You wish to send money to some person overseas, withdraw money from any payment portal or making purchase payment via online banking. Although BIC is often referred to by bankers as a SWIFT code or SWIFT address, do note that BIC is slightly different from SWIFT§. Fortunately, all banks doing regular international business have their full BIC details listed in the SWIFT online database shown above; access is free. This month, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has indicated that transaction reporting firms under MiFID will need to obtain a bank identifier code (BIC) in order to be in compliance with wider European level regulations.

Country	City	Bank Name	Branch	SWIFT
Germany	Muenchen	Caceis Bank Deutschland Gmbh	Caceis Bank Deutschland Gmbh	FMBKDEMM700
Germany	Muenchen	Caceis Bank Deutschland Gmbh	Caceis Bank Deutschland Gmbh	FMBKDEMMICM
Germany	Muenchen	Caceis Bank Deutschland Gmbh	Caceis Bank Deutschland Gmbh	FMBKDEMMGCS
Germany	Muenchen	Caceis Bank Deutschland Gmbh	Caceis Bank Deutschland Gmbh	FMBKDEMMXXX