North America
- United States - The American Bankers Association has since 1910 has used a 9-digit routing transit number to identify America banks, which are used in the automated processing of cheques. The bank company is identified in the 5th to 8th digits (the 4 digits before the last checksum digit). The company number assigned to a bank includes a regional prefix indicating the metropolitan area and/or state.
- Canada has an 8-digit code (with a hyphen after the fifth digit) called a bank transit number. The first 5 digits identify the branch; the last 3 digits identify the financial institution.
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