Global Bank Ethiopia SWIFT code
DEGAETAA
GLOBAL BANK ETHIOPIA S.C
Check this against your bank or the person you are paying before you send anything. This page reads published directories; it is not Global Bank Ethiopia speaking, and a code that is right today can be reissued.
What the eight characters mean
- DEGA
- The bank. Four letters, assigned when the bank registered with SWIFT.
- ET
- Ethiopia. The ISO country code.
- AA
- The location of the registered head office.
If a form insists on eleven characters, add XXX: DEGAETAAXXX. The three X characters mean the head office rather than a named branch, and for an ordinary incoming transfer that is what you want.
Worth knowing
DEGA is Debub Global, the bank’s name before it became Global Bank Ethiopia. Nothing in the current name matches the code, which is why it is worth checking twice.
What else a transfer into Ethiopia needs
Ethiopia does not use IBAN. If a form asks for one, there is nothing to put in it. What Global Bank Ethiopia needs is the SWIFT code above, the full account number, and the account holder’s name spelled the way the bank holds it. A name that does not match is the most common reason an incoming transfer is held.
Foreign-currency transfers into Ethiopia also pass through the country’s exchange control rules, so the receiving bank may ask the recipient what the money is for before releasing it. That is normal and is between the recipient and their bank.
Verifying a Global Bank Ethiopia payment
links.et does not verify Global Bank Ethiopia receipts yet. It covers these banks and wallets, and the list grows as each bank’s receipt service is worked out. This page is here because the code is worth publishing either way.