Asia-Pacific
- Australia has a 6-digit Bank State Branch (BSB) code prefixed to a bank account number. The first 3 digits indicates the financial institution and the other 3 digits are the branch codes assigned by the institution.
- New Zealand bank account prefix also has a 6-digit BSB code. The first 2 digits indicate the bank and 4 digits indicating the branch. The overall number of account digits (routing + account number) is nearly equal for Australia and New Zealand.
- Iraq has a 1 to 3 digit bank code which identifies the bank branch.
- Indonesia has a 7-digit bank code (also known as Sandi Bank or Kode Bank or Sandi Kliring). The first three digits indicate the bank, and the last 4 digits designate the bank's branch. It is used for clearing/kliring transactions such as checks, giros, etc. PayPal uses this domestic clearing code to transfer money from the PayPal accounts of Indonesian users to their Indonesian bank accounts in Rupiah. The first three digits of the bank code is also used for an inter-bank transfer using an ATM.
- Since 2010, South Korea uses a 7-digit code starting 0 or 2. The first 3 digits, called bank code, is required for interbank wire transfer. The last 4 digits are branch code, which is rarely used.
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