South indian bank | IFSC code, MICR Code

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Bank’s Profile

One of the earliest banks in South India, "South Indian Bank" came into being during the Swadeshi movement. The establishment of the bank was the fulfillment of the dreams of a group of enterprising men who joined together at Thrissur, a major town (now known as the Cultural Capital of Kerala), in the erstwhile State of Cochin to provide for the people a safe, efficient and service oriented repository of savings of the community on one hand and to free the business community from the clutches of greedy money lenders on the other by providing need based credit at reasonable rates of interest.

Translating the vision of the founding fathers as its corporate mission, the bank has during its long sojourn been able to project itself as a vibrant, fast growing, service oriented and trend setting financial intermediary.

MILESTONES

The FIRST among the private sector banks in Kerala to become a scheduled bank in 1946 under the RBI Act.

The FIRST bank in the private sector in India to open a Currency Chest on behalf of the RBI in April 1992.

The FIRST private sector bank to open a NRI branch in November 1992.

The FIRST bank in the private sector to start an Industrial Finance Branch in March 1993.

The FIRST among the private sector banks in Kerala to open an "Overseas Branch" to cater exclusively to the export and import business in June 1993.

The FIRST bank in Kerala to develop an in-house, a fully integrated branch automation software in addition to the in-house partial automation solution operational since 1992.

The FIRST Kerala based bank to implement Core Banking System.

FUTURE PERFECT

The South Indian Bank with a new logo and image, marches on. With branches all over India and a clientele across the world, the bank is considered one of the most pro active banks in India with a competent tech savvy team of professional at the core of services.

What is IFSC Code

IFSC is short for Indian Financial System Code and represents the 11 digit character that you can usually see on your bank’s cheque leaves, or other bank sponsored material. This 11 character code helps identify the individual bank branches that participate in the various online money transfer options like NEFT and RTGS.

How to find IFSC Code?

Ways to find IFSC codes

IFSC code can be found on cheque leaf and bank passbook of the respective bank.
Banks and respective branch list of IFSC codes can be obtained from Reserve Bank of India’s website.
The IFSC code of a particular bank can also be found on the banks’ official website.

Benefits of IFSC Code

Benefits of IFSC Code are :

Helps to identify a Bank and its respective branch
Eliminates errors in the process of fund transfer
Transfers done with IFSC such as NEFT, RTGS and IMPS are accurate

What is MICR Code

MICR or Magnetic Ink Character Recognition Code is a 9 digit code used for faster processing of cheques. MICR number is also unique for every bank branch, hence it helps in uniquely identifying the bank and branch participating in an Electronic Clearing System (ECS). MICR Code like IFSC is a combination of 3 essential components:

The first 3 digits represent the city code.
The middle 3 represent the particular bank code.
The last 3 digits represent the specific branch code

Benefits of MICR Code

Benefits of MICR Codes are:

MICR code enables efficient, quick and error-free processing of cheques. This is possible with magnetic ink, reading machines and technology used in MICR.

Difference between IFSC and MICR code

Magnetic ink character recognition code (MICR) is a technology that enables faster processing of cheques by recognizing unique characters printed on the cheque. MICR consists of a 9 digit code. The first three digits of the MICR code represent the city, the next three give the bank code and the last three digits denote the branch of the bank. Similar to an IFSC code, every branch of a bank has a specific MICR code. While IFSC is used for online fund transactions, MICR is used for cheques.

Let’s understand the difference between IFSC and MICR

IFSC Code	MICR Code
Used to facilitate electronic fund transfers between banks and individuals in India.	MICR code is to facilitate and make cheque processing more efficient.
IFSC is an 11 character alphanumeric code.	MICR is a 9-digit code.
The first four characters indicate the name of the bank.	The first three digits represent the city code where the bank branch is located.
Last 6 digits represent the bank branch location.	Last three digits indicate the code of the bank branch.

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