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Belgian bank code 688

Société Générale

This code belongs to a block allocated to one bank. The bank's page is 684

Bank identifier688
InstitutionSociété Générale
BICSGABBEB2
Codes of this bank2: 684, 688

IBAN structure with this code

A Belgian IBAN is BE, two check digits, the three-digit bank identifier, the seven-digit account number, then two national check digits (the first ten digits modulo 97). The identifier is what the NBB list can vouch for; the account number is known only to the bank.

BE85 6880 0000 0106

Synthetic example: the account part is a placeholder, this IBAN belongs to nobody. It shows where the code sits inside the IBAN.

What the API answers for this code

The block below is the route's own answer, produced by the same code that serves api.ibanforge.com, on the register as of the date shown. Nothing is edited.

{
  "valid": true,
  "bic": {
    "code": "SGABBEB2",
    "bank_name": "Société Générale",
    "city": "BRUSSELS",
    "source": "Banque nationale de Belgique, bank identification codes (Protocol Secretariat)",
    "as_of": "2026-09",
    "basis": "national_register",
    "authoritative": true,
    "lei": null
  },
  "bank_code_check": {
    "value": "688",
    "status": "verified",
    "match": "register",
    "register": "Banque nationale de Belgique, bank identification codes (Protocol Secretariat)",
    "authoritative": true,
    "institution": {
      "name": "Société Générale",
      "street": null,
      "post_code": null,
      "town": null,
      "country": "BE"
    },
    "as_of": "2026-09"
  },
  "sepa": {
    "member": true,
    "schemes": [
      "SCT",
      "SDD",
      "SCT_INST"
    ],
    "vop_required": true,
    "vop_participant": false,
    "basis": "country_default"
  },
  "issuer": {
    "type": "bank",
    "name": "Société Générale",
    "classification": "default"
  },
  "risk_indicators": {
    "country_risk": "standard",
    "sepa_reachable": true,
    "vop_coverage": true,
    "test_bic": false
  }
}

Other codes of the same institution

  • 684Société Générale
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Source: Banque nationale de Belgique, bank identification codes (Protocol Secretariat), register as of 2026-09.