiving money from overseas
• Managing foreign exchange
• Trade services
• International relationships

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Information required for making international money transfers

Australia (Direct credits and telegraphic transfers)

• Bank and branch number (often referred to in Australia as BSB number)
• Account number
• Recipient’s account name
• Recipient’s physical address

UK (Direct credits and telegraphic transfers)

• Bank and branch number (often referred to in the UK as sort code)
• Account number or IBAN
• Recipient’s account name
• Recipient’s physical address

Europe (Telegraphic transfers only)

• The IBAN number
• SWIFT code (preferable)
• Recipient’s account name
• Recipient’s physical address

US (Direct credits and telegraphic transfers)

• Bank and branch number (often referred to in the US as ABA or FedWire). For direct credits it must be the direct deposits FedWire number, not the international FedWire number.
• or SWIFT code and Bank and branch name
• Account number
• Recipient’s account name
• Recipient’s physical address

Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore (Telegraphic transfers only)

• Bank and branch name
• SWIFT code
• Account number
• Recipient’s account name
• Recipient’s physical address

Canada (Telegraphic transfers only)

• Bank and branch name
• Bank and branch number (often referred to in Canada as institution and transit number)
• Account number
• Recipient’s account name
• Recipient’s physical address

India (Telegraphic transfers only)

• Bank and branch name
• SWIFT code
• Account number
• Recipient’s account name
• Recipient’s physical address
• IFSC code* (for transfers over 100,000 INR)
• Bank address including PIN code*
• If recipient is not an Indian resident you’ll need to refer to them as a NRE*

*For internet banking put this information in payee's details.

Other countries
We recommend that you ask the recipient to confirm the details their bank needs.

The most common requirements are:

• Bank and branch name
• SWIFT code
• Account number
• Recipient’s account name
• Recipient’s physical address

Some countries may have additional requirements.

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This information is subject to change. Kiwibank accepts no responsibility for errors or omissions.