Botswana — SWIFT/BIC Codes & Payment Info

Payment requirements for Botswana: Information provided by the Beneficiary: Remitter should obtain all required bank information from the Beneficiary (e.g. SWIFT BIC, account number, and beneficiary bank address).
Central Bank: For additional information, please refer to www.bankofbotswana.bw.
Payment Formatting Rules for BWP:
Ordering Customer (SWIFT MT103 F50): Include account number, full name (no initials), and address of the ordering customer. Use of initials can delay receipt of funds by the beneficiary.
Beneficiary Customer (SWIFT MT103 F59): Include account number, full name (no initials) and address of the beneficiary customer. Use of initials may delay receipt of funds by the beneficiary.
For accounts held at First National Bank, 11-digit account numbers are required.
Beneficiary Bank (SWIFT MT103 F57): Include SWIFT BIC with 6-digit branch code, full name, and address of the beneficiary bank. There are no specific bank clearing codes in this country for cross-border payments. SWIFT BIC is key to routing payments to the beneficiary bank.
SWIFT BIC: SWIFT BIC is 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters: xxxxBWxx or xxxxBWxxxxx.
Reason for Payment (SWIFT MT103 F70): Purpose of payment must be clearly identified (rent, salary, medical expenses, office expenses, charity, etc.).