Welcome to Pay.UK SEPA IBAN-Only Utility
The SEPA IBAN-Only (SEPAIO) Directory provides Payment Service Providers (PSPs) with a utility for deriving the BIC from the IBAN for SEPA payments in the UK (see free look up utility below). It is the most accurate source of BIC data as it is maintained, validated and updated regularly by participating PSPs. Any changes made by participants are updated daily to the Directory.
Pay.UK owns the Directory that Swift developed and built through its SwiftRef reference data platform. Under the SEPA Regulation (EU) No 260/2012, there is a requirement for PSPs that are currently reachable for euro credit transfers or direct debits to meet the reachability requirements in the Regulation. The Directory helps UK PSPs to comply, by ensuring the correct BIC can be derived from a given GB IBAN.
The data in the Directory is supplied and validated by participant PSPs, and accounts for over 97% of UK SEPA Reachable BICs. A list of the PSPs currently participating in the Directory can be found здесь.
Find out more about becoming a participant PSP or subscribing to use the data by clicking on the links below. Or by emailing SEPAIO_Ops@wearepay.uk.
Find a SEPA BIC from a GB IBAN via free look-up utility
Поиск BIC SEPA среди IBAN по Великобритании
Responses to the look ups can be viewed below
- введен допустимый номер IBAN, будет возвращен соответствующий BIC SEPA;
- введен недопустимый номер IBAN (номер IBAN имеет неправильный формат, либо не хватает сведений). Отобразится соответствующее сообщение об ошибке.
- При передаче номера IBAN, не относящегося к Великобритании, коронным владениям Великобритании или Гибралтару (GI), отобразится соответствующее сообщение об ошибке.
- При передаче номера IBAN британского банка, НЕ ЯВЛЯЮЩЕГОСЯ участником of the SEPAIO directory, the error message will indicate this. It does not mean that the IBAN submitted does not have a corresponding SEPA BIC. It may only mean that the SEPA BIC relates to a PSP that is not included in the Directory
- Если по переданному IBAN нет целевого BIC для SEPA, об этом будет явно указано в сообщении.
Already a SEPA IBAN-Only Directory Participant?
Log in to SWIFTRef and access the SEPAIO data management area.
Becoming a SEPA IBAN-Only Directory Participant
If you are a UK SEPA reachable PSP, or are planning to become SEPA reachable, you should consider participating in the SEPA IBAN-Only Directory
Useful information on joining: click here.
Subscribing to the SEPAIO Directory data for download or API use
The SEPAIO Directory holds over 20,400 Participant PSP SEPA BIC records and can be downloaded as a Directory File (monthly or daily) or can be accessed via API subject to an annual subscription fee
Indicative costs for subscriptions click here.
Чтобы получить более подробные сведения о возможности участия в PSP, а также для поиска дополнительной информации о подписке для использования данных обратитесь к SEPAIO_Ops@wearepay.uk
Общая информация о нормативно-правовой базе
With effect from 1st February 2016, Article 5(7) of the SEPA Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 comes into force, ensuring that Eurozone banks and Payment Service Providers (PSPs) are able to process Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payments using only a customer's IBAN (International Bank Account Number). Previously, customers were required to also provide the Business Identifier Code (BIC) of the PSP they were intending to pay, in order for their PSP to process the payment.
The European Payments Council's website provides further information regarding the
It also provides external links to each of the SEPA countries' websites, where they provide information relating to SEPA IBAN-Only.
The SEPA IBAN-Only Directory is available to make certain that all Eurozone PSPs (e.g. banks and large corporates initiating payments) have the necessary information to route a SEPA payment correctly to UK beneficiaries.