SIX Interbank Clearing Ltd Secretariat of the Maintenance Agency for ISO 4217 c/o SIX Interbank Clearing Ltd P.O. Box Hardturmstrasse 201 8021 Zurich Switzerland
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9 June 2017
ISO 4217 AMENDMENT NUMBER 163
Amendments of currency names With immediate effect, the following changes are made to “List one: Currency, fund and precious metal codes”:
Entity Currency Alphabetic code Numeric code Minor unit
AZERBAIJAN Azerbaijan Manat AZN 944 2
COMOROS (THE) Comorian Franc KMF 174 0
GUINEA Guinean Franc GNF 324 0
LAO PEOPLE’S Lao Kip LAK 418 2 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (THE)
The Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan confirmed the amendment of the currency name Azerbaijanian Manat to Azerbaijan Manat.
The Central Bank of the Comoros confirmed the amendment of the currency name Comoro Franc to Comorian Franc.
The Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea confirmed the amendment of the currency name Guinea Franc to Guinean Franc.
The Bank of the Lao P.D.R. confirmed the amendment of the currency name Kip to Lao Kip.
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Amendment of currency name short form With immediate effect, the following change is made to “List two: Fund codes registered with the Maintenance Agency”:
Entity Currency Alphabetic code Numeric code Minor unit
URUGUAY Uruguay Peso UYI 940 0 en Unidades Indexadas (UI)
The Central Bank of Uruguay confirmed the amendment of the currency name short form from URUIURUI to UI.
Corrections of codes for historic denominations of currencies and funds With immediate effect, the following corrections are made to “List three: Codes for historic denominations of currencies and funds”:
The Central Bank of Myanmar (the former Burma) confirmed the currency name as “Kyat”. It replaces the entry N.A.
The People’s Bank of China confirmed that the currency “Peoples Bank Dollar” (CNX) never existed in China (amendment no. 27).
The Bank of the Lao P.D.R. confirmed that the currency “Kip Pot Pol” (LAJ) never existed in Laos. It is replaced by “Pathet Lao Kip” (without alphabetic code) (amendment no. 27).
The Central Bank of Lesotho confirmed the correct currency name as “Loti”. It replaces the denomination “Maloti”.
Change of country name Effective 17 May 2016, the following minor correction is made to “Table A.1 – Currency and funds code list” (as advised by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency):
CZECH REPUBLIC (THE) to CZECHIA
Kind regards, SIX Interbank Clearing Ltd ISO 4217 Maintenance Agency
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