Country mark of iban and bic is different

[kondorek]

Hi. today I’ve tried to load some money from my german bank account to my revolut eur account, but as i tried to send the money via normal Sepa transfer an error occurs like “Country mark of iban and bic is different”.

Does someone faced something like that?

Thanks

[Frank]

Yes, why not try a search in this forum? You’ll find that this is discussed here a lot. Like here:

No top up from italian bank account

I tried now to top up my Revolut from an italian bank account. It doesn’t work, it tells me that IBAN and BIC code do not match and it’s impossible to proceed the transfer. Is this a bug? How can I do to process the top up? thanks!

and here:

Unique EUR IBAN and BIC/SWIFT Numbers.

@TonyG Four out of five banks tested so far in different countries by myself and other people I know do not recognize the new personal Euro account IBAN. According to support they are currently working on the problem, which indicates that THERE IS a problem and that they launched this new product without properly testing it first. If you want to top up your account then use the previous method (Loyd’s IBAN and reference number). This is how I did it today (although I haven’t received the money …

[kondorek]

yes, I found it indeed first after I post my topic.

So I suppose that your answer in the first topic is still usable also for eur accounts?
I mean this one

“Before Revolut introduced the new personal IBAN, they used a generic IBAN: Every customer transferred money to that same account, and a “reference code” was used to allocate the money to a customer’s card. This bank account still works and could be used for top ups. Put in the reference code as the only text for the transfer.”

Thanks @Frank

[Frank]

Yes, this method still works. Be sure to put in the reference code.