Do you still need a BIC?

Inside SEPA, most euro transfers no longer require one: the IBAN alone is enough. You will still be asked for a BIC on many international transfers, older payment forms and some payroll or invoicing systems.

The same thing. BIC is the official name (Business Identifier Code, ISO 9362); SWIFT is the organisation that issues them, so the code is often called a SWIFT code.

Why can’t a BIC be calculated from an IBAN?

An IBAN contains a national bank identifier, not the BIC. The two are linked by directories that each country’s central bank or payments body maintains, which is what this tool looks up.

Banks in Austria.

401 institutions that currently hold a bank identifier used in Austria IBANs, with the BIC each one maps to.

Sparkasse Mühlviertel-West Bank AktiengesellschaftSMWRAT211 identifier
Sparkasse Mürzzuschlag AktiengesellschaftSPMZAT211 identifier
Sparkasse Neuhofen Bank AktiengesellschaftSPNKAT211 identifier
Sparkasse NeunkirchenSPNGAT211 identifier
SPARKASSE NIEDERÖSTERREICH MITTE WEST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTSPSPAT211 identifier
Sparkasse Oberösterreich Bank AGASPKAT2L1 identifier
Sparkasse Pöllau AGSPPLAT211 identifier
Sparkasse Pottenstein N.Ö.SPPOAT211 identifier
Sparkasse Poysdorf AGSPPDAT211 identifier
Sparkasse Pregarten - Unterweißenbach AGSPPRAT211 identifier
Sparkasse Rattenberg Bank AGSPRTAT211 identifier
Sparkasse Reutte AGSPREAT211 identifier
Sparkasse Ried im Innkreis-Haag am HausruckSPRHAT211 identifier
Sparkasse Salzkammergut AGSKBIAT211 identifier
Sparkasse Scheibbs AGSPSBAT211 identifier
Sparkasse Schwaz AGSPSCAT221 identifier
Sparkasse Voitsberg-Köflach BankaktiengesellschaftSPVOAT211 identifier
start:bausparkasse AGABVRATW11 identifier
Steiermärkische Bank und Sparkassen AktiengesellschaftSTSPAT2G2 identifiers
Stellantis Bank SA Niederlassung ÖsterreichOPBAATW22 identifiers
TeamBank Österreich - Niederlassung der TeamBank AG Nürnberg1 branch BIC1 identifier
Tiroler Sparkasse Bankaktiengesellschaft InnsbruckSPIHAT221 identifier
Trade Republic Bank GmbH, Branch AustriaTRBKATW21 identifier
UniCredit Bank Austria AGBKAUATWW5 identifiers
VakifBank International AGTVBAATWW1 identifier
Volksbank Kärnten eG1 branch BIC4 identifiers
Volksbank Niederösterreich AG1 branch BIC9 identifiers
Volksbank Oberösterreich AG1 branch BIC9 identifiers
Volksbank Salzburg eG1 branch BIC6 identifiers
Volksbank Steiermark AG1 branch BIC7 identifiers
Volksbank Tirol AG1 branch BIC3 identifiers
VOLKSBANK VORARLBERG e. Gen.1 branch BIC1 identifier
VOLKSBANK WIEN AGVBOEATWW15 identifiers
Volkskreditbank AGVKBLAT2L1 identifier
Waldviertler Sparkasse Bank AGSPZWAT212 identifiers
Walser Raiffeisen Bank AktiengesellschaftRANJAT2B1 identifier
Western Union International Bank GmbHWUIBATWW1 identifier
Wiener Neustädter SparkasseWINSATWN1 identifier
Wiener Privatbank SEWIPBATWW2 identifiers
WSK Bank AGWSPKATW11 identifier
Wüstenrot Bank AGWUSNATWW1 identifier