Swiss Life Asset Management (France) SWIFT/BIC code

SLAMFRPP – the SWIFT/BIC code of Swiss Life Asset Management (France)

The short code SLAMFRPP and the full code SLAMFRPPXXX identify the same bank: Swiss Life Asset Management (France), with its head office in Paris. A SWIFT code shows the sending bank exactly which bank should receive the money, much like a postcode for banks. You will need it mainly for transfers between countries.

Below we go through the practical questions: receiving money at Swiss Life Asset Management (France), paying someone in another country and how to verify the code before you hit send. Remember that the SWIFT code only identifies the bank, not the account: the IBAN or account number does that part.

Changed bank details? Be careful

Fraudsters often send fake invoices containing new bank details. A valid SWIFT code says nothing about who owns the account.

Do not rely on a phone number in the same message that announces the new account. Be suspicious of urgent requests, unusual wording or a sender address that is slightly off. When a payment has already gone to the wrong account, contact your bank immediately: the sooner they act, the better the chance of a recall.

People receiving money are targeted too: a classic trick is a buyer who pays too much followed by a request to send back the difference abroad. A screenshot of a transfer is no proof.

International transfers from Swiss Life Asset Management (France): the real cost

A bank transfer abroad costs more than the fee suggests. You pay the transfer fee, possibly charges from correspondent banks along the way and, most importantly, the margin on the exchange rate.

Banks do not show their exchange rate markup as a cost, but you pay it all the same. Compare the rate you are offered with the mid-market rate – the rate you find on financial news sites.

Specialist money transfer services often offer rates closer to the mid-market rate. GoldexPay lists transfer providers next to each other so you can see what actually arrives before you commit. Using a transfer service does not mean leaving Swiss Life Asset Management (France) – you pay the provider from your own account.

Tracking a transfer to or from Swiss Life Asset Management (France)

There is no single delivery time: many land within a day, others take several business days. Transfers sent late in the day or just before weekends and holidays often start a business day later. Extra checks on larger or unusual payments may also cause some delay, even when all details are correct.

A growing number of banks are connected to SWIFT gpi. Every gpi transfer gets a unique reference, the UETR. Save your transfer receipt until the money has arrived – you will need it for any trace request.

If the money does not arrive within the expected time, the person who paid needs to start with their own bank, not the receiving bank. As a recipient, it helps to look at your statements to see a partial amount because fees can reduce the amount.

Paying into Swiss Life Asset Management (France) in EUR

The local currency of France is the Euro (EUR). When you pay money in a different currency it has to be converted somewhere along the way: by your bank, an intermediary or Swiss Life Asset Management (France) itself. There is rarely a separate charge for that conversion.

Where the conversion happens affects the final amount, since every bank sets its own rate. Sending the amount directly in EUR often prevents an extra conversion at the receiving end – as long as your own rate is good.

The EUR rate fluctuates constantly, so the amount you see is usually only valid for a short time. If you pay regularly, small differences in the rate add up over a year.

Why Swiss Life Asset Management (France) has an 8- and an 11-character code

The structure of a BIC never changes: a bank code of four letters, a two-letter country code and two for the location, sometimes followed by a branch code. Combined, those parts make up SLAMFRPP.

XXX at the end of SLAMFRPPXXX does not stand for a placeholder or an error: it stands for the head office of Swiss Life Asset Management (France). Some banking apps ask for 11 characters, and then you simply enter XXX behind SLAMFRPP.

In practice the code is typed in capitals and without spaces. Copying the code beats retyping it.

Before you send: check the Swiss Life Asset Management (France) code

The most reliable place for the right code remains paperwork issued by the bank, such as a statement or the account details in online banking. Compare it with SLAMFRPP on this page; if they differ, ask before you pay.

An incorrect BIC may lead to delays, a payment being sent back or extra fees. Remember the IBAN: an error there is harder to undo than a wrong BIC.

A validity check in your banking app only confirms that the IBAN is valid. Some banks now check the payee name with the account. Sending a small amount first can be worth it for large sums, even if it costs an extra fee.

Do you need SLAMFRPP for a SEPA transfer?

Since France is in SEPA, a euro payment into Swiss Life Asset Management (France) from another SEPA country usually only needs an IBAN. Most banking apps do not require the BIC in that case or fill it in for you.

The BIC does matter for payments in other currencies. If a payment form asks for the BIC anyway, adding SLAMFRPP does no harm.

SEPA transfers normally land within one business day. As long as no currency is converted, the transfer is cheap; it is the conversion that costs money.

A note on our data

The codes on this page come from public sources which we refresh regularly. It can happen that information here is no longer current. The figures on this page reflect what is in our directory and not on information from Swiss Life Asset Management (France) itself.

See our directory on this page as a handy check. GoldexPay is not affiliated with Swiss Life Asset Management (France); we are a comparison site for money transfers. Should you notice something that is out of date, we appreciate a message.

Swiss Life Asset Management (France): head office code versus branch codes

Swiss Life Asset Management (France) uses 2 different SWIFT/BIC codes across 1 cities. Only one is the head office code; the rest identify branches.

If nobody asks you for a branch code, go with SLAMFRPPXXX or its short form SLAMFRPP. If you have been given a specific code, use it as it is instead of swapping it for the head office code.

Unsure which code to use? Ask the recipient or the bank itself. Codes for branches are more likely to change than the head office code when a bank merges or closes offices.

Receiving money from abroad at Swiss Life Asset Management (France)

Someone abroad who wants to pay you needs a few details from you – incomplete details often cause delays. That means: your full name exactly as it appears on the account, your account number or IBAN, the BIC SLAMFRPPXXX (or SLAMFRPP) and sometimes your address.

It helps to include the bank name and its city too, because some payment forms have separate fields for them. Double-check every detail before you send them, because the sender’s bank usually copies them as is.

An incoming payment does not always land in full. Charges on incoming payments vary per bank. For business payments, you can agree who bears the costs.