Effective June 7, 2010, Republic of Kazakhstan has made the use of International Bank Account Numbers (IBANs) and Bank Identification Codes (BICs) mandatory. If you are paying a beneficiary in Kazakhstan or initiating a payment from an account in Kazakhstan, you must provide the beneficiary's IBAN and the beneficiary bank's SWIFT BIC in the payment instructions.

For complete information concerning the use of the IBAN in the Republic of Kazahkstan, please consult National Bank of Kazakhstan Web site.