What is a Routing No.?
It is a 9-digit number that identifies your bank and your bank branch. The first 5 digits identifies your bank. The other 4 digits identifies your branch location.
In the Philippines, you can see your bank’s Routing No. on a cheque issued by your bank. It’s the R/T No. on the top right portion of your bank’s cheque.
Your bank’s R/T Nos. will have the same first 5 digits. The other 4 digits will vary, as these will represent the branches of your bank. Each branch of your bank will have a different 4-digit.
Routing Nos. for Paypal and Upwork, formerly Odesk
If you need a Routing No. to link to your Paypal account, or to your account with Upwork, formerly called Odesk, use your bank’s Routing No. in this set of Routing Nos. below.
In the Philippines, a Routing No. is sometimes called Paypal Code because this is the number required by Paypal to link your bank account to Paypal.
Upwork, formerly called Odesk, also uses Routing Nos. to transfer funds to the bank accounts of its workers in the Philippines. It calls a Routing Number a BRSTN, which stands for Bank Routing Symbol Transit Number. For Upwork, you need to use the BRSTN of your bank’s head office. If your bank is a subsidiary bank, use the BRSTN of your parent bank’s head office. It will be your account number that will identify your branch. If your branch has a BRSTN, do not use it because the Upwork system will not recognize it. Use your bank’s head office BRSTN.
Routing Numbers of Philippine Banks for Paypal or BRSTN for Upwork
ROUTING No. BANK
or BRSTN
011020011 — Asia United Bank (AUB)
010700015 — Australia – New Zealand Bank
010530667 — BDO Unibank
010670019 — Bangkok Bank Public Co., Ltd.
010120019 — Bank of America NA
011140014 — Bank of China
010440016 — Bank of Commerce (BCommerce)
010040018 — Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)
010100013 — China Banking Corp. (ChinaBank)
010690015 — CTCB Corp., formerly called
Chinatrust Commercial Bank Corp.
010070017 — Citibank NA
010650013 — Deutsche Bank
010590018 — Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP)
010620014 — East West Banking Corp. (EastWest)
010060014 — Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC)
010720011 — JP Morgan Chase Bank
010710018 — Korea Exchange Bank
010350025 — Landbank of the Philippines (Landbank)
010220016 — Maybank Philippines, Inc.
010269996 — Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank)
010640010 — Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
010110016 — Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom)
010080010 — Philippine National Bank (PNB)
010090039 — Philippine Trust Company (Philtrust)
010330016 — Philippine Veterans Bank (Veterans)
010280014 — Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC)
010140015 — Security Bank Corp. (SB)
010460012 — The Bank of Tokyo Ltd
010050011 — The Standard Chartered Bank
010419995 — Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank)
010299995 — United Coconut Planters Bank (UCBP)
010270341 — United Overseas Bank Philippines (UOB)
In the USA, a Routing No. is also called Routing Transit No. (RTN), or ABA Routing No. or checking account Routing No. It’s mainly used for tracking CHECKS.
Routing Nos. are issued by the American Bankers Association (ABA). The ABA developed Routing Nos. in 1910 mainly to track checks. Now, a Routing No. is also used in other negotiable instruments, automated clearinghouses, electronic funds transfer and online banking
For big banks with many branches in different states, the RTN denotes the region or location of the branch where the checking account was opened.
Sources:
Paypal Codes for Philippine banks, according to Ebay Philippines
Upwork BRSTN
ABA Routing Nos.
Copies of several used Philippine bank checks
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Swift Codes of Thrift or Savings Banks
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BPI family use the same code for BPI?
The routing number for BPI that is listed is for PayPal transactions, not the actual bank itself.
I tried using this information to get my IRS return funds and still…7 months later…BPI refused the payment, told me to get a paper check, then refused to honor or deposit the paper check.
Filipinos…guaranteed retards. Third-world mentality stops them from becoming anything but trash.
Hi PissedOff, foreign remitters should use Swift code to send to Philippine banks. BPI’s Swift code is BOPIPHMMXXX. Try exploring the Transferwise borderless account. By the way, if that’s what you think about Filipinos, do yourself a favor, get out of the country, and never come back.
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is BRSTN and routing number the same? it confuses me.coz when search for MBTC's routing number there are 2 result.. 010269996 and 026002846
i would highly appreciate your quick response.:)
Hi Yoona: 010269996 is the routing no. of Metrobank in the Philippines. 026002846 is the routing no. of the New York City branch of Metrobank.
hi nora i would like to ask what is the updated routing number of metro bank Philippines ? or is it still the same ? i tried to check it and i got this number 062204019. i would really appreciate your quick response. thank you 🙂
Hi ethel, I checked upwork and ebay, and Metrobank Philippines’s routing number is still 010269996. I researched where you got 062204019 and its for a bank in Alabama named Metro Bank. Have a nice time sending!
Hi nora what is the routing number for china bank corp for laoag city branch. Greatly appreciate if you can reply to this asap. Salamat kabayan!
Hi Terry, dito sa atin, isang routing no. lang ang ginagamit ng mga banks for all their branches, kasi lahat ng nanggagaling sa abroad ay dadaan muna sa head office nila sa Metro Mla. China Bank’s routing no. is 010100013. Yong code naman kasi ng branch ay andon sa account number, usually the first 3 to 5 digits of the account number indicate the branch.
If you need China Bank’s swift code (usually needed in wire transfers), its CHBKPHMMXXX or CHBKPHMM if they ask only 8 digits.
what is the routing number security bank? Thank you!
I live in Denver, so I was keen to know about e-payment methods of American banks. I came to know about routing numbers in the United States by reading the information at Routingnumberusa.com
The routing number of BDO is the same wherever u are?? Thanks
The routing number of BDO is the same wherever u are in philippines?? Thanks
BDO bank and one network bank routing number is same??? Help me out please
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Hello, pls help me the routing number of PS BANK in the PHILIPPINES? thank you.
For big banks with many branches in different states
When I first opened a bank account and learned how to conduct transactions, it was not as easy as it seemed to me. It took me weeks to find the routing number 314074269. Like it took 5 minutes from the moment I found this site, understood the way it works and entered the code. But before that I had no idea how to find the code, so that's why it took me so long. But now I'm fine, because I have that site.
Hi wat is the routing number of Bank of the phillipines island
What is the routing number of rural bank? Help me out pleaseee
Hi Angelle, what is the name of the rural bank?
I ask my BPO bank in Dipolog the routing number and they told me they don’t have one only a swift code. They went as far as calling Manila headquarters, same reply but I found it here )
(010530667). So would this be safe to use to transfer funds from my US bank to my BDO USD savings account?
Thanks in advance
Hi Fred, if it’s a wire transfer, use BDO’s Swift code which is BNORPHMM. Only one is used since every transfer from abroad goes through BDO’s main office in Makati. If they say it lacks 3 letters, use BNORPHMMXXX. If it’s a Global Direct Deposit, use 010530667. This number is called Bank Routing Symbol Transit Number or Bank Identified Code (BIC).
Thanks Nora,
When trying to do this Wells Fargo will not allow me to use letters only numbers. Again would I be safe in using 0100530667? We are building a house so we need to wire large amounts, do you see any problem in doing this?
Thanks again in Advance
Just wanna make sure, does the routing number matters the branch as well?
Hi Aina, the routing nos. above are the routing numbers for the head office. If it’s transfer or payment from abroad, you can use these nos. even if your account is in another branch.
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What is the updated 2021 routing no. of BPI for money transfers from abroad. I’m receiving transfer rejections since last year due to this Routing Number. Your immediate response would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
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Hi Lloyda, foreign banks should use Swift codes to send money to Philippine banks — I have written it on this post. Swift code for BPI is BOPIPHMMXXX. It’s Paypal that uses routing numbers for transfers to the Philippines. By the way, more power to your art business. You can use a Transferwise borderless account for your business.
I understand this post/blog is posting Routing Numbers of Philippine Banks. Is there anyway I can find the Swift Code of Union Bank of the Philippines, of a particular bank? Thank you
Hi Mar, the Swift code for Union Bank of the Philippines is UBPHPHMMXXX. This code is good for any Union Bank branch — all Swift transfers from abroad goes through the main office. If you want to search other banks, use Transferwise’s Swift code search system.