IBAN

International Bank Account Number (IBAN)
The IBAN concept was developed by ECBS and by the International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) and is an internationally agreed standard. It was created as an international bank identifier, used to uniquely identify the account of a customer at a financial institution, to assist error-free cross-border customer payments, and to improve the potential for straight-through processing (STP), with a minimum amount of change within domestic schemes.
　国际行标准账号（IBAN）括了收款人帐号，同时还含了收款人行信息，使用国际行标准账号便于款准确抵达收款人行，在欧元区欧元国际行标准账号（IBAN）是必须，另外一些国行对提供IBAN非欧元款也要加收手续费。目前英国还是欧元国，向英国款是必须有国际行标准账号。但如果没有这一帐号，最好提供入行SORTING CODE（IBAN中含了这一代码），这样可以加快收款速度。当然如果您是通过国内中国行向英国中国行款，也可提供收款人姓名和账号。过如果能有IBAN是最好，IBAN一般在行对帐单上都有显示，如清楚，可向开户行询问。