As mandated by Central Bank of Kuwait, as of 1st of November 2015 the IBAN number usage is made obligatory for all financial instructions (Transfers & Salaries)
Accordingly, ABK will not be able to process any of your local transfers requests that are not IBAN compliant.
IBAN Format
e.g. : KW53ABKK0000000000603999999001
| Country Code | KW |
| Check Digits | XX |
| Bank Code | ABKK |
| Leading Zeros | 000000000 |
| Account number | 06XXXXXXXXXXX |
- The Fixed length of IBAN in the State of Kuwait is 30 characters.
- The “Country Code” enables recognition of the country in which the IBAN was issued.
- The “Check Digits” are used to perform the mathematical validation of the IBAN.
- The “Bank Code” identifies the bank where the account is maintained.
- The “Basic Account Number” is the existing bank account number proceded by zeros, to achieve the required length for the account number
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