Country-specific guidelines Bahrain

For a payment to a bank in Bahrain, a Bank Identification Code (BIC) is mandatory. This is also known as a SWIFT address.

• An IBAN in Bahrain is mandatory and consists of 22 characters. Example: BH02CITI00001077181611
• Enter the full name of the person receiving the money in the "Recipient Name" field. Do not use abbreviations.

These international transfers are subject to private transfer fees and business transfer fees. If you choose for the OUR option, the beneficiary will not be charged anything by their bank. ABN AMRO charges an OUR fee for this.

Do you want to know when the money will be in the beneficiary's account? Then check what the processing times for payments are. And for more details per currency type, please consult this overview of cut-off times .

For a transfer to a bank account in Bahrain, it is mandatory to enter a Purpose code. 

If you use Internet Banking (business) or Access Online Classic

Enter the purpose code at the beginning of the description. See the list of purpose codes below. It is also possible to add a personal description in addition to the mandatory description. 

If you are using Access Online Renewed

Select the reason for payment in the field 'Purpose code'.