I'm trying to wire money from Canada to Banco BHD in DR. The Iban # i was given is for spain. Will this automatically reroute to DR?
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I have received multiple wires to Banreservas, what I simply did was go the the branch, tell them what I want to do and asked for the information. Any doubts, I asked. Case closed. While I believe the SWIFT can be for a bank abroad in case a particular bank uses an intermediary bank (not sure?), I believe that as IBAN is for your personal account, it really cannot be one meant for another country, so I would check with them...I'm trying to wire money from Canada to Banco BHD in DR. The Iban # i was given is for spain. Will this automatically reroute to DR?
TIA
That's not the information I have, where did you see this?DR doesn’t use Iban
Out of curiosity, did a quick search, and indeed:I'm trying to wire money from Canada to Banco BHD in DR. The Iban # i was given is for spain. Will this automatically reroute to DR?
TIA
INSTITUCIÓN BANCARIA | SWIFT | ACCOUNT NUMBER |
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Caixa Bank, Barcelona | CAIXESBB | ES6321000566510900064721 |
It certainly does. It uses both IBAN and SWIFTDR doesn’t use Iban, the Swift code of the bank + account number works fine.
Here is some explanation of the difference between Iban and Swift:
https://www.westernunion.com/blog/en/us/swift-or-iban-which-do-i-need-for-money-transfers/#:~:text=Here, “GB” is the,do not use IBAN numbers.
Ok I stand corrected, I couldn’t find an Iban 15 years ago so I have been using Swift ever since.It certainly does. It uses both IBAN and SWIFT
May I ask what do you mean here? IBAN and SWIFT are not the same thing, so not sure why you are comparing them? IBAN refers to a single account whereas SWIFT/BIC is the bank code... Even if you have an IBAN number, you can still use SWIFT.Ok I stand corrected, I couldn’t find an Iban 15 years ago so I have been using Swift ever since.
This. Takes less than a day usually. I also pay the transfer costs as the DR banks like to charge more.May I ask what do you mean here? IBAN and SWIFT are not the same thing, so not sure why you are comparing them? IBAN refers to a single account whereas SWIFT/BIC is the bank code... Even if you have an IBAN number, you can still use SWIFT.
Now that I think of it, you're saying that you could not locate the IBAN for your account in the DR so you just used the account number in the local format and used that always together with the SWIFT? As far as I can think of, that would work but may slow things down...
DR banks won't agree on this my friend. The 0.15% tax on transactions is a huge profit for them.If the DR (and Canada) could get on board with Zelle our world would be a simple place to do bank transfers
Of course Zelle is free bank to bank in the US - something DR Banks won't do because they make big money charging people to make deposits
As far as I know, all money wired out of the US is required to go through an intermediary bank. One of the purposes is to counter money laundering. It's done automatically. I never had to specify the intermediary bank.Looking at the link shared in post #9, Deutsche Bank appears to be an intermediary bank for CAD transfers. As I don't need an intermediary from my US bank to Banco Popular, I don't know exactly what the OP needs in order to correctly request a transfer. Her bank should be able to assist with that, as long as she has all the info (this intermediary info as well as the SWIFT for BHD and the account number/info of the recipient)
As Billy Joel would sing...you may be right, I may be crazyAs far as I know, all money wired out of the US is required to go through an intermediary bank. One of the purposes is to counter money laundering. It's done automatically. I never had to specify the intermediary bank.