1.51 BIC Record File Formats

This topic describes the file formats for the FI and AM records.

FI Record

Table 1-60 FI Record

Position	Description	Length	Type	Mandatory	Data
1	Tag Identifier	2	VARCHAR2	Y	FI
3	Modification Flag	1	VARCHAR2	Y	A(Addition), M(Modification), D(Deletion), and U(Unchanged)
4	BIC (Bank,Country and Location Code)	8	VARCHAR2	Y	Bank code (4 char), Country code (2 char) and Location code (2 char)
12	BIC (Branch Code)	8	VARCHAR2	Y	Branch code, with XXX if no branch code exists
15	Institution Name	3	VARCHAR2	Y	Name (first part)
50	Institution Name	35	VARCHAR2	N	Name (second part)
85	Branch Information	35	VARCHAR2	N	Name (third part)
120	Branch Information	35	VARCHAR2	N	Branch Specification (first part)
155	Branch Information	35	VARCHAR2	N	Branch specification (second part)
190	City Heading	35	VARCHAR2	Y	City Name
225	Subtype Indication	4	VARCHAR2	Y	A subtype can be bank, broker,etc
229	Value Added Services	60	VARCHAR2	N	20 x 3 char. Fields indicating the Value-added Service Code
289	Extra Information	35	VARCHAR2	N	Specific Information
324	Physical Address	35	VARCHAR2	N	Physical Address (first part)
359	Physical Address	35	VARCHAR2	N	Physical Address (second part)
394	Physical Address	35	VARCHAR2	N	Physical Address (third part)
429	Physical Address	35	VARCHAR2	N	Physical Address (fourth part)
464	Location	35	VARCHAR2	N	Location (first part)
199	Location	35	VARCHAR2	N	Location (second part)
534	Location	35	VARCHAR2	N	Location (third part)
569	Country Name	35	VARCHAR2	N	Country Name (first part)
604	Country Name	35	VARCHAR2	N	Country Name (second part)
639	POB Number	35	VARCHAR2	N	Post Office Box Number
674	POB Location	35	VARCHAR2	N	POB Location (first part)
709	POB Location	35	VARCHAR2	N	POB Location (second part)
744	POB Location	35	VARCHAR2	N	POB Location (third part)
779	POB Country Name	35	VARCHAR2	N	POB Country Name (first part)
814	POB Country Name	35	VARCHAR2	N	POB Country Name (second part)

AM Record

The AM record would consist of only the tag identifier, the old BIC, and the new BIC. The file format is as follows:

Table 1-61 AM Record

Position	Description	Length	Type	Mandatory	Data
1	Tag Identifier	2	VARCHAR2	Y	AM
3	Old BIC	11	VARCHAR2	Y	Old BIC
14	New BIC	11	VARCHAR2	Y	New BIC