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While banks in the United States use SWIFT to make payments to banks outside of the United States, domestic bank-to-bank transfers work a little differently.  In the US they use something called the Fedwire system.

The Fedwire system utilizes the Federal Reserve System and its bank routing numbers.  Bank routing numbers work in a similar way to how Automated Clearing House, or ACH payments, effect the payment and collection of checks.

European banks, on the other hand, making domestic wire transfers, or transfers within the European Union also utilize the International Bank Account Number, or IBAN.

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