2026-04-18 15:49 UTC
@MisWiredKE @uastronomer Many many times. This reply is specific to South Africa. But maybe it can help guide you if your question pertains to a different African country.
But it’s been a while. From memory, you don’t need your specific SA bank branch number. You need the bank’s SWIFT/BIC number, and their *generic* branch code, and of course your account number.
Eg for ABSA (one of the largest banks in SA) they give these instructions on their site:
“Your suppliers or customers need to provide the following information to their bank to make payments into your account:
Absa’s Bank Identifier Code (BIC): ABSAZAJJ
Absa’s Branch code: 632005
Your account number
Your account name and the address details related to the account
Purpose of Payment”
Hope this helps!
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@jmopp@masto.ai 2026-04-18 16:09
@leoncowle @MisWiredKE @uastronomer SWIFT has been my main way to send money to South Africa. Western Union works too, but it's finicky because the recipient needs to go to a Western Union location to receive it. I have also done it with bitcoin, but it's too much effort than it's worth