# ISO 9362:1994 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 9362:1994, item title is Banking — Banking telecommunication messages — Bank identifier codes; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 9362:2009; withdrawn / published date is 1994-12-22, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 9362:1994 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Banking — Banking telecommunication messages — Bank identifier codes _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 9362:2009 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 1994-12-22 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 22738,IS,,ISO 9362:1994,Banking — Banking telecommunication messages — Bank identifier codes,Banque — Messages bancaires télétransmis — Code d'identification des banques,1994-12-22,2,['03.060'],ISO/TC 68,9599,[17047],[52017],"['en','fr']",4,"

Specifies the elements and structure of a universal bank identifier code (BIC) for use in automated processing in banking and related financial environments. The BIC consists of 8 or 11 contiguous characters (letters and/or digits without special characters such as blanks, separators, punctuation, etc.) and comprises the first three or all four of the following four components: bank code, country code, location code, branch code.

" ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).