In order to send a SWIFT payment to HONG KONG it is highly recommended to meet the following recommendations:
For cross-border payments to Hong Kong, the remitter should obtain all required bank information from the beneficiary, including SWIFT BIC, account number, and beneficiary bank address. The payment requires the ordering customer's full name (no initials), address (no P.O. box), or alternatively their customer ID number or date and place of birth (for individuals) or business registration number (for corporations). The beneficiary's account number, full name (no initials), and address must also be provided. SWIFT BIC is essential for routing payments and consists of 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters: xxxxHKxx or xxxxHKxxxxx.For the following financial institutions in HONG KONG 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.
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