Find SWIFT Codes in QATAR

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

Information required by the Beneficiary: Remitter should obtain all required bank information from the Beneficiary (e.g., SWIFT BIC, IBAN, and beneficiary bank address).

Payment Formatting Rules for QAR:

• 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 (street address, city, country) of the beneficiary customer. Use of initials may delay receipt of funds by the beneficiary. IBAN numbers for beneficiaries with accounts in Qatar must be included in the payment instructions.

Beneficiary Bank (SWIFT MT103 F57): Include SWIFT BIC with branch identifier (where required), full name, and address of the beneficiary bank. SWIFT BIC is key to routing payments to the beneficiary bank (SWIFT BIC is 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters: xxxxQAxx or xxxxQAxxxxx).

Reason for Payment (SWIFT MT103 F70): Purpose of payment is recommended.

Additional Information: The local market is closed on Fridays.

For the following financial institutions in QATAR 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.