Correspondent bank object

Learn how to use Swift correspondent bank objects.

A correspondent bank is a financial institution connected to Swift, which offers correspondent banking services to its customers, to process cross-border payments. Such correspondent banks can exchange MX and MT messages via Swift FINplus/InterAct, FIN, or FileAct.

Below are details of the correspondent bank object properties:

AttributeDescription
id
string
The correspondent bank ID.
object
string
Always correspondent_bank.
status
string
The correspondent bank status. Either active or disabled.
name
string
The name of the correspondent bank. E.g "JPMorgan Chase".
bank_code
string
The BIC of the correspondent bank. E.g "CHASUS33XXX".
distinguished_name
string
The Swift Distinguished Name (DN) of the correspondent bank. E.g "ou=xxx,o=chasus33,o=swift".
created_at
datetime
The creation date of the correspondent bank record.

Below is an example of a correspondent bank:

{
  "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
  "object": "correspondent_bank",
  "status": "active",
  "name": "Citi Bank",
  "bank_code": "CITIUS33XXX",
  "distinguished_name": "ou=xxx,o=citius33,o=swift",
  "created_at": "2026-08-19T10:16:07.743Z"
}