Country-specific guidelines United Kingdom

UK

GBP (British Pound)

For a payment to a bank in the United Kingdom, a Bank Identification Code (BIC) is required. This is also known as a SWIFT address. This is automatically generated based on the IBAN provided.

• An IBAN in the United Kingdom is mandatory and consists of 22 characters. Do not use spaces, dashes, commas or slashes (/) in the account number. Example: GB29NWBK60161331926819
• Enter the full name of the person receiving the money in the "Recipient Name" field. Do not use abbreviations.

These international transfers are subject to private transfer fees and business transfer fees. If you choose for the OUR option, the beneficiary will not be charged anything by their bank. ABN AMRO charges an  OUR fee for this.

Do you want to know when the money will be in the beneficiary's account? Then check what the processing times for payments are. And for more details per currency type, please consult this overview of cut-off times .