ISO 9362:2014

Banking — Banking telecommunication messages — Business identifier code (BIC) ISO 9362:2014

Publication date:   Nov 27, 2014

Scope

ISO 9362:2014 specifies the elements and structure of a universal identifier code, the business identifier code (BIC), for financial and non-financial institutions, for which such an international identifier is required to facilitate automated processing of information for financial services.
The BIC is used for addressing messages, routing business transactions and identifying business parties.
This International Standard applies to organizations and excludes individual persons.