Effective 31st January 2012, you will need to use an IBAN for funds transfer to banks in IBAN mandated countries, incoming transfers to BBK, and between banks within Bahrain.

The IBAN (International Bank Account Number) is a unique internationally recognized number assigned to each customer account to be used for faster, error-free fund transfers between banks.

Use of the IBAN:

• As per the ISO compliant IBAN Standard issued by the Central Bank of Bahrain, the IBAN consists of 22 alphanumeric characters comprising the country code, two check digits, bank code and bank account number
• You can find your IBAN on your bank statement or by using the tool below to generate it online
• For electronic transfer instructions and payments, the IBAN should be presented as a continuous string of characters and not contain any spaces or other special characters in-between

When to use the IBAN:

• Sending/receiving an electronic payment to/from an account of a customer at a bank in the Kingdom of Bahrain;
• Sending/receiving an electronic payment to/from a person in a country that has adopted IBAN and the usage of IBAN is compulsory;
• Receiving an electronic payment from a person in a country that has not adopted IBAN.

Generate an IBAN online:

Enter your account number to generate your IBAN now!