Swift Codes Of All Banks In South Africa

Swift Codes are a standard format of Bank Identifier Codes. This is a unique code that identifies a specific bank.

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These codes are used to transfer money between banks. This is especially important for international wire transfers. Banks also use the codes to exchange other messages.

The South African Bank Swift Code consists of either 8 or 11 characters. The 8-digit code refers to the bank’s head office. Codes for bank branches always consist of 11 characters. Formatted like below.

AAAA BB CC DDD

First 4 characters – bank code (only letters)
Next 2 characters – ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (only letters)
Next 2 characters – location code (letters and digits) (passive participant will have “1” in the second character)
Last 3 characters – branch code, optional (‘XXX’ for primary office) (letters and digits)

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This article would list out the Head Offices swift codes of banks in South Africa.

Swift Codes of banks in south africa

South African Banks Swift Codes

ID	Bank / Institution	Branch	Swift Code
1	ABSA BANK LIMITED	HEAD OFFICE	ABSAZAJJ
2	AFRICAN BANK LIMITED	HEAD OFFICE	AFRCZAJJ
3	BIDVEST BANK LTD	HEAD OFFICE	BIDBZAJJ
4	CAPITEC BANK LIMITED	HEAD OFFICE	CABLZAJJ
5	DISCOVERY BANK LIMITED	SANDTON	DISCZAJJ
6	FIRST NATIONAL BANK LTD	HEAD OFFICE	FIRNZAJJ
7	FIRSTRAND BANK LTD	HEAD OFFICE	FIRNZAJJ
8	CITIBANK SOUTH AFRICA	HEAD OFFICE	CITIZAJX
9	GRINDROD BANK LIMITED	HEAD OFFICE	GRIDZAJJ
10	INVESTEC BANK LTD.	HEAD OFFICE	IVESZAJJ
11	NEDBANK LIMITED	HEAD OFFICE	NEDSZAJJ
12	SASFIN BANK LIMITED	HEAD OFFICE	SASFZAJJ
13	STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED	HEAD OFFICE	SBZAZAJJ
14	ALBARAKA BANK	HEAD OFFICE	ALBRZAJJ
15	HABIB OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED	HEAD OFFICE	HOBLZAJJ
16	MERCANTILE BANK LTD	HEAD OFFICE	LISAZAJJ
17	SOUTH AFRICAN BANK OF ATHENS LIMITED	HEAD OFFICE	BATHZAJJ
18	BANK OF TAIWAN, SOUTH AFRICA	HEAD OFFICE	BKTWZAJJ
19	BANK OF BARODA	HEAD OFFICE	BARBZAJJ
20	STANDARD CHARTERED BANK	JOHANNESBURG	SCBLZAJJ
21	STATE BANK OF INDIA	JOHANNESBURG	SBINZAJJ
22	BANK OF CHINA	JOHANNESBURG

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We have seen the list of swift codes for banks in South Africa. If the swift code of a particular bank was not listed, you can let us know via the comment section.