DE SEPA Member

Germany IBAN Format

22-character IBAN · EUR Euro · SEPA zone

A Germany IBAN is 22 characters long and always begins with the country code DE, followed by two check digits. The next 8 characters are the Bank Code (Bankleitzahl). The remaining 10 characters identify the individual account number. The Germany IBAN uses the EUR (Euro) and is a <strong>SEPA member</strong>, meaning euro transfers from other SEPA countries are fast and low-cost.

Length
22
characters
Country Code
DE
ISO 3166-1
Currency
EUR
Euro
SEPA
Yes
SEPA member

Example IBAN

DE89 3704 0044 0532 0130 00
DE Country
89 Check Digits
37040044 Bank Code (Bankleitzahl)
0532013000 Account Number (Kontonummer)

IBAN Structure

Position Length Field Type
1–2 2 Country Code a
3–4 2 Check Digits n
5–12 8 Bank Code (Bankleitzahl) n
13–22 10 Account Number (Kontonummer) n
n = numeric only (0–9) a = alphabetic only (A–Z) c = alphanumeric (0–9, A–Z)

The bank code (Bankleitzahl/BLZ) is an 8-digit routing number. Germany has thousands of banks.

Major Banks in Germany

Bank Name Bank Code BIC / SWIFT
BHF-BANK 10020000 BHFBDEFF
BerlinHyp 10020200 HYBEDEMM
Berliner Volksbank 10090000 BEVODEBB
Bundesbank 10000000 MARKDEFF
Commerzbank Frankfurt 50080000 DRESDEFF500
Commerzbank Hamburg 20040000 COBADEFFXXX
Commerzbank Köln 37040044 COBADEFF370
Commerzbank München 70080000 DRESDEFF700
Deutsche Bank 10070000 DEUTDEDB
Deutsche Bank Düsseldorf 30070010 DEUTDEDK
Deutsche Bank Frankfurt 50070010 DEUTDEFF
Deutsche Bank München 70070010 DEUTDEMM
Frankfurter Sparkasse 50050201 HELADEF1822
Haspa Hamburg 20010020 HASPDEHHXXX
ING-DiBa 50010517 INGDDEFF
Landesbank Berlin 10050000 BELADEBE
Postbank 10010010 PBNKDEFF

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Central Bank

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