Find SWIFT Codes in BOTSWANA

In order to send a SWIFT payment to BOTSWANA it is highly recommended to meet the following recommendations:

Information provided by the Beneficiary: Remitter should obtain all required bank information from the Beneficiary (e.g. SWIFT BIC, account number, and beneficiary bank address).
Central Bank: For additional information, please refer to www.bankofbotswana.bw.
Payment Formatting Rules for BWP:
Ordering Customer (SWIFT MT103 F50): Include account number, full name (no initials), and address of the ordering customer. Use of initials can delay receipt of funds by the beneficiary.
Beneficiary Customer (SWIFT MT103 F59): Include account number, full name (no initials) and address of the beneficiary customer. Use of initials may delay receipt of funds by the beneficiary.
For accounts held at First National Bank, 11-digit account numbers are required.
Beneficiary Bank (SWIFT MT103 F57): Include SWIFT BIC with 6-digit branch code, full name, and address of the beneficiary bank. There are no specific bank clearing codes in this country for cross-border payments. SWIFT BIC is key to routing payments to the beneficiary bank.
SWIFT BIC: SWIFT BIC is 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters: xxxxBWxx or xxxxBWxxxxx.
Reason for Payment (SWIFT MT103 F70): Purpose of payment must be clearly identified (rent, salary, medical expenses, office expenses, charity, etc.).

For the following financial institutions in BOTSWANA you can find a list of their correspondent banks with the currencies and nostro accounts. Also you will find an instructions how to track the payments and other useful information which will help you to send/receive a SWIFT funds transfer or investigate a status of existing payment.

ABSA BANK BOTSWANA LIMITED

ACCESS BANK BOTSWANA LIMITED

BANK GABORONE LIMITED COMMERCIAL, NEW, CBD

BANK OF BARODA (BOTSWANA) LIMITED

BANK OF BOTSWANA

BBS BANK LIMITED

BOTSWANA INSURANCE FUND MANAGEMENT, LIMITED

BOTSWANA STOCK EXCHANGE LIMITED

BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO BOTSWANA (PTY), LIMITED

DEBSWANA DIAMOND COMPANY (PTY) LTD

FIRST CAPITAL BANK LIMITED

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOTSWANA LIMITED