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Receiving money

Receive Money in any currency into your Citi account via transfers, banker's drafts or personal cheques.

For International Personal Banking London Clients, please refer to Transferring leaflet here.

For International Personal Banking Jersey Clients please refer to Transferring leaflet here.

Receiving money from abroad

Your Citi account has been designed to give you fast and convenient access to your money. For maximum flexibility, Money in any currency can be received into your Citi account in the following ways:

  • Telegraphic transfers
  • Bankers drafts
  • Personal cheques

Please note, when receiving money from abroad into your Citi UK account charges may be applied by intermediary or correspondent clearing banks, but no charges will be applied by Citi UK. We advise that you discuss these charges with the bank you are using to send money to your Citi UK account.

Generate your IBAN

Please note this only generates IBANs for Citi UK bank accounts. If you accidentally mistype your account number, the IBAN generator will not show your correct IBAN.

Enter the last 8 digits of your Citi UK account number:

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Please refer to the Rates and Charges Information for full details of specific foreign currency charges applied. We would recommend telegraphic transfers as the most reliable method of receiving money from abroad, as cleared funds are credited to your Citi account. Citi offers SWIFT international transfers.

SWIFT Telegraphic Transfer (Wire)

International banks use a mutually agreed transfer service, sending money by SWIFT, to send money to one another around the world. As a result, you can sending money by SWIFT into your UK account from anywhere in the world quickly and easily.

As there may be more than one bank involved in sending the money to your account, you may need to provide a number of different bank addresses and account details.

Depending on the country that that money is being sent from and the payment currency, you can see the details you may need to provide to your payee in the table below.

You may need to provide up to 5 different pieces of information when arranging to receive money by SWIFT:

1.  Receiving Currency - This is the currency the payment is being made in.

2.  Beneficiary Bank - This is the bank the money is sent to i.e. Citibank UK Limited

3.  Cover Bank - Some foreign currency transfers will need an additional transfer bank account, which is Citi UK's clearing bank for that currency.

4.  Beneficiary Account

         i.  For sending money by CHAPS, this is your own account.

         ii.  For sending money by SWIFT, please use your full IBAN number as described in table below

Receiving currency Pay through (Correspondent Bank) Beneficiary bank Beneficiary account
Pounds (GBP) from U.K. (Same day CHAPS) Not applicable Citi sort code 30-00-45 Your account number
Pounds (GBP) (from abroad) Not applicable Citibank N.A. Citigroup Centre 25 Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB SWIFT: CITIGB2L Customer IBAN
US Dollars Citibank N.A. New York 339 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 USA SWIFT: CITIUS33 25 Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB A/c 10990765 SWIFT: CITIGB2L Customer IBAN
Euro currency from EEA and Non-EEA, recommend to use SWIFT transfer Not applicable Citibank N.A. Citigroup Centre 25 Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB SWIFT: CITIGB2L Customer IBAN
Australian Dollars Citibank N.A. Sydney Citigroup Centre Floor 14: 2 Park Street Sydney SWIFT: CITIAU2X Citibank N.A. Citigroup Centre 25 Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB SWIFT: CITIGB2L Customer IBAN
Canadian Dollars Citibank N.A. Toronto Citibank Toronto Sec A/C Suite 1900: 123 Front Street: University Place Toronto SWIFT: CITICATT Citibank N.A. Citigroup Centre 25 Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB SWIFT: CITIGB2L Customer IBAN
Hong Kong Dollars Citibank N.A. Hong Kong Citibank Tower/Citibank Plaza: 3 Garden Road Hong Kong SWIFT: CITIHKHX Citibank N.A. Citigroup Centre 25 Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB SWIFT: CITIGB2L Customer IBAN
Japanese Yen Citibank N.A. Tokyo Citicorp Center: 2-3- 14 Higash I Shinagawa Shinagawaku Tokyo, Japan SWIFT: CITIJPJT Citibank N.A. Citigroup Centre 25 Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB SWIFT: CITIGB2L Customer IBAN
New Zealand Dollar Citibank N.A. Auckland Citicorp Auckland Citibank Centre: 23 Customs Street East Auckland SWIFT: CITINZ2X Citibank N.A. Citigroup Centre 25 Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB SWIFT: CITIGB2L Customer IBAN
Singapore Dollar Citibank N.A. Capital Sq 23 Church St #01-01 Singapore 049481 Singapore SWIFT: CITISGSG Citibank N.A. Citigroup Centre 25 Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB SWIFT: CITIGB2L Customer IBAN
Swiss Franc Not applicable Citibank N.A. London Citigroup Centre 25 Canada Square Canary Wharf London E14 5LB SWIFT: CITIGB2L Customer IBAN

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