Malaysian Banks’ SWIFT codes
SWIFT code is an industry cooperative that provides a standard format for transmitting payments, stock transactions, letters of credit and other financial messages to more than 7,500 member banks, broker-dealers and investment organizations around the world. Founded in 1973 as the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, millions of transactions worth several trillions of dollars are sent each day with an average transit time of 20 seconds. Working like a bank routing number, a SWIFT code is widely used to transfer funds between banks.
Affin Bank Berhad = PHBMMYKL
Alliance Bank Berhad = MFBBMYKL
Ambank Berhad = ARBKMYKL
Bank Simpanan Nasional = BSNAMYKL
Bumiputra-Commerce Bank Berhad = BCBMMYKL
CIMB Bank Berhad = CIBBMYKL
Citibank Berhad Malaysia = CITIMYKL
Hong Kong Bank Malaysia Berhad = HBMBMYKL
Hong Leong Bank Berhad = HLBBMYKL
Malayan Banking Berhad = MBBEMYKL
OCBC Bank Berhad = OCBCMYKL
Public Bank Berhad = PBBEMYKL
RHB Bank Berhad = RHBBMYKL
Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad = SCBLMYKL
Southern Bank Berhad = STHBMYKL
United Overseas Bank Berhad = UOVBMYKL
The above information is useful if you need to enter your bank’s SWIFT code to receive international payment. This saves the bother of calling up the bank and finding out from some officers who may not know what in the world a SWIFT code is. From personal experience, I have actually called up Maybank to ask for their SWIFT code and guess what I got as the reply after passing the phone from one person to the other and the other: MBBEMYKLA (note the ending with an A and I still have it jotted in down in my diary!) Just imagine that’s the wrong reply that I got from a local bank!!
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ricaro said,
May 28, 2007 @ 12:31 am
if can, how? i dont really dont get it!.thanks…
philin said,
May 29, 2007 @ 2:33 am
Ricaro, you cannot withdraw from Malaysian banks straight into PayPal account. However, you can buy a Virtual Money Inc debit card for about USD25 and use that debit card to withdraw from PayPal to local ATMs in Malaysia with the Cirrus logo. You can email millie@mooncash.com for more information and how to buy the card from her.