Identifiers Directory
Identifiers Directory is your one-stop-shop for accurate, up-to-date global payments reference data, collected directly from data originators. These include central banks, code issuers, clearing and settlement mechanisms (CSMs), banking associations, regional financial communities and financial institutions.
This product replaces “Bank Directory Plus”
Benefits
Productivity
Increase efficiency by saving the time and resources spent investigating and amending erroneous payments.
Competitiveness
Become more competitive and enhance your reputation by reducing payment delays and rejections.
Cost reduction
Reduce costs associated with payment failure investigations.
Reduce operational risk
Reduce your operational risk by automating payment validation before submitting transactions.
Quality of data governance
Increase your data governance quality by automating data loading and updating processes.
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What is the Identifiers Directory?
Identifiers Directory is your one-stop-shop for accurate, up-to-date global payments reference data, collected directly from data originators. These include central banks, code issuers, clearing and settlement mechanisms (CSMs), banking associations, regional financial communities and financial institutions.
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How does Identifiers Directory help you?
- Validate (and map) the payment codes for all bank branches worldwide: national clearing codes, IBANs, BIC codes and its related Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs)
- Understand the operational bank hierarchies to help you in your payment reporting obligations and operations
- Identify financial institutions and corporates by checking operational names and address
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What data can you find in Identifiers Directory?
- All BIC codes from the BIC ISO-registry, including the related bank’s Distinguished Name (DN)
- National clearing/sort codes
- IBAN-related data for financial institutions worldwide
- The full ISO 20022 structured and unstructured address
- Name, address and identification codes in domestic (non-Latin) characters set for specific countries, such as China, Japan, Korea or Russia
- Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) for entities with a BIC code
- ISO country and currency codes and bank holiday information