Taiwanese Bank Codes

This page provides information for domestic and international money transfers, including Taiwanese Bank Codes, Wire Transfer Branch Codes, and SWIFT Codes.

Last updated in 2019 April

Bank Code 銀行代碼

If you want to transfer money between Taiwanese bank accounts (including the Post Office’s accounts), you need to know the 3-digit Bank Code (銀行代碼) for that particular institution. Here’s a list of banks, codes and their websites:

Reference > E.Sun Bank list of cods of Taiwan banks

*From their 2019 March 11th (108年03月11日) version of compiled bank codes. On that page, fields with yellow background represent banks (and purple the Post Office).

Wire Transfer Branch Codes 分支代號

Sometimes for money transfer, or when connecting your Taiwanese bank account to PayPal, you will need the Wire Transfer Branch Code (分支代號). The Wire Transfer Branch Code has 4 digits, and different from the 3 digit Bank Code above. Most of the time different branches of the same bank will have different code. The Chunghwa Post (Post Office) is a notable exception: there are two codes to cover all the accounts, most common is “0021” for the regular checking accounts.The Financial Information Co. has a search engine (in Chinese), where you can find the correct code for your bank and branch: http://www.fisc.com.tw/tc/service/branch.aspx or check with your bank directly.See more information on PayPal’s “Add a bank account (Taiwan)” help page: https://www.paypal.com/tw/webapps/mpp/add-bank-instruction

SWIFT Codes

In case of international money transfer, you will most likely need the SWIFT code of your bank account, which is again differs from the previous two identification. Usually every branch has their own code, which is an 8 or 11 character long alphanumeric code: 4 letters bank code, 2 letter country code, 2 character location code, and an optional 3 character branch code (or “XXX” for primary office). For example, the Bank of Taiwan’s Xinyi branch has the code “BKTWTWTP054”.You can browse for your bank and branch at The SWIFT Codes Taiwan page (click), or Online SWIFT Codes Taiwan page (click), two SWIFT code directories. You can also find there the appropriate codes banks in other countries.

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