What is IFSC?
An IFSC or the Indian Financial System Code is an 11 digit code in alpha-numeric format to identify all the Indian Bank branches for the use of NEFT (National Electronic Funds Transfer), RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement), IMPS (immediate Payment Service) and CFMS (Centralised Funds Management System), developed by the RBI (Reserve bank of India).
In this 11 Alpha-numeric format code, First four characters represent bank, fifth character is default "0" left for future use and last six characters represent branch of a particular bank.
Example: In YES BANK IFSC CODE - YESB0000665, First four character represent YES BANK, fifth charactor is “Zero” and last six character represent the Ratangarh, Rajasthan Branch of YES BANK in India.