Why you need to give us your recipient’s BIC and IBAN
When you make a payment to a recipient in the UK or EEA (European Economic Area), you need to provide us with the BIC and IBAN. If you don’t include them, we might not be able to process it.
A number of other countries also request an IBAN. Please see our current list of countries requiring an IBAN.
What is an IBAN?
IBAN stands for ‘International Bank Account Number.’ IBANs identify banks according to international agreement. IBANs are mandatory for the UK and EEA (European Economic Area) countries. Each country has a different number of characters in their IBANs.
This is an example of an IBAN for the United Kingdom:
GB29NWBK60161331926819.
An IBAN has four components and is a mixture of alpha and numeric characters:
- an ISO country code
- bank and branch identifier
- beneficiary account number
- two check digits.
The two check digits in the IBAN help banks verify that your payment details are correct.
When will the money be taken from my account?
Money will only be taken from your account once we have processed your payment.
Payments made before 3pm on a business day will be debited that same day. For payments made on or after 3pm on a business day, or at any time on a non-business day, your account will be debited on the next business day.
When can I make a payment outside the UK?
You can make a payment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but it will only be processed during normal banking hours.
Money will only be taken from your account once we have processed your payment.
Payments made before 3pm on a business day will be debited that same day. For payments made on or after 3pm on a business day, or at any time on a non-business day, your account will be debited on the next business day.
How much does it cost to make a payment outside the UK or in a foreign currency?
We do not charge our fee for sending payments in euro. Our fee for all other payments is £9.50*. If you share the charges for sending money outside the UK or in a foreign currency with the recipient, you will only pay the Lloyds fee and the recipient will pay their bank’s charges and any agent bank charges that apply.
If you choose to pay both our charge and all agent bank charges, you will pay our charge and the Correspondent Bank Fee that replaces all agent bank charges. The recipient bank may still charge its customer a fee but we cannot provide information about such a fee. The amount of the Correspondent Bank Fee depends on the location of the recipient bank: