IFSC Code: Karb0000163

Bank: Karnataka Bank
IFSC Code: Karb0000163
MICR Code: 600052019
Address: D/ No-3, Plot No.14, Sashi Nagar, Velachery Bye Pass Road, Velachery - 600042, Guindy Taluk, Chennai Dist.
City: Chennai
District: Velachery
State: Tamil Nadu

IFSC is acronym of Indian Financial System Code. IFSC code is an alphanumeric code which is used to electronically transfer funds in India. This code uniquely identifies each bank branch participating in the two main Payment and settlement systems in India: (1.) the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and (2.) the National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) systems.

The IFSC code is an 11-character code. Of which first four are alphabetic characters and last six are usually numeric but it can be alphabetic too.

First four characters represent bank name and last six characters represent branch. Eleventh character is reserved for future use.

Let's decode IFSC code Karb0000163.

  • In our case IFSC code's first four characters Karb represents bank Karnataka Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 0000163 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address D/ No-3, Plot No.14, Sashi Nagar, Velachery Bye Pass Road, Velachery - 600042, Guindy Taluk, Chennai Dist..

The easiest way to find IFSC code is to check your

  1. Bank account statement
  2. Cheques

Please examine below sample cheque for more details

I hope this clears doubts.