Bank account number format
Matty F
numbers, i.e. how the number is broken up into groups.
It's a right pain when trying to pay someone via the Net. I'd really
like to copy and paste the whole number, but the ASB won't allow that
to be done since the paste won't go into four separate fields in one
operation.
I have statements that show the following formats:
BNZ 12-1234-1234567-123
ASB 12-1234-1234567-12
National 1234-1234567890
note the ASB is one digit shorter than the others.
and I've just been given an account in this format:
Westpac 123-123-12345-1234
and I just decided that I won't buy the item after all since who knows
if the number is correct.
p.s. who the hell has more than 99 accounts under the one number, so
why have a three digit suffix?
Max Burke
Bank account numbers, What they mean
The first two digits is the bank ID
01 & 11 ANZ (11 is ANZ [old] Postbank accounts)
02 BNZ
03 WestPac
06 National Bank
12 ASB
15 TSB
38 Kiwi Bank
The next four digits are the branch number where the account is held/was
opened.
The next 7 digits are the account numbers
The last 3 digits are the account TYPE. (not the number of accounts a
customer has)
Most banks only use the last two digits with a leading zero.
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Sailor Sam
> > On 13/12/2009 11:32 p.m., Matty F wrote:
>> Why can't the banks decide to have a standard format for bank account
>> numbers, i.e. how the number is broken up into groups.
>
>> It's a right pain when trying to pay someone via the Net. I'd really
>> like to copy and paste the whole number, but the ASB won't allow that
>> to be done since the paste won't go into four separate fields in one
>> operation.
>
>> I have statements that show the following formats:
>> BNZ 12-1234-1234567-123
>> ASB 12-1234-1234567-12
>> National 1234-1234567890
>> note the ASB is one digit shorter than the others.
>
>> and I've just been given an account in this format:
>> Westpac 123-123-12345-1234
>> and I just decided that I won't buy the item after all since who knows
>> if the number is correct.
>
>> p.s. who the hell has more than 99 accounts under the one number, so
>> why have a three digit suffix?
>
>
> Bank account numbers, What they mean
>
> The first two digits is the bank ID
> 01 & 11 ANZ (11 is ANZ [old] Postbank accounts)
> 02 BNZ
peterwn
>
> The last 3 digits are the account TYPE. (not the number of accounts a
> customer has)
> Most banks only use the last two digits with a leading zero.
>
Therein lies the most confusion. i will only type two digits if the
form will let me, and if not, I thought the rule was to append a zero
rather than prepend it.
Kiwibank shows great sense and will shunt a deposit with a dud
appendix into the '00' account, whereas National Bank will bounce the
transaction.
Enkidu
> On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:32:39 -0800, Matty F wrote:
>
>> note the ASB is one digit shorter than the others.
>
> 12-1234-X234567-12.
>
> The formats are usually [bank code]-[branch code]-[check-digited acct
> number]-[account type]
>
> Some banks have a three digit bank code, others have a three digit
> account type.
>
> Some of it is now legacy stuff as it used to be fairly common in the
> days of Databank for banks to have a three digit bank code with a
> three digit branch code.
>
> How old is the bank a/c in question?
>
>
All banks have a two digit code. The account type sometimes includes a
leading zero.
Cheers,
Cliff
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Enkidu
>
> Some of it is now legacy stuff as it used to be fairly common in the
> days of Databank for banks to have a three digit bank code with a
> three digit branch code.
>
some appeared to have a three digit one is because the software was
imported from the UK where they do have three digit bank codes.
Matty F
> On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:32:39 -0800, Matty F wrote:
>
>
> The formats are usually [bank code]-[branch code]-[check-digited acct number]-[account type]
>
> Some banks have a three digit bank code, others have a three digit account type.
>
> a three digit bank code with a three digit branch code.
>
I've just been given a Westpac account in the form
123-123-12345-1234
When they ask me why I have not paid the account I will be telling
them that they are using an invalid account format and I have decided
to get the item cheaper elsewhere.
Geoff M
if you rearrange this number, it still works fine:
123-123-12345-1234
(rearranged into normal format)
12-3123-123451-234
