MIFBALTR

Payment Instructions

General instructions for international payments to banks in ALBANIA:

Overview

Remitter should obtain all required bank information from the Beneficiary (e.g. SWIFT BIC, IBAN, and beneficiary bank address). For additional information, please refer to www.bankofalbania.org.

Country Requirements/Restrictions

For tax payments, the taxpayer must provide a declaration form to the beneficiary bank.

Payment Formatting Rules for ALL

• 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 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 and consists of 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters: xxxxALxx or xxxxALxxxxx. There are no specific bank clearing codes for cross-border payments in Albania.
• Beneficiary Customer (SWIFT MT103 F59): Include account number (IBAN), full name (no initials) and address of the beneficiary customer. Use of initials may delay receipt of funds by the beneficiary. IBAN numbers for beneficiaries with accounts in Albania must be included in the payment instructions.
• Reason for Payment (SWIFT MT103 F70): Purpose of payment is recommended. For utility payments, include the client's name, month of the utility bill, and contract number of the subscriber. For tax payments, the FDP (payment order document generated by Tax Office system) is required. For custom fee payments, the NIPT (tax identification number) is required.

IBAN: In Albania, the IBAN consists of 28 characters. The format starts with the country code 'AL', followed by a two-digit check number, an eight-digit bank code, and finally a sixteen-character account number. Example: AL98765432191234567891234567.

Correspondent Banks

Standard Settlement Instructions (SSI) contain the list of correspondent banks of MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF ALBANIA for each currency.

Payment Tracking

To track a SWIFT cross-border payment to or from MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF ALBANIA, you need a UETR code, reference number, amount, payment date, and currency. This information is typically found in an MT103 form.

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.