Nigeria

User guides / Supplier countries A supplier whose bank account is held in Nigeria sees the fields below. The country is chosen on the form, and changing it changes the fields, so a supplier is never asked for a detail their country does not use.

Bank details

Field	Requirement	Format	Notes
Bank name	Required	up to 60 characters
Bank code	Required	3 characters, digits only	3-digit CBN institution code.
Branch code	Suggested	5 characters, digits only
Account number	Required	10 characters, digits only, NUBAN check digit	10-digit NUBAN.
SWIFT/BIC	Optional	8 to 11 characters, letters and digits	8 or 11 characters, for example, BOFAUS3N. Needed for a payment by wire.
Account type	Optional	no length limit, one of: checking, savings	Checking unless the bank issued the account as a savings account.
Intermediary bank country code	Optional	2 characters, letters only	Two-letter country code, for example, US.
Intermediary bank city	Optional	up to 60 characters
Account number at the intermediary bank	Optional	up to 34 characters
Intermediary bank name	Optional	up to 60 characters
Intermediary branch number	Optional	up to 30 characters
Intermediary IBAN	Optional	15 to 34 characters, letters and digits, IBAN MOD-97 check
Intermediary SWIFT/BIC	Optional	8 to 11 characters, letters and digits	8 or 11 characters, for example, CHASUS33.

IBAN

Nigeria does not use IBANs. Accounts are identified by the fields above.

Currency

Every account also records its currency. The form opens on NGN, the currency of Nigeria, and the supplier changes it for an account held in another currency.

Tax and company registrations

Registration	Requirement	Format	Notes
TIN	Suggested	8 to 17 characters

Where these rules come from

CBN NUBAN specification (weights 3,7,3 over bank code + serial). The rules on this page are confirmed against a primary source, so they are enforced strictly. Configuration version 2026.10.5. Your organization can override any of these rules for its own suppliers.

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Supplier information guide

How these details are collected, reviewed, and handed to your finance system.

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Supplier countries

Supplier information guide

Bank details

IBAN

Currency

Tax and company registrations

Where these rules come from

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