What is a BSB number?

What is the routing number -BSB- for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia?

• Answer:

  Commonwealth bank of Australia routing number or known as a Bank-State-Branch (often abbreviated as BSB ) is a six digit numerical code used within Australia that identifies an individual branch of a financial institution. The format of the code is as follows: First two digits specify the parent financial institution. Third digit specifies the state where the branch is located Fourth, fifth and sixth digits specify the branch For example, the BSB "033088" actually breaks down to the following: 03 - Westpac Banking Corporation 3 - Victoria 088 - 383 Chapel Street, Prahran Example two, the BSB "062578" actually breaks down to the following 06 - Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2 - New South Wales 578 - Cnr Burringbah and Station Sts Mullumbimby While banks usually follow this system, building societies and credit unions often do not. Building societies and former ones start with 63xxxx and credit unions 80xxxx. The state code does not always apply eg 633xxx is for Bendigo Bank which started as a building society in Victoria however 638xxx is for Queensland based Heritage Building Society. A financial institution may also use one centralised BSB for all accounts. Suncorp uses 484799 for all deposit accounts regardless of which branch or state the account was opened. With the expansion of the banking sector there are now many institutions which are now identified by the first three digits and "state" field is part of the "bank" identifier. List of Bank codes 01 - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited 03 or 73 - Westpac Banking Corporation 06 or 76 - Commonwealth Bank of Australia 08 or 78 - National Australia Bank 09 - Reserve Bank of Australia 10 - BankSA 11 - St George Bank 12 - Bank of Queensland 14 - Rabobank 18 - Macquarie Bank 23 - Bank of America 24 - Citibank 30 - BankWest 34 - HSBC Bank Australia 43 - Standard Chartered 48 - Suncorp-Metway 61 - Adelaide Bank 63 - indicates a building society 704 - Victoria Teachers Credit Union 80 - indicates a credit union 917 - Arab Bank Australia 922 - United Overseas Bank 923 - ING Bank 939 - AMP Bank 941 - Bank of Cyprus Australia 944 - Members Equity Bank 980 - Bank of China Australia List of State codes 2 - Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales 3 - Victoria 4 - Queensland 5 - South Australia, Northern Territory 6 - Western Australia 7 - Tasmania