Finance

[kjjb]

I know what words the R.I.B. abbreviation stands for but what actually is an R.I.B. I have been asked for one to accompany a form I have filled in but I am not sure what to send.

[Benjamin]

Given that you know what R.I.B. stands for you can either go to your account page if you have internet banking and print one or more off. If you don't but you have a carte bancaire you can go to your own bank's hole in the wall network and print one off. Failing all these go into your branch and ask for one or use one of the ones that is normally printed within your chequebook.

Can't think of any more ways to do it at the moment but no doubt someone else will.

 

Benjamin

[Benjamin]

Sorry didn't answer the question fully. The R.I.B. gives details about your bank account, bank, branch account number, which you then give to anyone e g EDF that you are authorising to take payments from your account. Bit like Direct Debit in the UK.

 

Benjamin

[Teamedup]

A RIB as was said is full details of your bank account. For some reason the french didn't sort out a half decent sorting code number system for their branches, so hence all the carry on of a RIB.

[kjjb]

Thanks for all help regarding RIB, knowing what  words are and knowing what they actually mean is not always the same thing, being a new home owner I am just beginning to build on my campsite french.  I get the impression that if I send a copy of a bank statement  that will do the job.  Thanks again.

[Liz]

[quote]Thanks for all help regarding RIB, knowing what words are and knowing what they actually mean is not always the same thing, being a new home owner I am just beginning to build on my campsite french. ...[/quote]

I hope you're right but I can see a code on my RIB that isn't on my bank statement.  Generally if someone says they want an RIB that's what they want and no room for compromise (this is France ) and you won't get whatever you send returned to you either. I once had to come all the way home to get an RIB because I had used up all there were in the cheque book and hadn't thought to carry spares.

Liz (29)

[Paul Bradford]

Hi,

We had a few RIB's in the front of our chequebook. A photocopy should suffice. We were also able to print some off the website for our internet banking.

Regards

Paul

[Teamedup]

Non, if they ask for a RIB then you must give them that, or a photocopy of one. Your branch freely issues them, they are in your cheque books too.

A statement is something quite different and does not necessarily have all the details on it.

[Jc]

My statements(Credit Lyonnaise)always have an RIB as part of them.

[Teamedup]

Now that is maline to do that. The last three banks we have got through don't.

[goose]

I think you'll find that the RIB also tells you the international code number for your bank account that you'll need for transferring money from the UK.