Canara Bank IFSC code

Use current bank-issued account details. Syndicate Bank branches began operating as Canara Bank branches in 2020, and the old SYNB codes were later disabled, so a remembered pre-migration code is not reliable.

1. 1

   Look at the chequebook

   The RBI has advised every member bank to print the branch IFSC on the cheques it issues.

2. 2

   Ask the beneficiary for current details

   Have the account holder confirm the code from a current bank-issued record before you send.

3. 3

   Use the branch and ATM locator

   Canara Bank publishes one; find the branch, then match it below.

4. 4

   Search the branch table on this page

   Every code indexed here has its own page with the branch name, MICR code and address.

The RBI defines the format exactly: “It is a 11-digit code with the first 4 alpha characters representing the bank, and the last 6 characters representing the branch. The 5th character is 0 (zero).”

CNRB

Bank code — the same on every Canara Bank branch

0

Always the digit zero, never the letter O

000002

Branch — head office, J.C. Road, Bengaluru

Canara Bank usually uses numeric branch identifiers. Of the 12,146 codes indexed here, 12,124 end in six digits. The remaining twenty-two are labelled in the dataset as circle or administrative offices, premises sections, a clearing section, or the CNRB0RTGS01 IMPS record.

This is the most common reason a Canara Bank transfer fails. Syndicate Bank branches became Canara Bank branches on 1 April 2020, and the bank disabled the old SYNB codes from 1 July 2021.

The pattern holds across all 4,111 unique pairs extracted from the archived list Canara Bank published: SYNB0 becomes CNRB0, and the numeric branch portion increases by 10,000. Every listed replacement is present in this directory’s 2026 snapshot.

For an account-number-and-IFSC transfer, use the beneficiary branch’s current code. The amount and the service selected determine which rules and fees apply.

Money coming in is free. In the schedule published effective 9 June 2025, Canara Bank shows inward NEFT and RTGS as free, and charges nothing when a savings-account customer sends an NEFT from internet banking or its apps — in line with the RBI’s instruction that banks “not levy any charges from their savings bank account holders for NEFT funds transfers initiated online with effect from January 01, 2020”. Outward NEFT over a counter runs ₹2.25 to ₹24.75 by slab, and outward RTGS ₹24.50 up to ₹5 lakh and ₹49.50 above it, before GST.

An IFSC is a domestic routing code and will not bring money into India from abroad. A wire needs Canara Bank’s SWIFT code, CNRBINBBBFD, and the bank is explicit that “there is no separate SWIFT code for our individual branches”.

• What the bank asks for: the beneficiary’s name, Canara Bank account number and branch, plus a purpose of remittance with a valid purpose code.
• Currencies accepted for inward remittance: AED, AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, SEK, SGD and USD.

The RBI requires a destination bank to return an NEFT it cannot credit “within two hours of completion of the batch”. If the money has neither arrived nor returned, contact the sending bank with the transaction reference rather than assuming the cause.

1. 01Read the code back one character at a time: CNRB0 uses the digit zero, never the letter O.
2. 02Check the six digits after the zero against the beneficiary’s passbook or app, and the account number for dropped leading zeros.
3. 03If the code starts SYNB, it was switched off on 1 July 2021 — ask for the current Canara Bank one.
4. 04Quote the transaction reference to the sending bank if nothing is credited or returned.