Wells Fargo SWIFT code

WFBIUS6S. Wells Fargo prints it under “Your SWIFT code” on its routing-number help page and names it again in its Digital Wires FAQs for incoming international wire instructions. Those customer instructions do not vary the code by branch or state.

Wire arriving from abroad

WFBIUS6S

Wire inside the US

121000248 — the Wire Routing Transit Number

IBAN

None published for Wells Fargo accounts; the bank asks for the recipient’s IBAN only on wires you send abroad

Both prefixes are really Wells Fargo. Of the 45 codes indexed here, 33 begin WFBI and 12 begin PNBP, and the bank’s commercial site lists them side by side, each against the operation it serves.

This directory labels PNBPUS3NNYC “New York International Branch.” Wells Fargo’s commercial table pairs most of these operation-specific entries with Fedwire ABA 026005092, while San Francisco and its Trade Services Centers use 121000248. For a customer incoming wire, the bank’s separate FAQ publishes WFBIUS6S.

WFBI

The institution — shared by 33 of the 45 codes here

US

Country. Identical on every Wells Fargo code in this directory

6S

The repo records WFBIUS6S at San Francisco

Seven codes here have eight characters and 38 have eleven. In this snapshot, 23 of the 24 longer WFBIUS6S records end in a tag matching the row’s city — WFBIUS6SSEA is Seattle, WFBIUS6SDAL Dallas and WFBIUS6SANC Anchorage. The exception is WFBIUS6SCTS, Corporate Trust Services in Columbia, South Carolina.

That readability is a trap. These 45 codes span 29 cities, and a sender who reasons “the account is in Denver, so WFBIUS6SDEN” has guessed rather than looked. Use the code the account holder was actually given.

1. 1

   Send them the SWIFT code

   WFBIUS6S, exactly as published — eight characters, with US in the fifth and sixth positions and the digit 6 in the seventh.

2. 2

   Send the full account number

   Use the complete Wells Fargo account number in the bank’s incoming-wire instructions.

3. 3

   Give the account name and address

   Wells Fargo asks for the beneficiary’s name and address as they appear on the statement.

4. 4

   Use the bank name and address it publishes

   Wells Fargo Bank, NA, 333 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, regardless of where the account is located.

Timing is governed by a cutoff, not a promise. Wells Fargo sends a wire the same business day if you submit it before 2:20 pm Pacific Time internationally, or 3:00 pm Pacific domestically — after that, the next business day. On arrival the bank commits to nothing specific, saying only that delivery times vary depending on the recipient’s country.

1. 01Confirm the sender used WFBIUS6S, not a code copied from an old invoice or an unrelated Wells Fargo entity.
2. 02Compare the complete account number with the beneficiary’s current Wells Fargo statement.
3. 03Confirm the beneficiary name and address match the statement, and the bank address is 333 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
4. 04If the sender’s bank demanded intermediary details, ask which it used; Wells Fargo says SWIFT/BIC routing generally does not need them.