MICR Code: 691017002

Bank: Corporation Bank
IFSC Code: Corp0000173
MICR Code: 691017002
Address: Visalakshi Mansion, Main Rd, Kollam 691001 Kerala
City: Kollam
District: Kollam
State: Kerala

MICR is acronym of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition. Basically it is a character-recognition technology used by the banking industry to ease the processing and clearance of cheques and other documents.

Generally MICR code is nine character long. First three charaters represent city, next three charaters represents bank name and last three charaters represents bank branch.

Let's decode MICR code 691017002.

  • In this case first three codes 691 is city code and it represents city Kollam.
  • Next three characters 017 represents bank Corporation Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 002 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Visalakshi Mansion, Main Rd, Kollam 691001 Kerala.

The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your

  1. Bank account statement
  2. Cheques

Please examine below sample cheque for more details

I hope this clears doubts.