International payments

The information that is required for an international payment.

A payment is considered as an international transfer if:

It is to be made to a country that is not covered by either the SEPA or domestic payment service described elsewhere in this guide
The currency of the recipient’s bank account (the target currency) is not local to the receiving country – sending US Dollars to France for instance

All fields are required unless otherwise indicated.

If the account number is used it should be submitted in the Worldpay AP accountNumber parameter. If the IBAN is used it should be submitted in the Worldpay AP Iban parameter.

At least one of these identifiers is required.

Field name	API field name	Length	Comments
Bank name	bankName	50	The name of the bank where the recipient holds their account.
Branch location	branchAddress	50	Optional: General location is acceptable (for example, Norwich).
Payee	Payee	35	The name of the recipient as specified on the bank account.
Account number	accountNumber	50	Conditional: See note above. The recipient’s account number or IBAN.
Bank code	bankCode	50	Optional: The bank code of the recipient bank. Gather if possible to do so.
Branch code	branchCode	50	Optional: The branch code of the recipient bank. Gather if possible to do so.
IBAN	Iban	50	Conditional: See Tip above. The IBAN of the recipient bank account. Gather if possible to do so (not all countries utilise the IBAN format for a bank account structure).
SWIFT BIC	Swift	8/11	The SWIFT (BIC) code of the recipient bank. Can usually be found on the bank statement the recipient bank.