BIC Enquiry Tool 3.0
User Guide
This document explains how to install, maintain, and use the BIC Enquiry Tool.
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Table of Contents
1 Getting Started ................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.1 About the BIC Enquiry Tool ..................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 How it Works .............................................................................................................................................. 5
1.3 Access Profiles .......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.4 Installing: Complete or Custom Setup Type? ....................................................................................... 6
1.5 Administrator Password Creation Window ............................................................................................ 7
1.6 Help Menu .................................................................................................................................................. 8
2 Importing and Updating Data ..................................................................................................................... 9
2.1 Import Data Window ................................................................................................................................. 9
2.2 Importing and Updating Data ................................................................................................................ 10
3 Maintaining Business Codes ................................................................................................................... 12
3.1 Maintaining Business Codes ................................................................................................................. 12
3.2 SWIFT User Category Window ............................................................................................................. 12
3.3 Branch Qualifier Codes Window ........................................................................................................... 13
3.4 Service Codes Window .......................................................................................................................... 14
3.5 Payment Channel Id's Window ............................................................................................................. 16
4 Products Imported Window ...................................................................................................................... 17
5 Creating Queries ........................................................................................................................................... 18
5.1 Query Builder ........................................................................................................................................... 18
5.2 Create a New Query Window ................................................................................................................ 19
5.3 Rename Query Window ......................................................................................................................... 20
6 Query Result Window ................................................................................................................................. 21
6.1 Export Window ......................................................................................................................................... 21
6.2 Print Preview Window ............................................................................................................................. 22
6.3 Print Window ............................................................................................................................................ 23
6.4 Sort Columns Window ............................................................................................................................ 24
6.5 Change Columns Display Window ....................................................................................................... 25
6.6 Change Views Menu ............................................................................................................................... 26
7 Record Details ................................................................................................................................................ 28
7.1 Institution IDs Tab ................................................................................................................................... 28
7.2 Postal Address Tab ................................................................................................................................. 29
7.3 Other Business Information Tab ........................................................................................................... 30
7.4 Data Log File Tab .................................................................................................................................... 32
8 Predefined Queries ....................................................................................................................................... 34
8.1 Using Predefined Queries ...................................................................................................................... 34
8.2 Derive the BIC from an IBAN ............................................................................................................... 34
8.3 Validate the IBAN versus the BIC ........................................................................................................ 36
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8.4 Find SEPA Routing details .................................................................................................................... 38
8.5 Search for a BIC ...................................................................................................................................... 41
.Legal Notices ...............................................................................................................................................................43
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1 Getting Started
About this section
Please read this section if you are a new user.It covers essential information about the BIC Enquiry
Tool, necessary to understand the other sections.
Help
Online help is available from within the BIC Enquiry Tool. To find the relevant help information with
a certain window, go to the Help menu and click Help Index, or press F1 on the keyboard.
Contents
This section covers the following subjects:
1.1 About the BIC Enquiry Tool
BIC Enquiry Tool
The BIC Enquiry Tool is a local query tool that was designed to run on local SWIFT Directories
data. These data include BIC Directory, BICPlusIBAN Directory, SEPA Routing Directory, EURO1/
STEP1 Directory, Currencies, and Countries files. You can query any field of these files, as well
as print or export the query results.
System requirements
Category
Requirement
Supported platforms
•
Windows XP professional (SP2 OR SP3)
•
Windows 2000 SP4
Memory 512 MB minimum (1 GB recommended)
Free disk 2 GB minimum
Keyboard One
Monitor One
Mouse One
Installation
The BIC Enquiry Tool is compressed and downloadable from swift.com
.
Menus, buttons, and shortcuts
Most commands are available from the menu, or by means of a button in the active window. By
right-clicking in the relevant area, you can also use a shortcut menu. To keep this guide as concise
as possible, only menu commands and buttons are mentioned in the topics.
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1.2 How it Works
Work flow overview
This is a simplified view on the BIC Enquiry Tool's work flow:
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Customer/User
Databases
Export
file
Printed
copies
Output
Customer defined Queries
Pre-defined Queries
Downloadable .txt
files via swift.com
BIC Directory Download SEPA Routing DirectoryEURO1/STEP1 IBAN RegistryBICPlusIBAN
Business codes
Import
Manual update
Stages in the work flow
The work flow consists of three main stages:
1.
Import
When they are available, the administrator populates the databases with the necessary
information and updates.
2.
Query
The user builds and performs a query, and views the result. If needed, the query can be saved
for future use.
3.
Output
When needed, the user can export the query result to a file, or print it.
1.3 Access Profiles
Two user profiles
BIC Enquiry Tool users have one of these access profiles:
•
administrator
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