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 Germany.

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

Sparkasse SiegenSpk Siegen1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Sonneberg1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Spree-Neiße1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse St. BlasienSpk St. Blasien1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Stade-Altes LandSpk Stade-Altes Land1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Starkenburg1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Staufen-BreisachSpk Staufen-Breisach1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Steinfurt -alt-1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Stockach -alt-1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse SüdholsteinSpk Südholstein Neumünster1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Südpfalz1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse SüdwestpfalzSpk Südwestpfalz Pirmasens1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse TauberfrankenSpk Tauberfranken1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse TrierTRISDE551 identifier
Sparkasse UckermarkSpk Uckermark Prenzlau1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Uecker-Randow1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Uelzen Lüchow-DannenbergSparkasse Uelzen Lüchow-Dbg1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Ulm1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse UnnaKamen1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Unstrut-Hainich1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Vest RecklinghausenSpk Recklinghausen1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Vogtland1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse VorderpfalzLUHSDE6A1 identifier
Sparkasse VorpommernSpk Vorpommern1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Vorpommern auf RügenSpk Vorpommern auf Rügen1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Waldeck-FrankenbergSpk Waldeck-Frankenberg1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Werl -alt-1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Werra-Meißner1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Westerwald-Sieg1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse WestholsteinSpk Westholstein1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse WestmünsterlandWELADE3W1 identifier
Sparkasse Wetzlar1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Wiesental1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Wilhelmshaven1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Witten1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Wittenberg1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Wittgenstein1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse WolfachSpk Wolfach1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse ZollernalbSpk Zollernalb1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse zu Lübeck1 branch BIC1 identifier
Sparkasse Zwickau1 branch BIC1 identifier
SpreewaldbankSpreewaldbank Lübben1 branch BIC1 identifier
St.Galler Kantonalbank DeutschlandSGKB Deutschland, MünchenGAKDDEM11 identifier
Stadt- u. Kreissparkasse Erlangen Höchstadt HerzogenaurachSt u Kr Spk Erlangen1 branch BIC1 identifier
Stadt- und Kreissparkasse LeipzigSt u Kr Spk LeipzigWELADE8L1 identifier
Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Moosburg -alt-St u Kr Spk Moosburg -alt-1 branch BIC1 identifier
Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Rothenburg -alt-St u Kr Spk Rothenburg -alt1 branch BIC1 identifier
Stadt-Sparkasse HaanSt Spk Haan1 branch BIC1 identifier
Stadt-Sparkasse LangenfeldSt Spk Langenfeld1 branch BIC1 identifier
Stadt-Sparkasse Leichlingen -alt-St Spk Leichlingen Rh.-alt-1 branch BIC1 identifier
Stadt-Sparkasse SolingenSt Spk SolingenSOLSDE331 identifier
Städtische Sparkasse Offenbach a.M.Städtische Spk Offenbach1 branch BIC1 identifier
Städtische Sparkasse Schweinfurt -alt-Städt.Spk Schweinfurt -alt-1 branch BIC1 identifier
Stadtsparkasse AugsburgSt Spk AugsburgAUGSDE771 identifier
Stadtsparkasse Bad Honnef -alt-St Spk Bad Honnef -alt-1 branch BIC1 identifier
Stadtsparkasse Bad PyrmontSt Spk Bad Pyrmont1 branch BIC1 identifier
Stadtsparkasse Bad Sachsa -alt-St Spk Bad Sachsa -alt-1 branch BIC1 identifier
Stadtsparkasse BarsinghausenSt Spk Barsinghausen1 branch BIC1 identifier
Stadtsparkasse Blomberg -alt-St Spk Blomberg -alt-1 branch BIC1 identifier
Stadtsparkasse Bocholt1 branch BIC1 identifier