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Payment Instructions

General instructions for international payments to banks in HONDURAS:

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).

IBAN: No

Correspondent Banks

Standard Settlement Instructions (SSI) contain the list of correspondent banks of BANCO FINANCIERA COMERCIAL HONDURENA, S.A. (BANCO FICOHSA) for each currency.

Payment Tracking

To track a SWIFT cross-border payment to or from BANCO FINANCIERA COMERCIAL HONDURENA, S.A. (BANCO FICOHSA), you need a UETR code, reference number, amount, payment date, and currency. This information is typically found in an MT103 form.

Related SWIFT-codes

Disclaimers

We are doing our best to demystify cross-border payments, however TrackMySwift is not responsible for any delays or losses related to usage of the information and services from our web site. Please contact your banks to receive a safe advise. Country-specific payment instructions have been prepared based on Global Wires Payments Formatting Requirements Guide from J.P.Morgan.