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ISO 6346 is an international standard covering the coding, identification and marking of intermodal (shipping) containers used within containerized intermodal freight transport.

The standard establishes a visual identification system for every container that includes a unique serial number (with check digit), the owner, a country code, a size, type and equipment category as well as any operational marks.

The standard is managed by the International Container Bureau (BIC).

ISO 9362 defines a standard format of Business Identifier Codes (also known as SWIFT-BIC, BIC code, SWIFT ID or SWIFT code) approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

It is a unique identification code for both financial and non-financial institutions.

The acronym SWIFT stands for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.

The ISO has designated SWIFT as the BIC registration authority.

When assigned to a non-financial institution, the code may also be known as a Business Entity Identifier or BEI.

These codes are used when transferring money between banks, particularly for international wire transfers, and also for the exchange of other messages between banks.

The codes can sometimes be found on account statements.

In finance and economics, a financial institution is an institution that provides financial services for its clients or members.

One of the most important financial services provided by a financial institution is acting as a financial intermediary.

Most financial institutions are regulated by the government.

A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography.

A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics.

Regardless of the physical geography, in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League of Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945, a resident of a country is subject to the independent exercise of legal jurisdiction.

A business (also known as an enterprise, a company or a firm) is an organizational entity involved in the provision of goods and services to consumers.

Businesses serve as a form of economic activity, and are prevalent in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and provide goods and services allocated through a market to consumers and customers in exchange for other goods, services, money, or other forms of exchange that hold intrinsic economic value.

Businesses may also be social non-profit enterprises or state-owned public enterprises operated by governments with specific social and economic objectives.

A business owned by multiple private individuals may form as an incorporated company or jointly organise as a partnership.

Countries have different laws that may ascribe different rights to the various business entities.