In order to send a SWIFT payment to HONDURAS 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).
Country Requirements/Restrictions: Individual to individual payments are not supported. For payments from corporations/organizations to individuals, include a detailed purpose of payment. Payments to beneficiaries holding accounts at Central Bank are not supported. Capital injection payments are not supported.
Payment Formatting Rules for HNL:
- 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), address and tax ID of the beneficiary customer. Use of initials may delay receipt of funds by the beneficiary.
- Beneficiary Bank (SWIFT MT103 F57): Include SWIFT BIC with branch identifier (where required), full name, and address of the beneficiary bank.
- SWIFT BIC is 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters: xxxxHNxx or xxxxHNxxxxx.
- Reason for Payment (SWIFT MT103 F70): Purpose of payment is recommended. For payments from corporations/organizations to individuals, include a detailed purpose of payment. Our bank withholds the rights to reject payments which do not have a satisfactory purpose of payment. Salary payments are authorized, but the purpose of payment must indicate that it is for salary.
- Include Tax ID number for the beneficiaries (can also be included in F72).
- For Individual: Tarjeta de Identidad (ID) – 13 digits.
- For Corporate: RTN (Registro Tributario Nacional) – (RTN + 14-digit tax ID).
- Type of account of the beneficiary must be indicated in your payment instructions. (can also be included in F72):
- Cuenta corriente (checking account).
- Cuenta de ahorro (saving account).
For the following financial institutions in HONDURAS 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.