jamtronix: More on BSB's

Ever since I started posting about Australian Payment Systems, I've been getting lots of hits on the site from people searching for a list of BSB numbers.

This list can be purchased, but lots of people are searching for a free copy on the net and I'm not sure why.

If you have a deposit showing up on your bank statement and you can't work out who it's from, try this site which lets you lookup the details for a given BSB)

If you're after the BSB of your own account, don't assume you can get the right one from looking up a list - you really need to check with your bank!

If you are building an application and you want to validate BSB's that people enter, then you don't just need the list now, you also need to keep up to date with changes to the list, so you really should go buy a subscription. On the other hand, if you don't mind annoying people by rejecting their BSBs if someone opens an account at a new branch, then there's a copy of the list (dated 22 Nov, 2002) on the go software download page (look for bank.exe)

And if you're just curious about what banks there are, this table might be what you're after:

Bank Number	Bank Code	Bank Name	BSB's
01	ANZ	ANZ Banking Group	1097
03	WBC	Westpac Banking Corporation	1434
06	CBA	Commonwealth Bank	1692
08	NAB	National Australia Bank	2151
09	RBA	Reserve Bank of Australia	7
10	BSA	Bank of South Australia	198
11	STG	St. George Bank	88
12	BQL	Bank of Queensland	120
14	PIB	Primary Industry Bank	1
15	T&C	Town & Country Bank	7
18	MBL	Macquarie Bank	20
19	ADV	Advance Bank (Now St George)	11
21	CMB	Chase Manhattan Bank	44
23	BAL	Bank of America	4
24	CTI	Citibank	11
26	BTA	Bankers Trust Australia	20
29	BOT	Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi (Australia)	2
30	BWA	BankWest	137
33	STG	St. George Bank	106
34	HBA	HSBC Bank Australia	38
35	BOC	Bank of China	2
36	IBJ	IBJ Australia Bank	2
40	CST	Colonial State Bank	535
41	DBA	Deutsche Bank AG	2
42	TBT	Trust Bank	30
45	OCB	Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation	4
46	ADV	Advance Bank (Now St George)	14
48	MET	Suncorp-Metway	407
52	TBT	Trust Bank	122
55	BML	Bank Of Melbourne	157
57	ASL	Australian Settlements Limited	25
63	BAE	Bass & Equitable Building Society	1
63	BBL	Bendigo Bank	25
63	GBS	Greater Building Society Ltd	5
63	HBS	Heritage Building Society	999
64	AUB	Australian Unity Building Soc Ltd	1
64	IMB	Illawarra Mutual Building Soc Ltd	2
64	IOF	IOOF Building Society Ltd	1
64	MBS	Greater Building Society Ltd	1
64	MMB	Maitland Mutual Building Soc Ltd	1
64	MPB	Mackay Permanent Building Soc Ltd	1
65	BAY	Wide Bay Capricorn Building Society	53
65	PPB	Pioneer Permanent Building Soc Ltd	2
65	ROK	The Rock Building Society Limited	1
66	SUN	Suncorp	1
70	CUS	CreditLink	36
73	WBC	Westpac Banking Corporation	1232
76	CBA	Commonwealth Bank	1585
80	CRU	Credit Union Services Corporation (Cuscal)	234
90	APO	Australia Post	60
91	ARA	Arab Bank Australia	12
91	FNC	Bank One	11
91	MCB	Mizuho Corporate Bank	1
91	SSB	State Street Bank and Trust Company	1
92	ING	ING Bank (Australia) Limited	1
92	MID	HSBC Bank plc	4
92	UOB	United Overseas Bank	1
93	AMP	AMP Bank	9
93	ICB	International Commercial Bank of China	2
94	BCY	Bank of Cyprus	9
94	LBA	Laiki Bank	7
94	MEB	Members Equity Bank	2
94	TBB	Taiwan Business Bank	1

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Hi,
I found this page while looking for BSB references & was interested in your comments. The reason people are looking for a free list (in my experience), is that for doing bank transfers, you need to know the BSB number, which is unique for each branch. A list of BSBs for people who need to do a lot of transfers could be handy, but your bank should be able to furnish this information for you.

Posted by: Terry | August 2, 2006 07:04 PM

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