Banca de Economii S.A.

Banca de Economii S.A. informs you that, according to the Decision nr. 141 of June 21^st 2012, of the Council of Administration of the NBM, IBAN code (International Bank Account Number) is introduced as a mandatory data in cross-border payment orders, made via SWIFT starting with January 1, 2013.

IBAN is a code used to uniquely identify the account of a customer at a financial institution (Banca de Economii S.A.) which will substitute existing account numbers for cross border payments in foreign currency via SWIFT.  IBAN allows account numbers to be validated more simply, quickly, and reliably all over the world.

Thus we notify you about mandatory including of IBAN code in payment orders as for outbound money transfers as well as for inbound money transfers starting with January 1, 2013.

 In this regard starting with December 4, 2012 kindly follow the directions below:

• The individual customers of Banca de Economii S.A., that receive/make payments by SWIFT via bank current/deposit accounts, can apply for an IBAN code in Bank office where their accounts are opened (for details  please contact us by tel.: 022 218-076);
• The individual customers of Banca de Economii S.A., that receive/make payments by SWIFT via bank card accounts,  can apply for an  IBAN code in any Bank office (for details please contact us by tel.: 022 218-131);

• The individual customers of Banca de Economii S.A., that receive payments by SWIFT without bank accounts,  can recieve the  IBAN code in any Bank office or at the following links:

  Instructions for recieving international transfers via SIWFT without bank account

  Instructions for recieving international transfers from Italy via Banca Popolare di Sondrio

  Instructions for recieving international transfers from Italy via UniCredit SpA

  Instructions for recieving international transfers from Greece via National Bank of Greece

  For details contact us by tel: 022 218-045

• The corporate customers of Banca de Economii S.A., that receive/make payments by SWIFT, can apply for an IBAN code in Bank office where their accounts are opened (for details please contact us by tel.: 022 218-131).

In order to ensure automatic processing of customer transactions it is necessary to inform your business partners about mandatory indication of IBAN code in cross border payment orders starting with January 1, 2013.