The IBAN was originally developed to facilitate payments within the European Union but the format is flexible enough to be applied globally and has now been adopted by many Middle Eastern countries as well as most European countries. The checksum enables the initiator of any transaction to perform a sanity check of any specified bank account number on their own computer prior to actually initiating a request. Fields format is: SORT CODE, BANK NAME, BIC, ADDRESS INFORMATION
'160063','THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC','RBOSGB2122','LONDONMARYLEBONE Chatham Customer Service Centre Western Avenue Waterside Chatham Marine ME4 4RT Phone: (845) 6014082 Chatham England'
'160079','THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC','RBOSGB2121','LONDON MAYFAIR Southampton Customer Service Cent Brunswick Gate 23 Brunswick Place SO15 2AQ Phone: (2380) 836339 Southampton England'
'160080','THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC','RBOSGB21604','PRIVATE BANK CHILDS Chatham Customer Service Centre Western Avenue Waterside Chatham Maritime Kent ME4 4RT Phone: (845) 6014082 Chatham England'
A Bank Code is a code assigned by a central bank, a Bank Supervisory Body or a Bankers Association in a country to all its licensed member banks. The SORT Codes database can be integrated in any software system or used as a standalone reference file for verifying banking transactions.