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South Africa Below are the SWIFT codes for all banks in South Africa. Only active SWIFT codes are shown. All passive (i.e. inactive) codes are excluded from the list.


ID Bank or Institution City Branch Swift Code
1 4 AFRICA EXCHANGE PTY LTD PARKTOWN AFEPZAJ2
2 4 AFRICA EXCHANGE PTY LTD PARKTOWN CLOSED MARKET AFEPZAJ2CLO
3 4 AFRICA EXCHANGE PTY LTD PARKTOWN OPEN MARKET AFEPZAJ2OPE
4 4 AFRICA EXCHANGE REGISTRY PROPRIETARY LIMITED PARKTOWN AERPZAJ2
5 4AX NOMINEES RF PTY LTD PARKTOWN NOPYZAJ2
6 4AX NOMINEES RF PTY LTD PARKTOWN 4AX NOMINEE NOPYZAJ24AX
7 ABSA ASSET MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD JOHANNESBURG ABVSZAJJ
8 ABSA BANK LIMITED BLOEMFONTEIN INTERNATIONAL CENTER BLOEMFONTEIN ABSAZAJJCBF
9 ABSA BANK LIMITED CAPE TOWN CORPORATE BANKING SERVICES - WESTERN CAPE/476 ABSAZAJJCCT
10 ABSA BANK LIMITED DURBAN CORPORATE BANKING SERVICES - NATAL/479 ABSAZAJJCDB
11 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG ABSAZAJJTRS
12 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG ABSA CAPITAL BROKERS ABSAZAJJACS
13 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG ABSA CUSTODY ABSAZAJJMG3
14 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG ABSA INVESTOR SERVICES ABSAZAJJAIS
15 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG ABSA ISSUING AGENT ABSAZAJJMG1
16 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG ABSA RECONCILITAION DIVISION ABSAZAJJREK
17 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG ABSA TRADE REPORTING ABSAZAJJMG2
18 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG ALL SOUTH AFRICAN OFFICES ABSAZAJJ
19 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG CLS BRANCH ABSAZAJJCLS
20 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG CORPORATE BANKING SERVICES - WITWATERSRAND/235 ABSAZAJJCWI
21 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG FIXED INCOME INSTRUMENT ABSAZAJJFI1
22 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG FIXED INCOME INSTRUMENT ABSAZAJJFI2
23 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG FOR CLS ABSAZAJJJAS
24 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG LENDING DIVISION ABSAZAJJSLB
25 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG MONEY MARKET BRANCH ABSAZAJJMMD
26 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG MONEY MARKET BRANCH ABSAZAJJTMS
27 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG NON RES BIC ABSAZAJJNRS
28 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG THIRD PARTY CLS CLEARING ABSAZAJJTPC
29 ABSA BANK LIMITED JOHANNESBURG VOSTRO BRANCH ABSAZAJJVOS
30 ABSA BANK LIMITED NELSPRUIT INTERNATIONAL BANKING CENTRE NELSPRUIT/449 ABSAZAJJCNE
31 ABSA BANK LIMITED PORT ELIZABETH CORPORATE BANKING SERVICES - EASTERN CAPE/480 ABSAZAJJCPE
32 ABSA BANK LIMITED PRETORIA CORPORATE BANKING SERVICES - NORTHERN TRANSVAAL/478 ABSAZAJJCPT
33 ABSA BANK LIMITED PRETORIA CREDIT CARD ADMIN CENTRE ABSAZAJJCRD
34 ABSA CAPITAL SECURITIES PROPRIETARY LIMITED JOHANNESBURG ABSAZAJ3
35 ABSA STOCKBROKERS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (PTY) LTD JOHANNESBURG ABSAZAJ2
36 ACCESS BANK (SOUTH AFRICA) LIMITED SANDTON BATHZAJJ
37 AFRICAN BANK LIMITED MIDRAND AFRCZAJJ
38 AFRIFOCUS SECURITIES (PTY) LTD SANDTON AFRFZAJJ
39 ALBARAKA BANK DURBAN ALBRZAJJ
40 ALEXANDER FORBES GROUP SERVICES (PTY) LTD JOHANNESBURG AFGSZAJJ
41 ALLAN GRAY LIMITED CAPE TOWN GRAYZAJC
42 ALTRON FINANCE (PTY) LTD PARKTOWN ALTFZAJJ
43 ANCHOR STOCKBROKERS (PTY) LTD BRYANSTON ASTYZAJJ
44 ANDISA CAPITAL (PTY) LTD PARKTOWN ANDSZAJJ
45 ANDISA CAPITAL (PTY) LTD PARKTOWN ANDSZAJJH01
46 ANDISA CAPITAL (PTY) LTD PARKTOWN ANDSZAJJT01
47 ANGLO AMERICAN SA FINANCE LIMITED ROSEBANK AACLZAJJ
48 ARGON SECURITIES (PTY) LTD SANDTON AONSZAJJ
49 ATISA SECURITIES (PTY) LTD JOHANNESBURG WWSEZAJJ
50 AVIOR RESEARCH (PTY) LTD SANDTON GDPTZAJJ

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A SWIFT Code is a standard format of Bank Identifier Code (BIC) used to specify a particular bank or branch. These codes are used when transferring money between banks, particularly for international wire transfers. Banks also use these codes for exchanging messages between them.

SWIFT codes comprise of 8 or 11 characters. All 11 digit codes refer to specific branches, while 8 digit codes (or those ending in 'XXX') refer to the head or primary office. SWIFT codes are formatted as follows:

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, passive participant will have "1" in the second character (letters and digits)
  • Last 3 characters - branch code, optional - 'XXX' for primary office (letters and digits)

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The registrations of SWIFT codes are handled by Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) and their headquarters is located in La Hulpe, Belgium. SWIFT is the registered trademark of S.W.I.F.T. SCRL with a registered address at Avenue Adèle 1, B-1310 La Hulpe, Belgium.